Major Events
- Jan 20 Republic of Turkey declared out of remnants of the Ottoman Empire
- Jul 1 The Communist Party of China is founded and Chen Duxiu elected its leader
- Jul 20 Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson becomes the first woman to preside over the floor of US House of Representatives
- Jul 27 Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolate insulin at the University of Toronto
- Jul 29 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party
- Dec 6 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland
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1921 in Film & TV
- Feb 6 Charlie Chaplin releases his first full-length feature - "The Kid", a silent film starring Charlie Chaplin & 6-year old Jackie Coogan
- Oct 30 "The Sheik", a silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres in Los Angeles, California
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Famous Weddings in 1921
- Jan 16 Politician Elpidio Quirino (30) weds girlfriend Alicia Syquia
- Feb 25 Actor Jack Haley (22) weds Florence McFadden
- Mar 24 Comedian Oliver Hardy (29) marries actress Myrtle Reeves (24)
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