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1921 in the United States
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Events from the year 1921 in the United States.

Incumbents [edit]

President: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) (until March 4), Warren G. Harding (Republican) (starting March 4)
Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall (Democratic) (until March 4), Calvin Coolidge (Republican) (starting March 4)
Chief Justice: Edward Douglass White (until May 19), William Howard Taft (starting July 11)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frederick H. Gillett (R-Massachusetts)
Congress: 66th (until March 4), 67th (starting March 4)

March 4: Warren G. Harding becomes President

January 1 – In American football, the University of California defeats Ohio State 28–0 in the Rose Bowl.
January 2 – The first religious radio broadcast is heard over station (KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
March 4 – Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th President of the United States.

April 20 – Ferenc Molnár's play Liliom is first produced on Broadway in English.
May 19 – The Emergency Quota Act passes the U.S. Congress, establishing national quotas on immigration.
May 31 – Tulsa Race Riot: The official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.

July 2 – U.S. President Warren Harding signs a joint congressional resolution declaring an end to America's state of war with Germany, Austria and Hungary.
July 14 – A Massachusetts jury finds Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti guilty of first degree murder following a widely publicized trial.
July 26 – U.S. President Warren G. Harding receives Princess Fatima of Afghanistan and Stanley Clifford Weyman.
August – The United States formally ends World War I, declaring a peace with Germany.
August 5 – The first radio baseball game is broadcast; Harold Arlin announces the Pirates-Phillies game from Forbes Field over Westinghouse KDKA, in Pittsburgh.
August 25–September 2 – An uprising of striking coal miners in West Virginia leads to the Battle of Blair Mountain.
September 7 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant is held.
September 8 – Sixteen-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dub her the first Miss America.

October 8 – The first Sweetest Day is staged in Cleveland, Ohio.
November 11 – During an Armistice Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, the Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by U.S. President Warren G. Harding.
December 13 – In the Four Power Treaty on Insular Possessions, Japan, the United States, United Kingdom, and France agree to recognize the status quo in the Pacific.

The DeYoung Museum opens in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Centre College's football team, led by quarterback Bo McMillin, defeats Harvard University 6–0 to snap Harvard's five-year winning streak. For decades afterward, this is called "football's upset of the century."
Jewish immigration to Palestine grows rapidly. Before this, Jews preferred the USA, but the USA drastically limited immigration from Eastern Europe.
The Tau Epsilon Chi Jewish high school sorority is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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March 27 – Tom Bevill, former US Congressman from Alabama (died 2005)
March 31 – Peggy Rea, actress (died 2011)
June 17 – Tony Scott, jazz clarinetist (died 2007)
July 6 – Nancy Reagan, actress, First Lady of the United States and widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan
July 18 – John Glenn, astronaut and politician
August 4 – Herb Ellis, jazz guitarist (died 2010)

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