September 1921

Wednesday 07:

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

Thursday 08:

1921- 16-year-old Margaret Gorman won the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

Sunday 11:

Motion picture star Fatty Arbuckle is arrested for rape.

Wednesday 21:

Ammonium nitrate explosion at chemical storage facility in Oppau, Germany, 561 killed.