100 Years Ago Today

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20th September 1921

Red Cross headquarters established in San Antonio after devastating floods hit the region earlier this month.

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21st September 1921

Nevil Macready, Commander-in-Chief of British forces in Ireland, with Winston Churchill heads to a Cabinet meeting at Brahan Castle.


General Pershing, former commander of the American Expeditionary force, returns to France for a visit.


Ship Losses:

Palestine (Tunisia) The brig was in collision with Clan Colquhoun ( United Kingdom at Valletta, Malta and sank. All on board were rescued.

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22nd September 1921

Mahatma Gandhi abandons Western attire and adopts a simple loin-cloth worn by many of India’s poor.


Ship Losses:

Salina (Norway) The cargo ship collided with Jan Breydel ( Belgium) in the English Channel between the East Goodwin and South Goodwin Lightships (both United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of fourteen of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by Jan Breydel.

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23rd September 1921

U.S. Army Air Service begins conducting bombing tests against the decommissioned battleship USS Alabama. White phosphorus bomb are used against the ship.


Bernard Barny de Romanet, French aerial ace with 18 victories and former world record holder for aerial speed, is killed in a plane crash.

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24th September 1921

The New York Yankees meet the Cleveland Indians in the first of a four-game tourney to decide which team would advance to the World Series. The Yankees beat the Indians 4-2.

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25th September 1921

Assassination attempt is made against Polish Marshal Józef Piłsudski by Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Fedak in Lwów (Lviv, Ukraine). Piłsudski escapes unharmed, while Fedak accidentally shoots himself when he was apprehended.

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26th September 1921

Ship Losses:

Colombia River (United States) The schooner was wrecked on Sunday Island, Queensland, Australia. Her crew survived.
Ingeborg (Sweden) The schooner was driven ashore at Kumnaes and was wrecked. Her crew survived.
USS R-6 (United States Navy) The R-class submarine sank at San Pedro, California. She was refloated on 13 October. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
Seifuku Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was wrecked on this date.

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27th September 1921

After multiple hits by aerial bombs as part of a U.S. Army bombing exercise, the decommissioned battleship USS Alabama sinks in Chesapeake Bay.


Ship Losses:

USS Alabama (United States Navy) The decommissioned Illinois-class battleship sank in the Chesapeake Bay after use as a target from 23 to 25 September by aircraft of the 1st Provisional Air Brigade (United States United States Army Air Service)

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28th September 1921

American test pilot John A. Macready sets an aerial altitude record by reaching 40,800 feet (12,400 m) in a Lepere biplane.


Piloting the same United States Army Air Service Packard-Le Peré LUSAC-11 fighter that set a world altitude record on February 27, 1920, Lieutenant John A. Macready sets a new world altitude record of 10,518 meters (34,508 feet). Macready receives the Mackay Trophy for the flight.


Ship Losses:

Lambaness (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Sennen Lifeboat.
Rigmor (Denmark) The schooner ran aground at Akureyri, Iceland, and was wrecked. Her crew survived.

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29th September 1921

Ship Losses:

Hedvig (Sweden) The auxiliary schooner caught fire at Amsterdam, Netherlands and was scuttled.

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30th September 1921

The battleship USS Colorado undergoing construction at Camden, New Jersey.


Ship Losses:

Rusamet No. 4 (Ottoman Navy) The guard ship was lost on this date.

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1st October 1921

Ship Losses:

Namara (United Kingdom) The schooner was dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 23°N 71°W).

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2nd October 1921

General Pershing, former commander of the American Expeditionary Force, visits the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris.


William II of Württemberg, the last King of Württemberg, has passed away. Like other German monarchs, he had been deposed at the end of the Great War.


Ship Losses:

Triton (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground at Gosvarosen, Norway and sank.
Tanana (United States) During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Fairbanks to Tolovana with 21 crewmen but no passengers or cargo aboard, the 495-gross register ton, 149.6-foot (45.6 m) passenger ship – a sternwheel paddle steamer – struck a submerged snag on the Tanana River 1 mile (1.6 km) above Minto, turned toward shore to beach herself before she could sink in deep water, and sank in 6 feet (1.8 m) of water. Salvage was impossible in 1921 due to the imminent onset of winter, and by the time the weather began to moderate in the spring of 1922 she was beyond economical repair, so she was stripped of her machinery and equipment and abandoned.

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3rd October 1921

The U.S. Supreme Court opens its first session with William Taft serving as the Chief Justice (The Taft Court will take a laissez faire attitude on the economy, striking down regulations, but generally refrains from striking down laws affecting civil liberties)


Ship Losses:

Corona (Peru) The sailing ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.

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4th October 1921

Ship Losses:

Rokko Maru (Japan) The cargo ship foundered off Hamashima.