6th July 1921
Philip de László painting his portrait of General Pershing.
Anne Frances Robbins (Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States) is born in Uptown Manhattan. Nancy with her mother, actress Edith Luckett.
Ship Losses:
Margaret (United States) The 55-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire while loading distillate oil at a dock at Katalla, Territory of Alaska. All three crewmen aboard her at the time suffered burns but survived.