What Happened In June 1921 In History

Historical Events for June, 1921

• 1st » Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• 6th » Southwark Bridge in London is opened to traffic by King George V and Mary of Teck known as Queen Mary.
• 20th » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills Strike or four-month strike.
• 28th » Serbian King Alexander I of Serbia known as Alexander I proclaimed the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
• 30th » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1921

• 1st » Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (d. 1985)
• 2nd » Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (d. 2009)
• 2nd » Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist
• 2nd » András József Szennay, Hungarian clergyman (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach
• 4th » Don Diamond, American actor (d. 2011)
• 4th » Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher (d. 2006)
• 4th » Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach
• 7th » Tal Farlow, American guitarist (d. 1998)
• 7th » Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder (d. 1989)
• 8th » Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
• 8th » Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)
• 8th » LeRoy Neiman, American painter (d. 2012)
• 8th » Alexis Smith, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1993)
• 8th » Olga C. Nardone known as Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010)
• 9th » Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (d. 2006)
• 9th » Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author
• 10th » Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• 10th » Jean Robic, French cyclist (d. 1980)
• 12th » Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 12th » Christopher Derrick, English author (d. 2007)
• 12th » James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (d. 2005)
• 13th » Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (d. 2004)
• 14th » Martha Greenhouse, American actress (d. 2013)
• 15th » Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977)
• 19th » Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer
• 20th » Byron Farwell, American historian and author (d. 1999)
• 21st » Jean de Broglie, French politician (d. 1976)
• 21st » Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
• 21st » Jane Russell, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
• 21st » William Edwin Self, American actor, producer, and production manager (d. 2010)
• 22nd » Joseph Papp, American director and producer (d. 1991)
• 22nd » Barbara Vucanovich, American politician (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Armand Russell, Canadian politician (d. 2012)
• 25th » Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina, founded the National Ballet of Canada (d. 2007)
• 26th » Violette Szabo, French secret agent (d. 1945)
• 27th » Muriel Pavlow, English actress
• 28th » P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (d. 2004)
• 29th » Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 29th » Jean Kent, English actress (d. 2013)
• 29th » Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (d. 2009)
• 29th » Harry Schell, American race car driver (d. 1960)

Famous Deaths for June 1921

• 3rd » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower (b. 1879)
• 5th » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 19th » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (b. 1888)
• 29th » Otto Seeck German historian and academic (b. 1850)

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