February 1921 calendar

Events

• 11 Feb 1921 Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th Steet New York City.
• 12 Feb 1921 Soviet troops invade Georgia (theirs, not ours).
• 14 Feb 1921 Canadian 5-cent nickel coin is authorized.
• 18 Feb 1921 British troops occupy Dublin.
• 19 Feb 1921 Reza Shah takes control of Tehran during a successful coup
• 20 Feb 1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran.
• 21 Feb 1921 Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
• 23 Feb 1921 1st US transcontinental air mail flight arrives in NYC from San Francisco
• 25 Feb 1921 Georgian SSR proclaimed.
• 27 Feb 1921 US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard.

Famous Birthday

• Lana Turner

  American actress onscreen from 1937, nominated for an Oscar in "Peyton Place" in 1957.

• Giulietta Masina

  Italian actress who acted with such depth and passion that she was able to imbue the ordinary with touches of the bizarre.

• Jean-Bédel Bokassa

  Central African general and politician 2nd President of the Central African Republic (d. 1996).

• Betty Friedan

  American feminist pioneer and organizer, lecturer and writer, the author of "The Feminine Mystique," which became a best-seller, translated...

• Abe Vigoda

  American actor.

• John Rawls

  American philosopher and academic (d. 2002).

• Joseph Fontanet

  French politician and minister, the leading member of Gaullist Movement Republic.

• Pierre Pasquini
• Betty Hutton

  Battle Creek, Michigan -- Actress (Greatest Show on Earth).

• Peter Sallis

  actor (Taste the Blood of Dracula).

• Gaston Reiff

  Belgian runner.

• Ken Adam

  German-English production designer and art director.

• Hugh Downs

  American TV personality, a broadcaster from 1943 at a small radio station in Lima, Ohio, near a farm where he grew up.

• Lloyd Bentsen

  American politician, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, named as vice-presidential running mate to candidate Michael Dukakis on...

• Giuseppe Patroni-Griffi

  Italian scriptwriter, producer, director and playwright.

• Jacques Alexandre
• Pierre Clostermann

  French flying ace, author, engineer, politician and sporting fisherman.

• Corinne Luchaire

  French film actress who was a star of French cinema on the eve of World War II.

• Doreen Millard
• Gilbert Lavoine

  French boxer.

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Famous Deaths

• Pjotr A Kropotkin

  Russian ruler / anarchist, dies at 78.

• Hans Haym

  Composer, dies at 60.

• Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

  Emir of Kuwait (Born 1864).

• Luigi Mancinelli composer

  dies at age 72.

• Max Wilhelm Zach composer

  dies at age 56.

• Xavier Mellery Belgian painter/illustrator

  dies at age 75.

• Willem P C Knuttel Dutch bibliography/librarian

  dies at age 67.

• Carl Menger Austrian economist

  dies at age 81.

• Barrett Wendell

  American academic and author (Born 1855).

• George Formby

  English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961).

• Peter Kropotkin

  Russian zoologist economist geographer and philosopher (d. 1921).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ted Lewis & His Band - I Love You, Sunday
2. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Grieving for You - Feather Your Nest
3. Eddie Cantor - Margie
4. Peerless Quartet - Broadway Rose
5. Eddie Cantor - Palesteena