West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues. Date: May 3, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ireland is partitioned under British law by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. Date: May 3, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Jaffa riots commence. Date: May 1, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan. Date: April 11, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established. Date: April 2, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 2 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Royal Australian Air Force is formed. Date: March 31, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, becoming the first international women's sports event. Date: March 24, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism. Date: March 21, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Upper Silesia plebiscite, mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland, is held. Date: March 20, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1921 📅 On This Day (Today)
Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them. Date: March 19, 1921 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this…