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* 1921 – The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
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( Rossum's Universal Robots ) ( 1921 ) – the play that introduced the word robot to the world – were organic artificial humans, the word " robot " has come to primarily refer to mechanical humans, animals, and other beings.
* 1921 – Black Friday: mine owners announce more wage and price cuts, leading to the threat of a strike all across England.
* 1921 – The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali ( leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire ) as King Faisal I of Iraq.
They won the first eight matches in succession including a 5 – 0 whitewash in 1920 – 1921 at the hands of Warwick Armstrong's team.
The most important Canadian theorist was an American immigrant, Henry Wise Wood, president of the United Farmers of Alberta ( UFA ) during that movement's time as the governing party of the province ( 1921 – 1935 ).
* 1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).
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Past Australian censuses were conducted in 1911, 1921, 1933, 1947, 1954, and 1961-2011 every five years.
Jardine's first experience against Australia came when his Oxford University team played against the 1921 Australian touring side.
According to the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics ( now the Australian Bureau of Statistics ), " In common with other natives, the islanders are very susceptible to tuberculosis and influenza, and in 1921 an influenza epidemic caused the deaths of 230 islanders.
In 1914, Australian troops occupied German New Guinea, and it remained under Australian military control through World War I until 1921.
Australian cricketer and cartoonist Arthur Mailey had taken all 10 wickets for 66 runs in a first class match during the 1921 tour of England, and hence titled his 1958 autobiography 10 for 66 And All That.
* William Laird Smith ( 1869 – 1942 ), Australian representative for Denison, 1910 – 1922 and Minister for the Navy, 1920 – 1921
Charles Bean ( The Story of Anzac: From the Outbreak of War to the End of the First Phase of the Gallipoli Campaign 4 May 1915, 1921 ) Geoffrey Blainey ( The Tyranny of Distance, 1966 ), Robert Hughes ( The Fatal Shore, 1987 ), Manning Clark ( A History of Australia, 1962 – 87 ), and Marcia Langton ( First Australians, 2008 ) are authors of important Australian histories.
Applying for a commercial pilot's licence on 2 June 1921 ( in which he gave his name as ' Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith '), he became one of Australia's first airline pilots when he was chosen by Norman Brearley to fly for the newly formed West Australian Airways.
Patricia Ethell " Pat " McDonald ( 1 August 1921 – 10 March 1990 ) was an Australian actress and the daughter of one of Australia's most prominent radio engineers Arthur McDonald.
The Australian rugby league team suffered the first loss of their 1921 – 22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain at Highbury to an English side 4 points to 5 before approximately 12, 000 spectators.
In 1921 Cook resigned from the federal parliament, and was appointed Australian High Commissioner in London.
Cook resigned from Parliament in 1921 and was appointed Australian High Commissioner in London, where he served until 1927.
The thought that the Canadian Air Force should become " Royal " was first generated when the Australian Air Force became " Royal " in August 1921.
In 1921, the 4th Division name was revived and was assigned to an Australian Citizens Military Forces ( reserve ) unit based in Melbourne, which served in Australia during World War II
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