1921

1921

Tulsa Race Massacre

1921

Sacco & Vanzetti Trial & Execution

The controversial execution of two Italian anarchists on disputed evidence became a symbol of American xenophobia and judicial injustice.

1921

Discovery of Insulin

Banting and Best's breakthrough in isolating insulin transformed diabetes from a death sentence into a manageable chronic condition.

1921

Chinese Communist Party Founded

The CCP's inaugural congress in Shanghai launched the movement that would transform China into a global superpower and reshape twentieth-century history.

1921

Teapot Dome Scandal Emerges

Interior Secretary Albert Fall's secret oil lease agreements sparked the worst executive corruption scandal until Watergate, defining an era of Progressive Era accountability.