What Happened In May 1921 In History

Historical Events for May, 1921

• 3rd » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
• 19th » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
• 24th » The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens.
• 31st » Tulsa race riot: Civil disorder named civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1921

• 1st » Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author (d. 1991)
• 1st » Boo Morcom, American pole vaulter and jumper (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 3rd » Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
• 4th » Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005)
• 4th » John van Kesteren, Dutch-American tenor (d. 2008)
• 5th » Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 6th » Erich Fried, German author (d. 1988)
• 7th » Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, English historian and academic
• 7th » Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer (d. 1985)
• 9th » Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist
• 9th » Sophie Scholl, German activist (d. 1943)
• 9th » Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)
• 11th » Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician
• 12th » Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
• 12th » Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 2014)
• 14th » Richard Deacon (actor) e.g Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)
• 14th » Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and singer (d. 2007)
• 16th » Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 17th » Dennis Brain, English horn player (d. 1957)
• 17th » Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 18th » Michael A. Epstein, British pathologist
• 19th » Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
• 19th » Harry W. Brown (pilot) or Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (d. 1991)
• 19th » Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 19th » Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (d. 2014)
• 19th » Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (d. 1999)
• 20th » Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (d. 1947)
• 20th » Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout (d. 1998)
• 21st » Sandy Douglas, English computer scientist and educator, designed 'OXO' (d. 2010)
• 21st » Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist (d. 1989)
• 22nd » Jalil Shahnaz, Iranian Tar (lute) named tar player (d. 2013)
• 23rd » James Blish, American author and critic (d. 1975)
• 23rd » Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Edna Skinner, American actress (d. 2003)
• 24th » Maria Michi, Italian actress (d. 1980)
• 25th » Hal David, American songwriter and composer (d. 2012)
• 25th » Jack Steinberger, German-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate
• 26th » György Bárdy, Hungarian actor (d. 2013)
• 26th » Walter Laqueur, American historian and academic
• 26th » Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (d. 2009)
• 27th » Caryl Chessman, American criminal (d. 1960)
• 27th » Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (d. 2013)
• 28th » Heinz G. Konsalik, German author (d. 1999)
• 29th » Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (d. 2010)
• 29th » Clifton James, American actor
• 31st » Edna Doré, English actress (d. 2014)
• 31st » Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (d. 2008)
• 31st » Alida Valli, Croatian-Italian actress and singer (d. 2006)

Famous Deaths for May 1921

• 3rd » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 5th » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 13th » Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 17th » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 23rd » August Nilsson, Swedish tug of war competitor (b. 1872)

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