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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1921
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| February 10, 1921 |
Gardner, Georgia, a small town about 35 miles north of Dublin, is destroyed by a tornado
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| March 4, 1921 |
End of Woodrow Wilson's term as President of the United States |
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Woodrow Wilson |
| August 10, 1921 |
Following an active day of sailing and swimming at Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada, Franklin Roosevelt lays ill, unable to move his legs. Weeks later the illness is diagnosed as polio. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| August 19, 1921 |
Ty Cobb collects his 3,000 hit |
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Ty Cobb |
| August 21, 1921 |
Georgia permits women to vote. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution (Women granted the right to vote) had been ratified Aug. 18, 1920.
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Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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| September 6, 1921 |
The New York World began a series of expose articles on the Ku Klux Klan. Syndicated throughout the U.S., it only appeared in the Columbus Enquirer-Sun in Georgia. |
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
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Columbus, Georgia |
| October 11, 1921 |
Inspired by a series of stories in the New York World, congressional hearings open on the activities of the Ku Klux Klan. They will continue for a week. |
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Ku Klux Klan in Georgia |
| October 28, 1921 |
Savannah Electric Company merges with the Savannah Power Company to form Savannah Electric & Power |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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