1921

1st Indian Parliament
Benito Mussolini declares himself "Il Duce" of the Fascist Party in Italy
British Broadcasting Company (later British Broadcasting Corporation) established
1st radio broadcast of a baseball game
1st Miss America contest
1st cultured pearls
1st lie detector
Charlie Chaplin's film "The Kid"
Peter Ustinov, Prince Philip of Greece (consort of Queen Elizabeth II), John Glenn, and Alex Haley born
Enrico Caruso, Englebert Humperdinck (not THAT one), John Dunlop and C. Saint-Saëns, and "Bat" Masterson die