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July 2, 1921: Dempsey defeats Carpentier in a "Fight of the Century". In the U.S., the first “million dollar gate” in the sport of boxing took place in Jersey City, New Jersey, when Jack Dempsey met Georges Carpentier in front of crowd of 90,000. [9]
1921 was a common year ... July 4. Gérard Debreu, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) Dudar Hahanov, Soviet composer, violinist and conductor (d. 1995)
On July 4, 1921, the Plenum of the Caucasian Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union voted to integrate Karabakh into Armenia. However, the next day, July 5, 1921, Joseph Stalin intervened to keep Karabakh in Soviet Azerbaijan. [113] This decision was taken without local deliberation or plebiscite.
On the afternoon of July 2, 1921, the first fight to take place before the main event was between boxers Frankie Burns [16] and Packey O'Gatty. [17] Burns won that fight on points in eight rounds. [18] The last preliminary bout before the main event featured Gene Tunney defeating Soldier Jones in seven rounds. Tunney would eventually beat both ...
Philip Rose (July 4, 1921 – May 31, 2011) [1] was a Broadway theatrical producer of such productions as A Raisin in the Sun, The Owl and the Pussycat, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Purlie, and Shenandoah. His work was particularly notable for its social insight and distinctive social conscience.
Rear Admiral Carl Joseph Seiberlich (July 4, 1921 – March 24, 2006) was a naval aviator in the United States Navy who commanded the aircraft carrier USS Hornet that picked up the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts after splashdown in the Pacific. He was the first man qualified to land airships, airplanes and helicopters on an aircraft carrier.
Forrest Corry Parry (July 4, 1921 – December 31, 2005) was an American IBM engineer who invented the magnetic stripe card used for credit cards and identification badges. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Early life
Galen Luther Stone (July 4, 1921 – January 23, 2018) was an American diplomat for the United States Department of State. He served as United States ambassador to Cyprus from 1978 to 1981. He served as United States ambassador to Cyprus from 1978 to 1981.