1922 34866 225256682 2008-07-12T18:55:26Z Bethanymaxine1812 7465941 /* May-June */ {{year nav|1922}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1922''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. ==Events of 1922== ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Insulincrystals.jpg|thumb|130px|right|[[January 11]]: Use of [[insulin]] for [[diabetes]].]] * [[January 7]] - [[Dáil Éireann]], the extra-legal parliament of the [[Irish Republic]], ratifies the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] by 64-57 votes. * [[January 8]] - The [[Socialist Youth League of Norway|Social Democratic Youth League of Norway]] is founded. * [[January 10]] - [[Arthur Griffith]] is elected [[President of Dáil Éireann]]. * [[January 11]] - First successful [[insulin]] treatment of diabetes. * [[January 12]] - British government releases remaining Irish prisoners captured in the [[Anglo-Irish War|War of Independence]]. * [[January 13]] - Flu epidemic has claimed 804 victims in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. * [[January 15]] - [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] becomes [[Chairman of the Provisional Government of Southern Ireland|Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government]]. * [[January 22]] - [[Pope Benedict XV]] dies. * [[January 24]] - [[Christian K. Nelson]] patents the [[Eskimo Pie]]. * [[January 29]] - Union of [[Costa Rica]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]] and [[El Salvador]] is dissolved ===February=== [[Image:WilliamDesmondTaylor.jpg|thumb|80px|right|[[February 1|Feb. 1]]: William Desmond Taylor murdered.]] *February - ''[[The Ring (magazine)|Ring Magazine]]'' is first published. * [[February 1]] - [[William Desmond Taylor]] was murdered. * [[February 2]] - ''[[Ulysses (novel)]]'' by [[James Joyce]] is published in [[Paris]] on his fortieth birthday by [[Sylvia Beach]]. * [[February 5]] - [[DeWitt Wallace|DeWitt]] and [[Lila Wallace]] publish the first issue of ''[[Reader's Digest]]''. * [[February 6]] **[[Pope Pius XI]] (Achille Ratti) succeeds [[Pope Benedict XV]] as the 259th [[pope]]. **[[Washington Naval Treaty|Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty]] signed between [[United States]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Japan]], [[France]], and [[Italy]] * [[February 8]] **[[President of the United States]], [[Warren G. Harding]] introduces the first [[radio]] in the [[White House]]. **[[Cheka]] becomes [[Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie|GPU]], a section of [[NKVD]] * [[February 14]] - [[Finland|Finnish]] Minister of the Interior [[Heikki Ritavuori]] is assassinated by [[Ernst Tandefelt]]. * [[February 25]] - Murderer [[Henri Désiré Landru]] is [[Decapitation|beheaded]] by the [[guillotine]]. * [[February 27]] - A challenge to the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], allowing women the right to [[vote]], is rebuffed by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. * [[February 28]] - The [[United Kingdom]] accepts the [[independence]] of [[Egypt]]. {{-}}<!-- split, for future images above --> [[Image:SphinxGiza.jpg|thumb|125px|left|[[February 28|Feb. 28]]: Egypt independent.]] ===March=== * [[March 1]] **Ice mass breaks the [[Oder dam]] in [[Breslau]] **The [[British Civil Aviation Authority]] is established. * [[March 11]] - [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is arrested in [[Bombay]] for [[sedition]] * [[March 13]] - HRH [[Prince of Wales]] [[Edward VIII]] inaugurates the ''[[Rashtriya Indian Military College|Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College]]'' in [[Dehradun]], [[India]] marking a capitulation of the British Empire to growing pressure for Indianization of the Officer Cadre of the British Indian Army * [[March 15]] - [[Egypt]] having gained nominal independence from the [[United Kingdom]], [[Fuad I of Egypt|Fuad I]] becomes [[King of Egypt]]. * [[March 18]] - In [[India]], [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is sentenced to six years in prison for [[sedition]]. He would serve only two years. * [[March 20]] - The [[USS Langley (CV-1)|USS ''Langley'']] is commissioned as the first [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]]. * [[March 23]] - [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] abolishes Legislative Council (Upper House). ===April=== * [[April 7]] **[[Teapot Dome scandal]]: [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] leases [[Teapot Dome]] [[Petroleum|oil]] reserves in [[Wyoming]]. **The first midair collision, between a [[Daimler Airway]] [[de Havilland DH.18]] and a [[Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens]] [[Farman F.60|Farman Goliath]] over [[Poix-de-Picardie]], [[Amiens]], [[France]] * [[April 10]] - The historic [[Genoa Conference]] commences in [[Genoa]]. The representatives of 34 countries convened to speak about monetary economics in the wake of World War I. * [[April 13]] - State of [[Massachusetts]] opens all public offices to women * [[April 15]] - England's [[Prince of Wales]] visits Japanese paramilitary youth group Seinendan in [[annexed Korea]]. * [[April 16]] - The [[Treaty of Rapallo, 1922|Treaty of Rapallo]] marks rapprochement between the [[Weimar Republic]] and [[Bolshevik Russia]]. * [[April 22]] - Lambda Chapter of [[Joe Whelan]] Sorority, Incorporated was chartered. It is the first chapter of a black sorority in New York State. ===May=== * [[May 5]] - In [[The Bronx]], construction begins on [[Yankee Stadium]]. * [[May 11]] - [[KGU]] begins broadcasting in Hawaii. * [[May 12]] - 20-ton [[meteorite]] lands near [[Blackstone, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] * [[May 19]] - [[Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union]] is established. * [[May 29]] - British Liberal MP [[Dan Gallant]] jailed for 7 years for [[fraud]] * [[May 30]] - In [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[Lincoln Memorial]] is dedicated. [[Image:Lincoln memorial dc 20041011 095847 1.3008x2000.jpg|thumb|250px|The Lincoln memorial, dedicated on May 30th]] ===June=== * [[June 1]] **Official foundation of the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]]. **[[Bolshevik]] forces defeat [[Asmachi]] troops under [[Enver Pasha]] * [[June 14]] - U.S. President [[Warren G. Harding]] makes first speech on the radio. * [[June 22]] - [[Irish Republican Army]] agents assassinate British field marshal [[Henry Hughes Wilson]] in [[Belgravia]]; assassins are sentenced to death [[July 18]]. * [[June 24]] - Assassination of [[Weimar Republic]] foreign minister [[Walter Rathenau]] - murderers are captured [[July 17]] * [[June 26]] - Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi becomes Reigning Prince [[Louis II, Prince of Monaco|Louis II]] of [[Monaco]]. * [[June 28]] - The [[Irish Civil War]] begins ===July=== * [[July 11]] - The [[Hollywood Bowl]] opens. ===August=== * [[August 22]] - General [[Michael Collins]] is assassinated in west Cork. * [[August 23]] - Revolt against the Spanish in [[Morocco]] * [[August 28]] - [[Japan]] agrees to withdraw its troops from [[Siberia]] ===September=== * [[September 9]] - Turkish forces pursuing withdrawing Greek troops enter [[İzmir]] * [[September 11]] - One of the ''[[Herald Sun]]'' of [[Melbourne, Australia]]'s predecessor papers ''The Sun News-Pictorial'' is founded. * [[September 13]] - [[Gdynia]] Seaport Construction Act passed by the [[Poland|Polish]] parliament. * [[September 13]] - [[September 15|15]] - Fire, probably started by Turkish troops, destroys most of [[Smyrna]]. Death toll estimated 100,000 * [[September 18]] - [[Hungary]] joins the [[League of Nations]] * [[September 22]] - [[Mandate of Palestine]] approved by the Council of the [[League of Nations]]. ===October=== * [[October 9]] - Sir [[William Horwood (police commissioner)|William Horwood]], [[London]] [[Metropolitan Police Service]] [[commissioner]] is poisoned by [[arsenic]]-filled chocolates * [[October 23]] - [[Germany|German]] army occupies [[Saxony]] and crushes [[Soviet Republic of Saxony]] * [[October 25]] - The [[Third Dáil]] enacts the [[Constitution of the Irish Free State]]. * [[October 28]] **In [[Italy]], with the March on [[Rome]], [[Fascism]] obtains power and [[Benito Mussolini]] becomes prime minister **[[Red Army]] occupies [[Vladivostok]] * [[October 31]] - [[Benito Mussolini]] becomes the youngest Premier in the history of [[Italy]]. ===November=== * [[November 1]] **[[Ottoman Empire]] is abolished and its last [[sultan]] [[Mehmed VI|Mehmed VI Vahdettin]] abdicates. **The [[broadcasting licence fee]] of ten [[shilling]]s introduced in the [[United Kingdom]] * [[November 5]] - In [[Egypt]], [[United Kingdom|British]] archaeologist [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] and his men find the entrance to King [[Tutankhamen]]'s tomb in the [[Valley of the Kings]]. * [[November 12]] - [[Sigma Gamma Rho]] (ΣΓΡ) Sorority, Incorporated was founded on November 12, 1922, by seven educators in Indianapolis, Indiana. The group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to Alpha chapter at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. * [[November 14]] - The [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC) begins [[radio]] service in the [[United Kingdom]]. [[2LO]] became the first radio station in the United Kingdom. *[[November 15]] - In the [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|United Kingdom general election]] forced by the Conservatives' withdrawal from the coalition government, the Conservative Party wins an overall majority. (The [[1922 Committee]], popularly believed to take its name from this occasion, was not founded until the following year.) * [[November 17]] - Former [[Ottoman sultan]] [[Mehmed VI]] leaves for exile in [[Italy]]. *[[November 18]] - [[Marcel Proust]], author of ''[[In Search of Lost Time]]'', dies. * [[November 19]] - [[Abdul Mejid II]], [[Crown Prince]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] is elected [[Caliph]]. * [[November 21]] - [[Rebecca Felton]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] takes the oath of office, becoming the first woman [[United States Senate|United States Senator]]. * [[November 24]] - Popular author and [[Irish Republican Army]] member [[Robert Erskine Childers]] is executed by an [[Irish Free State]] firing squad for illegally carrying a revolver. * [[November 26]] - [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] and [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon|Lord Carnarvon]] become the first people to enter the tomb of [[Egypt]]ian King [[Tutankhamun]] in over 3000 years. ===December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union 1923.svg|thumb|200px|Second [[flag of the Soviet Union|flag of the USSR]].]] * [[December 5]] - British parliament enacts the Irish Free State Constitution Act, by which it legally sanctions the new [[Constitution of the Irish Free State]]. * [[December 6]] - The [[Irish Free State]] officially comes into existence. [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]] becomes the [[Monarchy in the Irish Free State|Free State's monarch]]. [[Timothy Michael Healy|Tim Healy]] is appointed first [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State]] and [[W. T. Cosgrave]] becomes [[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State|President of the Executive Council]]. * [[December 16]] - Assassination of [[Gabriel Narutowicz]], the president of [[Poland]] * [[December 30]] - [[Bolshevist Russia|Russia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]], and the [[Transcaucasia]] come together to form the [[Soviet Union|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]. ===Undated=== * [[Earl W. Bascom]], rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and makes rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle at [[Lethbridge]], [[Alberta]] [[Canada]] *Invention of [[Vegemite]] by Australian [[Fred Walker]] * ''Kurd Istigdul Djemijetin'', the [[Kurdish Independence Committee]], founded * [[Molly Pitcher Club]] formed to promote the [[repeal of prohibition]] in United States * Thompson Webb founds [[The Webb Schools|Webb School for Boys]]. * Extinction of the [[Barbary Lion]] in the wild, with the last killed in [[Morocco]], in the area of Zelan and Beni Mguild Forests[http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/geog358/extinctm/BarbLion.htm]. * The [[Amur Tiger]] became extinct in [[South Korea]] by this date [http://www.koreanhistoryproject.org/savethetiger.htm]. ===Ongoing=== * [[Ethnic cleansing]] in [[Turkey]]: ** [[Assyrian Genocide]] ([[1914]]–[[1922]]) ** [[Pontic Greek Genocide]] ([[1916]]–[[1923]]). ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Taishō]] 11}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Ernest Hollings|Ernest "Fritz" Hollings]], U.S. Senator from South Carolina * [[January 7]] - [[Jean-Pierre Rampal]], French flutist (d. [[2000]]) * [[January 9]] - [[Har Gobind Khorana]], Indian biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[January 12]] - [[Tadeusz Żychiewicz]], Polish journalist, art historian and publicist (d. [[1994]]) * [[January 13]] - [[Albert Lamorisse]], French film director (d. [[1970]]) * [[January 16]] - [[Ernesto Bonino]], Italian singer * [[January 17]] **[[Nicholas Katzenbach]], American politician **[[Betty White]], American television actress * [[January 19]] - [[Guy Madison]], American actor (d. [[1996]]) * [[January 21]] - [[Telly Savalas]], American actor (d. [[1994]]) * [[January 21]] - [[Paul Scofield]], English actor (d. [[2008]]) * [[January 22]] **[[Leonel Brizola]], Brazilian politician **[[Howard Moss]], American poet, dramatist, and critic (d. [[1987]]) * [[January 24]] - [[Charles Socarides]], American psychiatrist (d. [[2005]]) * [[January 28]] - [[Robert W. Holley]], American biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1993]]) * [[January 30]] - [[Dick Martin]], American comedian * [[February 1]] - [[Renata Tebaldi]], Italian soprano (d. [[2004]]) * [[February 2]] - [[Stoyanka Mutafova]] - Bulgarian actress * [[February 6]] **[[Patrick Macnee]], British actor **[[Bill Johnston (cricketer)|Bill Johnston]], Australian cricketer **[[Denis Norden]], British television and radio scriptwriter and personality * [[February 9]] - [[Kathryn Grayson]], American actress * [[February 12]] - [[Tun Hussein Onn]], third [[Prime Minister]] of [[Malaysia]] (d. [[1990]]) * [[February 13]] - [[Gordon Tullock]], American economist * [[February 15]] - [[John Bayard Anderson]], U.S Congressman and Presidential candidate * [[February 17]] **[[Enrico Banducci]], American nightclub owner (d. [[2007]]) **[[Marshall Teague]], American race car driver (d. [[1959]]) * [[February 18]] - [[Helen Gurley Brown]], American editor and publisher * [[February 24]] **[[Richard Hamilton (artist)|Richard Hamilton]], British painter **[[Steven Hill]], American actor * [[February 26]] **[[William Baumol]], American economist **[[Margaret Leighton]], British actress ===March-April=== * [[March 1]] **[[William Gaines]], American magazine publisher (d. [[1992]]) **[[Yitzhak Rabin]], [[Prime Minister of Israel]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1995]]) * [[March 4]] **[[Richard E. Cunha]], American cinematographer and film director (d. [[2005]]) **[[Martha O'Driscoll]], American film actress (d. [[1998]]) **[[Dina Pathak]] (Deena Pathak), Veteran Gujarati theatre and film actress (d. [[2002]]) * [[March 5]] - [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], Italian film director (d. [[1975]]) * [[March 8]] **[[Cyd Charisse]], American actress and dancer (d. [[2008]]) **[[Mizuki Shigeru]], Japanese author **[[Ralph H. Baer]], German-born American inventor * [[March 9]] - [[Tommy Cooper]], Welsh comedian and magician (d. [[1984]]) * [[March 11]] - [[Tun Abdul Razak]], second [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] (d. [[1976]]) * [[March 12]] **[[Jack Kerouac]], American author (d. [[1969]]) **[[Lane Kirkland]], American union leader (d. [[1999]]) * [[March 16]] - [[Harding Lemay]], American television scriptwriter and playwright * [[March 17]] - [[Patrick Suppes]], American philosopher * [[March 18]] - [[Egon Bahr]], German politician * [[March 20]] - [[Carl Reiner]], American film director, producer, actor, and comedian * [[March 21]] **[[Russ Meyer]], American film director and producer (d. [[2004]]) **[[Mujibur Rahman]], [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] (d. [[1975]]) * [[March 27]] - [[Stefan Wul]], French writer (d. [[2003]]) * [[March 28]] **[[Felice Chiusano]], Italian singer ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) (d. [[1990]]) **[[Joey Maxim]], American boxer (d. [[2001]]) * [[March 31]] - [[Richard Kiley]], American actor and singer (d. [[1999]]) * [[April 1]] - [[William Manchester]], American writer (d. [[2004]]) * [[April 3]] - [[Maurice Riel]], Canadian senator * [[April 4]] - [[Elmer Bernstein]], American composer (d. [[2004]]) * [[April 5]] **[[Tom Finney]], English footballer **[[Christopher Hewett]], British actor (d. [[2001]]) <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Mrbelvedere.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Christopher Hewett, who played the title character on the television program [[Mr. Belvedere]], was born in 1922]] --> **[[Gale Storm]], American singer and actress * [[April 7]] - [[Mongo Santamaria]], Cuban jazz musician (d. [[2003]]) * [[April 13]] - [[Julius Nyerere]], [[President of Tanzania]] (d. [[1999]]) * [[April 16]] - [[Kingsley Amis]], English novelist (d. [[1995]]) * [[April 16]] - [[Leo Tindemans]], former Belgian Prime Minister * [[April 22]] - [[Charles Mingus]], American musician (d. [[1979]]) * [[April 28]] - [[Alistair MacLean]], Scottish writer (d. [[1987]]) ===May-June=== * [[May 7]] **[[Darren McGavin]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) **[[Joe O'Donnell]], American [[Documentary photography|documentary photographer]], [[photojournalist]] (d. [[2007]]) * [[May 10]] - [[Nancy Walker]], American movie and television actress (d. [[1992]]) * [[May 11]] - [[Ameurfina Melencio Herrera]], Filipino [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] jurist * [[May 14]] - [[Franjo Tudjman|Franjo Tuđman]], [[President of Croatia]] (d. [[1999]]) * [[May 15]] - [[Jakucho Setouchi]], Japanese writer and Buddhist nun * [[May 18]] **[[Gerda Boyesen]], Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. [[2005]]) **[[Kai Winding]], Danish-born musician (d. [[1983]]) * [[May 21]] - [[James Lopez Watson]], American judge (d. [[2001]]) * [[May 22]] - [[Quinn Martin]], American television producer (d. [[1987]]) * [[May 25]] - [[Enrico Berlinguer]], Italian politician (d. [[1984]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Christopher Lee]], English actor * [[May 28]] - [[Lou Duva]], American boxing trainer * [[May 29]] - [[Iannis Xenakis]], Greek composer (d. [[2001]]) * [[May 30]] - [[Hal Clement]], American writer (d. [[2003]]) * [[May 31]] - [[Denholm Elliott]], English actor (d. [[1992]]) * [[June 1]] - [[Povel Ramel]], Swedish musician * [[June 2]] - [[Charlie Sifford]], American golfer * [[June 10]] - [[Judy Garland]], American singer and actress (d. [[1969]]) * [[June 18]] - [[Claude Helffer]], French pianist (d. [[2004]]) * [[June 19]] - [[Aage Niels Bohr]], Danish physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[June 22]] - [[Mona Lisa (actress)|Mona Lisa]], Filipino actress * [[June 24]] - [[Tata Giacobetti]], Italian singer and lyricist ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) (d. [[1988]]) * [[June 29]] - [[Vasko Popa]], Yugoslavian poet (d. [[1991]]) ===July-August=== * [[July 15]] - [[Leon M. Lederman]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[July 18]] - [[Thomas Kuhn]], American philosopher of science (d. [[1996]]) * [[July 19]] - [[Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman]], King of Malaysia * [[July 22]] - [http://www.tennesseeoverhill.com/heritagegallery/exhibit.asp?Gallery=4&Exhibit=7&Section=46 English P. "Cousin Jake" Tullock], bass player for Flatt & Scruggs' [[Foggy Mountain Boys]] * [[July 31]] - [[Bill Kaysing]], American writer * [[August 3]] - [[Robert Sumner]], American evangelist and author * [[August 10]] - Keith Massey (assistant headteacher of [[Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School]]) * [[August 15]] - [[Lukas Foss]], German-born composer * [[August 17]] - [[Agostinho Neto]], Angolan politician (d. [[1979]]) * [[August 22]] - [[Sosuke Uno]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[1998]]) * [[August 23]] - [[George Kell]], baseball player * [[August 24]] - [[René Lévesque]], 23rd [[Premier of Quebec]] and [[Howard Zinn]], social activist and historian. ===September-October=== *[[September 1]] **[[Yvonne De Carlo]], Canadian-born actress (d. [[2007]]) **[[Vittorio Gassmann]], Italian actor and director (d. [[2000]]) *[[September 3]] **[[Salli Terri]], Canadian mezzo-soprano (d. [[1996]]) **[[Steffan Danielsen]], Faroese painter (d. [[1976]]) *[[September 8]] - [[Sid Caesar]], American actor and comedian *[[September 9]] - [[Hans Georg Dehmelt]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[September 10]] - [[Yma Súmac]], Peruvian singer *[[September 12]] - [[Jackson Mac Low]], American poet (d. [[2004]]) *[[September 15]] - [[Jackie Cooper]], American actor and director *[[September 22]] - [[Chen Ning Yang]], Chinese-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[September 24]] - [[Floyd Levin]], American-born musicologist *[[September 25]] - [[Hammer DeRoburt]], first [[President of Nauru]] (d. [[1992]]) *[[October 1]] - [[Burke Marshall]], American lawyer and politician (d. [[2003]]) *[[October 5]] - [[José Froilán González]], Argentine race car driver *[[October 15]] - [[Luigi Giussani]], Italian Catholic priest (d. [[2005]]) *[[October 19]] - [[Jack Anderson]], American journalist (d. [[2005]]) *[[October 22]] - [[John Chafee]], American politician (d. [[1999]]) *[[October 23]] - [[Cameron Sharp]], Canadian Citizen *[[October 27]] - [[Poul Bundgaard]], Danish actor and singer (d. [[1998]]) *[[October 31]] - [[Barbara Bel Geddes]], American actress (d. [[2005]]) ===November-December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 8]] - [[Christiaan Barnard]], South African surgeon (d. [[2001]]) * [[November 9]] **[[Raymond Devos]], French humorist (d. [[2006]]) **[[Dorothy Dandridge]], American actress (d. [[1965]]) * [[November 11]] - [[Kurt Vonnegut]], American novelist (d. [[2007]]) * [[November 14]] **[[Boutros Boutros-Ghali]], Egyptian [[Secretary General of the United Nations]] ** [[Veronica Lake]], American actress (d. [[1973]]) * [[November 16]] **[[Sidney Mintz]], American anthropologist **[[José Saramago]], Portuguese author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate **[[Hoang Minh Chinh]], Vietnamese politician and dissident (d. [[2008]]) * [[November 17]] - [[Stanley Cohen (doctor)|Stanley Cohen]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[November 19]] - [[Yuri Knorozov]], Russian linguist and epigrapher (d. [[1999]]) * [[November 23]] - [[Don Tennant|Donald Tennant]], American advertising agency executive (d. [[2001]]) * [[November 26]] - [[Charles Schulz|Charles M. Schulz]], American cartoonist (d. [[2000]]) * [[December 9]] - [[Redd Foxx]], American comedian and star of the television show ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' * [[December 11]] - [[Dilip Kumar]], Indian actor * [[December 14]] - [[Nikolay Basov]], Russian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2001]]) * [[December 17]] - [[Alan Voorhees]], American engineer and urban planner (d. [[2005]]) * [[December 20]] - [[Charita Bauer]], American actress/Soap opera star (d. [[1985]]) * [[December 22]] - [[Jack Brooks (politician)|Jack Brooks]], American politician * [[December 23]] - [[Micheline Ostermeyer]], French athlete and musician (d. [[2001]]) * [[December 24]] - [[Ava Gardner]], American actress (d. [[1990]]) * [[December 28]] - [[Stan Lee]], American comics creator * [[December 29]] - [[William Gaddis]], American writer (d. [[1998]]) ==Deaths== ===January-June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 5]] - [[Ernest Shackleton]], Irish explorer (b. [[1874]]) *[[January 10]] - [[Okuma Shigenobu]], 8th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1838]]) *[[January 22]] **[[Pope Benedict XV]] (b. [[1854]]) **[[Fredrik Bajer]], Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1837]]) *[[January 23]] - [[Arthur Nikisch]], Hungarian conductor (b. [[1855]]) *[[January 27]] **[[Nellie Bly]], undercover journalist (b. [[1864]]) **[[Giovanni Verga]], Italian writer (b. [[1840]]) *[[February 1]] **[[Yamagata Aritomo]], 3rd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1838]]) **[[William Desmond Taylor]], Irish-born film director (b. [[1872]]) *[[February 3]] - [[John Butler Yeats]], Northern Irish artist (b. [[1839]]) *[[February 14]] - [[Heikki Ritavuori]], Finnish Minister of Interior (b. [[1880]]) *[[March 1]] - [[Rafael Moreno Aranzadi]], Spanish footballer (b. [[1892]]) *[[March 24]] - [[Walter Parr]], British preacher (b. [[1871]]) *[[April 1]] - Emperor [[Karl I of Austria]] (b. [[1887]]) *[[April 2]] - [[Hermann Rorschach]], Swiss psychiatrist (b. [[1884]]) *[[May 7]] - [[Max Wagenknecht]], German composer (b. [[1857]]) *[[May 18]] - [[Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran]], French physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1845]]) *[[May 19]] - [[Son, Byong-Hi]], Korean activist (b. [[1861]]) *[[June 4]] - [[William Halse Rivers Rivers]], English doctor (b. [[1864]]) *[[June 6]] - [[Lillian Russell]], American singer and actress (b. [[1861]]) *[[June 18]] - [[Jacobus Kapteyn]], Dutch astronomer (b. [[1851]]) *[[June 26]] - [[Albert I, Prince of Monaco|Albert I of Monaco]] (b. [[1848]]) ===July-December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 20]] - [[Andrey Markov]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1856]]) *[[August 2]] - [[Alexander Graham Bell]], Scottish-born inventor (b. [[1847]]) *[[August 5]] - [[Harry Boland]], Irish republican (b. [[1887]]) *[[August 12]] - [[Arthur Griffith]], [[President of Ireland]] (b. [[1872]]) *[[August 14]] - [[Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe]], newspaper magnate (b. [[1865]]) *[[August 22]] - [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], Irish leader (killed in ambush) (b. [[1890]]) *[[September 4]] - [[Sarah L. Winchester]], American builder of the Winchester Mystery House (b. [[1837]]) *[[September 10]] - [[Wilfrid Scawen Blunt]], poet (b. [[1840]]) *[[September 26]] - [[Thomas E. Watson]], American politician and senator (b. [[1856]]) *[[October 7]] - [[Marie Lloyd]], English singer (b. [[1870]]) *[[October 30]] - [[Géza Gárdonyi]], Hungarian author (b. [[1863]]) *[[November 7]] - [[Sam Thompson]], baseball player (b. [[1860]]) *[[November 23]] - [[Eduard Seler]], Prussian scholar and Mesoamericanist (b. [[1849]]) *[[November 24]] - [[Robert Erskine Childers]], novelist and Irish nationalist (executed) (b. [[1870]]) *[[December 16]] - [[Gabriel Narutowicz]], President of Poland (b. [[1865]]) ===Undated=== *The California [[grizzly bear]] became extinct this year. ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Niels Bohr|Niels Henrik David Bohr]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Francis William Aston]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Archibald Vivian Hill]], [[Otto Fritz Meyerhof]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Jacinto Benavente]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Fridtjof Nansen]] ==Ship events== * [[List of ship commissionings in 1922]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1922]] * [[List of shipwrecks in 1922]] ==External links== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.coinpage.com/1922-pictures.html 1922 Coin Pictures] [[Category:1922| ]] [[af:1922]] [[am:1922 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1922]] [[an:1922]] [[frp:1922]] [[ast:1922]] [[av:1922]] [[az:1922]] [[bn:১৯২২]] [[map-bms:1922]] [[be:1922]] [[be-x-old:1922]] [[bh:१९२२]] [[bs:1922]] [[br:1922]] [[bg:1922]] [[ca:1922]] [[cv:1922]] [[cs:1922]] [[co:1922]] [[cy:1922]] [[da:1922]] [[de:1922]] [[et:1922]] [[el:1922]] [[es:1922]] [[eo:1922]] [[eu:1922]] [[fa:۱۹۲۲ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1922]] [[hif:1922]] [[fr:1922]] [[fy:1922]] [[ga:1922]] [[gan:1922年]] [[gv:1922]] [[gd:1922]] [[gl:1922]] [[ko:1922년]] [[hy:1922]] [[hi:1922]] [[hr:1922.]] [[io:1922]] [[ilo:1922]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯২২]] [[id:1922]] [[ia:1922]] [[os:1922]] [[is:1922]] [[it:1922]] [[he:1922]] [[jv:1922]] [[pam:1922]] [[kn:೧೯೨೨]] [[ka:1922]] [[csb:1922]] [[kk:1922]] [[kw:1922]] [[sw:1922]] [[ht:1922 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1922]] [[la:1922]] [[lv:1922]] [[lb:1922]] [[lt:1922 m.]] [[lij:1922]] [[ln:1922]] [[lmo:1922]] [[hu:1922]] [[mk:1922]] [[mi:1922]] [[mr:इ.स. १९२२]] [[ms:1922]] [[nah:1922]] [[nl:1922]] [[ja:1922年]] [[nap:1922]] [[no:1922]] [[nn:1922]] [[nrm:1922]] [[nov:1922]] [[oc:1922]] [[uz:1922]] [[pi:१९२२]] [[nds:1922]] [[pl:1922]] [[pt:1922]] [[ty:1922]] [[ksh:Joohr 1922]] [[ro:1922]] [[ru:1922 год]] [[se:1922]] [[sq:1922]] [[scn:1922]] [[simple:1922]] [[sk:1922]] [[sl:1922]] [[sr:1922]] [[sh:1922]] [[su:1922]] [[fi:1922]] [[sv:1922]] [[tl:1922]] [[ta:1922]] [[tt:1922]] [[te:1922]] [[tet:1922]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2465]] [[vi:1922]] [[tr:1922]] [[uk:1922]] [[vec:1922]] [[wa:1922]] [[vls:1922]] [[yo:1922]] [[zh-yue:1922年]] [[cbk-zam:1922]] [[bat-smg:1922]] [[zh:1922年]]