About the day » Thursday July 21, 1921Calender converter

• Bertha Hendrika ter Braak († 2006)
• Annie Heijndijk, Apeldoorn, Nederland († 1985)
• * Maria Adriana Kuijpers, Vlijmen († 1990)
• Andries Keizer, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Cornelisse, Zaandam († 1970)
• Albert De Smet, Oombergen († 2002)
• Albertha (Beppie) Heijgen, Utrecht († 1999)
• Alyda Maria Elisabeth Ooijkaas, Den Haag († 1922)
• Aukje Apol († 1968)
• Adriana Anderina van der Snel, Overschie († 2000)

• Anatol von Buxhoeveden (77), Helsinki
• Abraham BOTTEMA (73), Leeuwarden, 752, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Buitendijk (82), Leiden
• Adriana Dekker (56), Heenvliet
• Adriana Diependaal (70), Made en Drimmelen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Greven (78), Beek
• Andries de Lang (74), Sneek
• Anna Guurtruda Punt (19), Warmenhuizen
• Catharina Janssen (72)
• Cornelis Jonker (88), IJsselmuiden

• 1920 » Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 2005)
• 1920 » Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor († 2001)
• 1920 » Jean Daniel, Algerian-French-Jewish journalist and author († 2020)
• 1921 » James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author († 2000)
• 1921 » John Horsley, English actor († 2014)
• 1921 » Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu sangoma († 2020)
• 1922 » Kay Starr, American singer († 2016)
• 1922 » Mollie Sugden, English actress († 2009)
• 1923 » Queenie Watts, English actress and singer († 1980)
• 1923 » Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
16. Helena

• 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.
• January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
• January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
• February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
• March 15 » Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
• June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
• October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.

The temperature on July 21, 1921 was between 8.2 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.