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1921 was the year that insulin was developed; the British Broadcasting Company was founded; the first German autobahn was opened; and Chanel No. 5 became all the rage in perfumes.


Significant Book of 1921:
Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles

BOOK When her sister challenged her to write a "good detective story," Agatha Christie responded by writing this mystery -- her first novel, and the debut of Hercule Poirot. This was the beginning of a long and brilliant career that included MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.

  Significant Music of 1921:
 Leos Janácek's Taras Bulba

BOOK Czech composer Leos Janácek's dazzling and dramatic orchestral rhapsody TARAS BULBA premiered in Brno. Janácek was inspired by Nicolay Gogol's tale of a Cossack and his sons.




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