Friday 21 January 1921
It was Friday, under the sign of Aquarius. The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democratic).
Famous people born on this day include John Doucette and Todor Popov.
The Kid, directed by Charles Chaplin, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1921
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Old Newspapers
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Movies
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- National Hugging Day
- Catholicism - Feast day of Saint Agnes.
- Mauritius - Thaipoosam Cavadee.
- UN Arms Day
Famous Birthdays:
- John Doucette: Brockton, Massachusetts -- Actor (Lock Up, Big Town).
- Todor Popov: composer.
- Barney Clark: first to receive a permanent artificial heart.
- Howard Unruh: American mass murderer (d. 2009).
- Bess Hawes: American folk musician, folklorist, and researcher.
- Andreas Ostler: German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s.
- Lincoln Alexander: Canadian lawyer and politician 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2012)
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Music Charts
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Books
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The Brimming Cup
This volume features six novels by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, best-selling American author in the early decades of the twentieth century, and a strong supporter of women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education.
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Main Street
The first of Sinclair Lewis’s great successes, Main Street shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis’s sixth novel attacked the conformity and ...
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The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton's twelfth novel, initially serialized in four parts in the Pictorial Review magazine in 1920, and later released by D.
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Videogames
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