About the day » Sunday March 6, 1921Calender converter
March 5, 1921Died on Sunday March 6, 1921
- Bartus van Putten (75), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Benne van der Meer (0), Hoogeveen
- Annie Laura Marlette (42), Verenigde Statn
- Albertus Johannes Siebers (56), Groningen
- Alexis Moise Benoit (81), Joliette, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
- Bonaventura DONNE (42), Kermt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
- Adriana Allegonda van der Sanden (55), Baardwijk
- "Victor" Napoléon Jean Edouard Ferdinand Adolphe de Crousaz (84), Lausanne, Suisse
- Antonius Wilhelmus Kock (68), Bergh (GE), Wijnbergen
- * Arie Boom (80), Meerkerk
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 6, 1921 at Delpher
Born on March 6
- 1917 » Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic († 2003)
- 1917 » Frankie Howerd, English comedian († 1992)
- 1917 » Will Eisner, American illustrator and publisher († 2005)
- 1918 » Howard McGhee, American trumpeter († 1987)
- 1920 » Lewis Gilbert, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
- 1921 » Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author († 2014)
- 1923 » Ed McMahon, American comedian, game show host, and announcer († 2009)
- 1923 » Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter († 1968)
- 1924 » Ottmar Walter, German footballer († 2013)
- 1924 » William H. Webster, American lawyer and jurist, 14th Director of Central Intelligence
Died on March 6
- 1905 » John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
- 1905 » Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)
- 1919 » Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
- 1920 » Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)
- 1932 » John Philip Sousa, American conductor and composer (b. 1854)
- 1933 » Anton Cermak, Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
- 1935 » Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
- 1939 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
- 1941 » Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
- 1941 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
Names that were popular for boys in 1921
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Pieter
- Antonius
- Gerrit
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Jacob
- Maria
Names that were popular for girls in 1921
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Marie
- Antonia
- Margaretha
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1921
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
- February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
- February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
- June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
- July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
- October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
- November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
The weather on Sunday March 6, 1921
The temperature on March 6, 1921 was between 1.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI