1921

Sports
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The Southern Conference is formed in Atlanta, Georgia as fourteen member institutions split from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Southern Conference charter members were Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Washington & Lee.
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E.J. Stewart arrives as Clemson's thirteenth head football coach, and while drilling the gridders, also coaches the baseball and track teams.
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Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921, not for his theory of relativity, but for his discovery of the photoelectric effect, which was crucial in the development of quantum theory.
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In 1921, Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin, which became a life-saving treatment for diabetes. This discovery was one of the most significant medical advancements of the 20th century.