100 Years Ago Today

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8th April 1921

People observing the 1921 eclipse.

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9th April 1921

Ship Losses:

Fenice (Peru) The cargo ship was wrecked on Lobos de Tierra Island.

Tommie G (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°28′N 46°17′W). She was set afire by her crew, who were rescued by Waaldijk ( Netherlands).

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10th April 1921

Itō Toshiyoshi, Admiral and the first Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, has passed away.

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11th April 1921

This shot of joking Black and Tans and Auxiliaries was taken outside the London and North Western Hotel, North Wall, Dublin as they surveyed the damage after an I.R.A. attack on their quarters.


A Black and Tan inspecting bomb damage after an IRA attack.


Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, the former empress of Germany and queen of Prussia by marriage with Kaiser Wilhelm II, has passed away while in exile in the Netherlands.


Ship Losses:

Colonel Bowie or Col. Bowie (United States) The cargo ship sprung a leak in heavy weather and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico between Beaumont, Texas and Tampico, Mexico with the loss of nineteen, or seven, of her 22 crew.

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12th April 1921

President Warren G. Harding giving his first address to Congress, in which he insisted the US would not join the League of Nations.

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13th April 1921

The trial of István Friedrich, the former Prime Minister of Hungary, for attempting to murder one of his predecessors in office, István Tisza, began in Budapest.


Ship Losses:

Huntley (United Kingdom) The schooner sank off Cape Spear, Newfoundland. Her crew survived. She later refloated due to her cargo of salt dissolving and was towed in to St. John's.
Johanne (Germany) The cargo ship collided with Edel ( Denmark) in the Skagerrak 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Fredrikshavn, Nordjylland, Denmark and sank. Her crew were rescued.

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14th April 1921

British bluejackets are deployed to protect Admiralty property in anticipation of a possible workers strike at the Abertillery Collieries, South Wales.


Hungarian Prime Minister Pál Teleki resigns after the failed attempt by former King/Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary to retake the throne.


Navy Chief Gunners’ Mate Robert Cox is awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harding for helping to save the battleship Missouri from exploding after a fire in 1904 that killed 33. Cox is at far left.


Ship Losses:

Kamchatka (United States) During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Siberia carrying 436 tons of general trading cargo, the 552-ton motor ship was abandoned in the North Pacific Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) south of the Territory of Alaska′s Shumagin Islands at a position determined by dead reckoning as 51°57′N 154°53′W after an engine room fire went out of control. Her crew of 23 abandoned ship in a launch and a whaleboat and reached the Shumagin Islands safely 86 hours later. Kamchatka′s burned-out and dismasted hulk drifted far to the south, where it was last sighted on 23 May 1921

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15th April 1921

Transport and rail union leaders in Britain decide not to call a strike in support of miners. The day is called “Black Friday” by miners for the perceived betrayal by the union leaders.


Ship Losses:

Poolena (United Kingdom) The coaster ran aground at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. Her crew survived. She was refloated on 21 April.

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16th April 1921

Train carriage where the armistice was signed, ending fighting during the Great War.


Ship Losses:

Eugenia (Greece) The cargo ship foundered off the Berlengas, Portugal.
Ningpo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore and sank at Chefoo, China.

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17th April 1921

Colonel T.E. Lawrence flying from Amman to Azrak.


Bedouin and Circassian chiefs at Amman aerodrome in Transjordan. The Emirate of Transjordan was established last week as a protectorate of Britain.

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18th April 1921

Mounted guards of Abdullah, the Emir of the newly established Emirate of Transjordan.


Ship Losses:

Iron Monarch (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Port Pirie, South Australia. She was refloated on 21 April.
Queenie R (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by British Marshall ( United Kingdom).

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19th April 1921

The funeral of former Kaiserin Augusta Victoria of Germany is held in Potsdam. The funeral is attended by 300,000 people, including many monarchist supporters.

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20th April 1921

General Pershing meeting with blinded veterans of the Great War.


A World War I hero is acquitted of murder in Ottawa when a jury finds war wounds and flashbacks affected his mental state. Filip Konowal, a recipient of the Victoria Cross, will go to a mental asylum.


Ship Losses:

S & C (United States) Still hauled out on the shore of the Taku River in the Territory of Alaska for the winter of 1920–1921 and with no one on board, the 8-gross register ton, 34.3-foot (10.5 m) motor vessel was destroyed when ice breaking up on the river during the spring thaw crushed her.

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21st April 1921

Ship Losses:

Tree Villa (United Kingdom) The coaster, which had struck a submerged object on 19 April, sank in the Bristol Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east of Skokholm, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived.

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22nd April 1921

King Constantine of Greece visiting wounded soldiers of the Greco-Turkish War.


Ship Losses:

No. 307 (Soviet Navy) The K-class armored river gunboat was lost on this date.