Geometry and Experience Lecture
Explains how geometry acquires physical meaning through measurement and discusses the relationship between mathematical geometry and the spacetime structure of general relativity.
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1921 in United States of America
Explore 42 historical events and records for United States of America in 1921.
Historical records for United States of America in 1921
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12Named people on this page
9Places on this page
January
March
Inauguration
Kisses the same bible used in the inauguration of George Washington
Vice President
Inaugurated Vice President of the USA
April
First Arrival in New York
Arrives in New York during his first visit to the United States, including lectures and fundraising.
May
Royal Society Foreign Membership
Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society.
Legislation
Emergency Quota Act, restricts immigration to 3% of the nationality within the US
American Radium Gift
Presents Marie Curie with radium bought by American donors.
Economy of USA
Emergency Tariff Act, increases duties on farm products & other goods
Legislation
Emergency Tariff Act, increases duties on farm products & other goods
June
Manchester Honorary Doctorate and Relativity Lecture
Receives an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Manchester and lectures on relativity.
Budget and Accounting Act
The Act creates an executive budget system and the General Accounting Office.
Bureau of the Budget & Manual Accounting
Budget & Accounting Act, creates the Bureau of the Budget & Manual Accounting Office
Legislation
Budget & Accounting Act, creates the Bureau of the Budget & Manual Accounting Office
Chief Justice
Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
July
War with Germany is declared to be at an end by joint
War with Germany is declared to be at an end by joint resolution of Congress
August
Peace Treaty
The US signs a peace Treaty with Germany in Berlin
Peace Treaty at Berlin
The US signs a peace Treaty with Germany in Berlin
September
Economy of USA
Presides over the National Conference on Unemployment, estimated at 5.7 million
National Conference on Unemployment
Presides over the National Conference on Unemployment, estimated at 5.7 million
November
Birth of Charles Bronson
Birth of Charles Bronson, one of 15 children born to a Lithuanian immigrant father of Lipka Tatar ancestry and a Lithuanian mother
The Skeik
The release of The Skeik makes Valentino a cult figure
Conference of Washington
Opening day, the US wants peace in the Pacific
Birth of Earling Carothers Jim Garrison
Birth of Earling Carothers "Jim" Garrison
Other events (month unknown)
Budget and Accounting Act
Takes charge after the Budget and Accounting Act creates the Bureau of the Budget.
Bureau of Budget
Appointed first Director of the United States Bureau of the Budget.
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff
Director
Begins organizing the new Bureau of the Budget under President Harding.
Economy of USA
Wants return to "normalcy", favors protective tariffs & high taxes on war profits
Federal Economy
Presses departments to reduce spending and follow central budget discipline.
General Relativity Foundation Supplement
Publishes a proposed addition to the foundations of general relativity, continuing his effort to strengthen the conceptual and mathematical basis of gravitational field theory.
Hebrew University Fundraising Tour
Uses his first American visit to support fundraising for the future Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Hell and Maria
Gains publicity for blunt testimony about wartime spending investigations.
Invention of Television
Has the idea to create images using electrons
League of Nations
Opposes the League of Nations
Legislation
Wants return to "normalcy", favors protective tariffs & high taxes on war profits
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to theoretical physics, particularly his explanation of the law governing the photoelectric effect.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical physics, especially the law of the photoelectric effect.
President of USA
Appointed President of the USA, 29th President
Princeton Stafford Little Lectures
Delivers four Stafford Little Lectures explaining special and general relativity.
Secretary of State for Commerce
Appointed Secretary of State for Commerce
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