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September 7, 1921
On September 7, 1921, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
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Featured · September 7, 1921
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
S. state of New Jersey.
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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…
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On September 7, 1921
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1921 In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held. City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
S. state of New Jersey.
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1921 The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland. International association of members of the Roman Catholic Church
The Legion of Mary is an international association of members of the Catholic Church who serve on a voluntary basis. It was founded in Dublin, as a Marian movement by the layman and civil servant Frank Duff.
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- 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.
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