5th » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
7th » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
7th » The Legion of Mary, the largest Consecrated life Apostolic congregations named apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
11th » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan to colonize Palestine and creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
21st » A storage silo in Ludwigshafen or Oppau, Germany, Oppau explosion known as explodes, killing 500-600 people.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1921
1st » Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 1995)
1st » Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (d. 2014)
3rd » Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1971)
3rd » Marguerite Higgins, American journalist (d. 1966)
5th » Murray Henderson (ice hockey) named Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2013)
5th » Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the Motion Picture Association of America film rating system called MPAA film rating system (d. 2007)