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  • New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
    1921
    Juan Trippe

    Graduation

    New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
    1921

    The end of World War I precluded him from flying in combat. After he Demobilized from active duty, he returned to Yale, graduating in 1921.




  • U.S.
    1921
    Marie Curie

    She Toured the United States To Raise Funds For Research on Radium

    U.S.
    1921

    In 1921, she was welcomed triumphantly when she toured the United States to raise funds for research on radium. Mrs. William Brown Meloney, after interviewing Curie, created a Marie Curie Radium Fund and raised money to buy radium, publicizing her trip.




  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1921
    Marie Curie

    U.S. President Warren G. Harding Received Her at The White House

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1921

    In 1921, U.S. President Warren G. Harding received her at the White House to present her with the 1 gram of radium collected in the United States, and the First Lady praised her as an example of a professional achiever who was also a supportive wife.




  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    1921
    Marcus Garvey

    Separated

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    1921

    Three months into the marriage (Feb-Mar 1919), Garvey sought an annulment, on the basis of Ashwood's alleged adultery and the claim that she had used "fraud and concealment" to induce the marriage. She launched a counter-claim for desertion, requesting $75 a week alimony. The court rejected this sum, instead ordering Garvey to pay her $12 a week. It refused to grant him the divorce. The court proceedings continued for two years. Now separated (Year 1921), Garvey moved into a 129th Street apartment with Jacques and Henrietta Vinton Davis, an arrangement that at the time could have caused some social controversy. He was later joined there by his sister Indiana and her husband, Alfred Peart. Ashwood, meanwhile, went on to become a lyricist and musical director for musicals amid the Harlem Renaissance.




  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1921
    Anna May Wong

    Wong dropped out of Los Angeles High School

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1921

    Finding it difficult to keep up with both her schoolwork and her passion, Wong dropped out of Los Angeles High School in 1921 to pursue a full-time acting career.




  • Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
    May, 1921
    Walt Disney

    The Establishment of Laugh-O-Gram Studio

    Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
    May, 1921

    In May 1921, the success of the "Laugh-O-Grams" led to the establishment of Laugh-O-Gram Studio, for which he hired more animators, including Fred Harman's brother Hugh, Rudolf Ising and Iwerks. The Laugh-O-Grams cartoons did not provide enough income to keep the company solvent, so Disney started production of Alice's Wonderland‍—‌based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland‍—‌which combined live-action with animation; he cast Virginia Davis in the title role. The result, a 12-and-a-half-minute, one-reel film, was completed too late to save Laugh-O-Gram Studio, which went into bankruptcy in 1923.




  • U.S.
    1921
    Marcus Garvey

    Garvey twice reached out to Du Bois

    U.S.
    1921

    In 1921, Garvey twice reached out to Du Bois, asking him to contribute to UNIA publications, but the offer was rebuffed.


  • U.S.
    Monday Sep 26, 1921
    Anna May Wong

    Wong received her first screen credit for Bits of Life

    U.S.
    Monday Sep 26, 1921

    In 1921, Wong received her first screen credit for Bits of Life, the first anthology film, in which she played the wife of Lon Chaney's character, Toy Ling, in a segment entitled "Hop".


  • New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
    1921
    Juan Trippe

    Graduation

    New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
    1921

    The end of World War I precluded him from flying in combat. After he Demobilized from active duty, he returned to Yale, graduating in 1921.


  • U.S.
    1921
    Marie Curie

    She Toured the United States To Raise Funds For Research on Radium

    U.S.
    1921

    In 1921, she was welcomed triumphantly when she toured the United States to raise funds for research on radium. Mrs. William Brown Meloney, after interviewing Curie, created a Marie Curie Radium Fund and raised money to buy radium, publicizing her trip.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1921
    Marie Curie

    U.S. President Warren G. Harding Received Her at The White House

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1921

    In 1921, U.S. President Warren G. Harding received her at the White House to present her with the 1 gram of radium collected in the United States, and the First Lady praised her as an example of a professional achiever who was also a supportive wife.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    1921
    Marcus Garvey

    Separated

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    1921

    Three months into the marriage (Feb-Mar 1919), Garvey sought an annulment, on the basis of Ashwood's alleged adultery and the claim that she had used "fraud and concealment" to induce the marriage. She launched a counter-claim for desertion, requesting $75 a week alimony. The court rejected this sum, instead ordering Garvey to pay her $12 a week. It refused to grant him the divorce. The court proceedings continued for two years. Now separated (Year 1921), Garvey moved into a 129th Street apartment with Jacques and Henrietta Vinton Davis, an arrangement that at the time could have caused some social controversy. He was later joined there by his sister Indiana and her husband, Alfred Peart. Ashwood, meanwhile, went on to become a lyricist and musical director for musicals amid the Harlem Renaissance.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1921
    Anna May Wong

    Wong dropped out of Los Angeles High School

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1921

    Finding it difficult to keep up with both her schoolwork and her passion, Wong dropped out of Los Angeles High School in 1921 to pursue a full-time acting career.


  • Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
    May, 1921
    Walt Disney

    The Establishment of Laugh-O-Gram Studio

    Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
    May, 1921

    In May 1921, the success of the "Laugh-O-Grams" led to the establishment of Laugh-O-Gram Studio, for which he hired more animators, including Fred Harman's brother Hugh, Rudolf Ising and Iwerks. The Laugh-O-Grams cartoons did not provide enough income to keep the company solvent, so Disney started production of Alice's Wonderland‍—‌based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland‍—‌which combined live-action with animation; he cast Virginia Davis in the title role. The result, a 12-and-a-half-minute, one-reel film, was completed too late to save Laugh-O-Gram Studio, which went into bankruptcy in 1923.


  • U.S.
    1921
    Marcus Garvey

    Garvey twice reached out to Du Bois

    U.S.
    1921

    In 1921, Garvey twice reached out to Du Bois, asking him to contribute to UNIA publications, but the offer was rebuffed.


  • U.S.
    Monday Sep 26, 1921
    Anna May Wong

    Wong received her first screen credit for Bits of Life

    U.S.
    Monday Sep 26, 1921

    In 1921, Wong received her first screen credit for Bits of Life, the first anthology film, in which she played the wife of Lon Chaney's character, Toy Ling, in a segment entitled "Hop".


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