Month January 1921 Calendar

About Month of January Calendar

• January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
  
  January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.

Historical Events for January, 1921

• Day of Week 6th » Formation of the Iraqi Army.
• Day of Week 9th » Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) known as Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
• Day of Week 20th » Turkish Constitution of 1921 called The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1921

• 1st » Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher (d. 1986)
• 1st » César Baldaccini, French sculptor (d. 1998)
• 1st » Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)
• 1st » Alain Mimoun, French runner (d. 2013)
• 1st » John Strawson (British Army officer) e.g John Strawson, British general (d. 2014)
• 2nd » Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 2nd » Jan Slepian, American author
• 3rd » Chetan Anand (director) e.g Chetan Anand, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 5th » Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (d. 1990)
• 5th » Paul Governali, American football player (d. 1978)
• 5th » Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 6th » Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist (d. 2013)
• 6th » Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (d. 1998)
• 7th » Chester Kallman, American poet (d. 1975)
• 8th » Herta Bothe, German concentration camp guard
• 9th » Lister Sinclair, Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
• 9th » John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (d. 2014)
• 10th » Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (d. 2010)
• 10th » Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)
• 11th » Gory Guerrero, American wrestler (d. 1990)
• 11th » Juanita M. Kreps, American economist, educator, and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
• 11th » Benedict Zilliacus, Finnish journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 13th » Dachine Rainer, American-English author (d. 2000)
• 14th » Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)
• 14th » Kenneth Bulmer, American author (d. 2005)
• 15th » Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)
• 15th » Frank Thornton, English actor (d. 2013)
• 16th » Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
• 17th » Herbert Ellis (actor) called Herbert Ellis, American actor
• 17th » Asghar Khan, Pakistani pilot and politician
• 17th » Antonio Prohías, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
• 19th » Patricia Highsmith, American author (d. 1995)
• 20th » Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
• 21st » Lincoln Alexander, Canadian politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (d. 2012)
• 21st » Howard Unruh, American murderer (d. 2009)
• 22nd » Arno Babajanian, Armenian pianist and composer (d. 1983)
• 25th » Samuel T. Cohen, American physicist (d. 2010)
• 26th » Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (d. 2005)
• 26th » Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1999)
• 27th » Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
• 28th » Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian–American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 29th » Anthony George, American actor (d. 2005)
• 31st » John Agar, American actor (d. 2002)
• 31st » Carol Channing, American actress and singer
• 31st » E. Fay Jones, American architect, designed the Thorncrown Chapel (d. 2004)
• 31st » Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (d. 1959)

Famous Deaths for January 1921

• 1st » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 2nd » Doud Eisenhower, American son of Dwight D. Eisenhower (b. 1917)
• 6th » Devil Anse Hatfield, American Guerrilla warfare called guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
• 10th » Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (b. 1887)
• 12th » Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)
• 22nd » George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
• 23rd » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 27th » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)

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