Date in year · 1921 · The 1920s
November 11, 1921
On November 11, 1921, the Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by U.S. President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
Events
1
Births
0
Deaths
0
Year
1921
1920s
Featured · November 11, 1921
The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by U.S. President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, United States is the burial site of a World War I soldier whose remains were unidentifiable. After a design competition was held in 1928, the winning project was completed in 1932. The site now also includes the gravesites of two other unknown soldiers, one from World War II and one from the Korean War, who were buried beneath two slabs between the tomb and the Memorial Amphitheater behind it.
Around 1921
The year in brief
1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1921st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 921st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 20th…
What happened
On November 11, 1921
-
1921 The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by U.S. President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery. Monument in Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, United States is the burial site of a World War I soldier whose remains were unidentifiable. After a design competition was held in 1928, the winning project was completed in 1932. The site now also includes the gravesites of two other unknown soldiers, one from World War II and one from the Korean War, who were buried beneath two slabs between the tomb and the Memorial Amphitheater behind it.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1921
- April 11 Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
- April 2 The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
- August 14 Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
- August 23 British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
- August 28 Russian Civil War: The Red Army dissolves the Makhnovshchina after driving the Revolutionary Insurgent Army out of Ukraine.
- August 3 Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
Step through
Nearby
Keep going