Timeline July 1921

Events in July 1921 10

• 1921 Third Silesian Uprising Polish insurgents fight German forces over Upper Silesia Polish militias launched an armed uprising in Upper Silesia to contest a League of Nations plebiscite that had favored remaining with Germany in most districts. Fighting between Polish and German paramilitaries continued for weeks before an Allied-brokered ceasefire. The League ultimately partitioned Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland the following year.
• 1921 Wimbledon 1921 Men: Bill Tilden · Women: Suzanne Lenglen
• 1921 – 2016 Nancy Reagan (1921-2016) Died 6 March 2016, aged 94 Reagan served as First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989 during the presidency of her husband, Ronald Reagan. She was known for her "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign and her influence over White House staffing and scheduling. She remained a prominent figure in Republican politics after leaving the White House.
• 1921 – 2009 Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921-2009) Died 11 August 2009, aged 88 Shriver was an American philanthropist and member of the Kennedy family who founded the Special Olympics in 1968. Her advocacy work greatly expanded opportunities and public attention for people with intellectual disabilities worldwide. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work.
• 1921 Anglo-Irish Truce Fighting halts in the Irish War of Independence The Irish Republican Army and British forces agreed to a truce, ending active fighting in the Irish War of Independence. The ceasefire opened the way for negotiations in London that autumn. Those talks produced the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December.
• 1921 – 2016 John Glenn (1921-2016) Died 8 December 2016, aged 95 Glenn was an American astronaut who became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 aboard Friendship 7. He later served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio for 24 years and returned to space in 1998 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery at age 77. He was the last surviving member of NASA's original Mercury Seven astronauts.
• 1921 Battle of Annual Rif fighters inflict a catastrophic defeat on the Spanish army Rif Berber forces under Abd el-Krim destroyed a Spanish colonial army near Annual in the Rif region of Morocco, killing thousands of soldiers in one of the worst defeats in modern Spanish military history. The disaster triggered a political crisis in Spain and fueled years of further fighting in the Rif War. It also boosted Abd el-Krim's prestige as leader of the short-lived Republic of the Rif.
• 1921 Chinese Communist Party founded Delegates convene the party's first congress in Shanghai A small group of delegates, including Mao Zedong, held the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai. The party began with only a few dozen members but would go on to rule mainland China after 1949. The meeting is now commemorated as the party's founding date.
• 1921 Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party Adolf Hitler assumes dictatorial control of the NSDAP Adolf Hitler forced a leadership vote in the National Socialist German Workers' Party, emerging with near-absolute authority and the title of Fuhrer of the party. He had joined the tiny party two years earlier and built it around his own oratory. The move consolidated his personal control over the movement that would later seize power in Germany.
• 1921 – 2005 Peter Benenson (1921-2005) Died 25 February 2006, aged 84 Peter Benenson, the British lawyer who founded Amnesty International in 1961, died in Oxford. His campaign began with a newspaper article calling for letters on behalf of political prisoners, growing into a global human rights movement. Amnesty International remains one of the world's largest human rights organizations.