Top News Stories from 1921

World Events

• Major treaties signed at Washington Disarmament Conference limit naval tonnage and pledge to respect territorial integrity of China.

U.S. Events

• Congress passes Budget and Accounting Act, which creates the Bureau of Budget (June 10).
• U.S. Congress, in a joint resolution, declares WWI ended (July 2).
• First burial is held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery (Nov. 11).

Economics

Sports

World Series

Stanley Cup

Wimbledon

Kentucky Derby Champion

NCAA Football Champions

Entertainment

Events

• The Sheik, directed by George Melford, debuts and establishes star Rudolph Valentino as cinema's best-known lover.
• The Cleveland Playhouse opens, becoming the country's first resident professional theater.
• Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence wins Pulitzer Prize.
• Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, the rotund actor, director and producer, is arrested on manslaughter charges, after a woman died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials, but his career in film never recovered.

Science

• Vitamin D is discovered and shown to prevent rickets.
• Vitamin E is discovered.

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