3rd August 1921
The “Pact of Pacification” is signed by Italian fascists, led by Benito Mussolini (pictured), with the Italian Socialist Party and the General Confederation of Labor in an effort to reduce political instability in Italy; however, the pact is short lived.
Russian poet Nikolay Gumilyov was arrested in the Soviet Union by the Cheka secret police on charges of being a monarchist. He was executed along with 60 other defendants on August 25.
Ship Losses:
Popi (Greece) The cargo ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea after the collapse of the crowns of her fireboxes.