1922

January 1

• Vancouver British Columbia, Canada starts driving on the right side of road. [1]

January 3

• Canadian Governor General Julian Byng strikes the first two nickel 5c coins of Canada, at the mint in Ottawa. [3]
• First living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar. [1]
• Death of Berthold Delbruck in Jena, Germany; linguist, initiated study of Indo-European languages. [37]
• Death of Wilhelm Herrmann in Marburg, Germany; Protestant theologian. [37]

January 5

• Sir Ernest Shackleton Antarctic explorer (Endurance), dies aboard his ship at age 47. [1]

January 6

• Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments. [1]

January 7

• Antonio Scontrino composer, dies at age 71. [1]

January 8

• Colonel Charles R Young dies at age 58, in Lagos Nigeria. [1]

January 9

• KQV-AM in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions. [1]
• Rotterdam metal strike ends. [1]

January 11

• Insulin first used in a human patient to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada). [1] [5] (January 23 [423.274])

January 13

• Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement. [1]
• Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended. [1]
• WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions. [1]

January 15

• Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes first premier. [1]
• John Kirk Barry Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at age 89. [1]

January 18

• Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy the Rotunda in Dublin. [1]

January 19

• Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years. [1]

January 20

• Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris. [1]

January 21

• First slalom ski race run, Mürren, Switzerland. [1]

January 22

• Benedictus XV [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa], pope (1914-22), dies at age 67. [1]

January 24

• -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Danbury Wisconsin (state record). [1]
• Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo). [1]
• Lehman Caves National Monument established. [1]

January 26

• Luigi Denza composer, dies at age 75. [1]
• Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony" premieres in London. [1]

January 27

• Giovanni Verga Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at age 81. [1]

January 29

• Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved. [1]

January 30

• Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over New South Wales. [1]
• World Law Day, first celebrated. [1]

January 31

• Heinrich Reinhardt composer, dies at age 56. [1]

February 1

• William Desmond Taylor director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at age 49. [1]

February 2

• James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies). [1]

February 3

• Christiaan R de Wet South African Boer General, dies at age 67. [1]

February 4

• WGY-AM in Schenectady New York begins radio transmissions. [1]

February 5

• Christiaan R de Wet South African Boer General, dies at age 67. [1]
• James William Tate composer, dies at age 46. [1]
• Reader's Digest magazine first published. [1]

February 6

• Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI. [1]
• A treaty limiting naval armament is signed by the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan. The limits set for total tonnage of major naval ships are: USA 525,000, Great Britain 525,000, France 175,000, Italy 175,000, Japan 315,000. [10]

February 7

• John Willard's "Cat and the Canary" premieres in New York City, New York. [1]

February 8

• President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. [1] [5]

February 9

• Italian government of Bonomi falls. [1]
• Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. [1]

February 11

• "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1. [1]
• Gerardus J P Bolland Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at age 67. [1]
• US intervention army leaves Honduras. [1]

February 15

• Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at age 36. [1]
• Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex. [1]

February 18

• WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa begins radio transmissions. [1]

February 19

• Ed Wynn becomes first talent to sign as a radio entertainer. [1]

February 20

• Marc Connelly and George Kaufman's "To the Ladies" premieres in New York City, New York. [1]
• Vilnius, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland. [1]
• WOR-AM in New York City, New York begins radio transmissions. [1]

February 21

• Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die. [1]
• Great Britain grants Egypt independence. [1]
• WHK-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions. [1]

February 22

• US Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin. [1]

February 23

• Henri Landru executed for having 11 wives, in France. [1]

February 24

• Alfred Espinas French sociologist (Sociétes Animales), dies at age 77. [1]
• Dmitri B Shostakovich father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies. [1]

February 27

• Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes first National Radio Conference. [1]
• G B Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II" premieres in New York City, New York. [1]
• US Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote. [1]

February 28

• Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain. [1]
• English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles. [1]
• KHQ-AM in Spokane Washington begins radio transmissions. [1]
• Vicente Lleo composer, dies at age 51. [1]

March 2

• WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting. [1]
• WLW-AM in Cincinnati Ohio begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 3

• Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka. [1]
• WWJ-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 4

• Bert Williams famous black, dies at age 46, in New York City, New York. [1]

March 5

• "Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin. [1]

March 6

• George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh III/IV" premieres in New York City, New York. [1]

March 9

• Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape" premieres in New York City, New York. [1]
• KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 10

• Arthur Hervey composer, dies at age 67. [1]
• Horace Wadham Nicholl composer, dies at age 73. [1]
• KLZ-AM in Denver Colorado begins radio transmissions. [1]
• State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg South Africa. [1]

March 13

• George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh V" premieres in New York City, New York. [1]
• WRR-AM in Dallas Texas begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 14

• KGU-AM in Honolulu HI begins radio transmissions. [1]
• KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions. [1]
• WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 15

• First southern radio station begins radio transmissions (WSB-AM, Atlanta Georgia). [1]

March 16

• Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt. [1]
• WKY-AM in Oklahoma City Oklahoma begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 18

• British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K Gandhi to six years for disobedience. [1]
• WBT-AM in Charlotte North Carolina begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 20

• The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier. [1] [5]
• WIP-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 21

• KGW-AM in Portland Oregon begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 22

• British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to six years in prison. [1]
• Louis A Ranvier French anatomist/historian, dies at age 86. [1]

March 23

• First airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC. [1]
• KMJ-AM in Fresno California begins radio transmissions. [1]
• WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 24

• Grand National at Aintree sees only three horses out of 32 starters finish. [1]

March 27

• Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov composer, dies at age 63. [1]

March 28

• First microfilm device introduced. [1]

March 30

• KGY-AM in Olympia Washington begins radio transmissions. [1]
• WWL-AM in New Orleans Louisiana begins radio transmissions. [1]

March 31

• KFI-AM in Los Angeles California begins radio transmissions. [1]
• Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam. [1]

April 1

• Charles I emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies. [1]

April 3

• Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party. [1]

April 4

• WAAB (Baton Rouge Louisiana) becomes first US radio station with "W" calls. [1]

April 5

• Charles F A Woeste Belgian count/minister of Justice, dies at age 85. [1]
• KOB-AM in Albuquerque New Mexico begins radio transmissions. [1]
• WDZ-AM in Decatur Illinois begins radio transmissions. [1]

April 7

• Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome", leased to Harry F Sinclair. [1]

April 12

• Frantisek Ondricek composer, dies at age 64. [1]

April 14

• Republic rebels occupies four government courts in Dublin. [1]

April 16

• Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row. [1]
• German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized. [1]

April 22

• South Ossetian Autonomous Region is established in Georgian SSR. [1]

April 24

• Richard Batka composer, dies at age 53. [1]

April 26

• Hans Sommer composer, dies at age 84. [1]

April 27

• Fritz Langs "Dr Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin. [1]
• Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR. [1]

April 28

• WOI (Ames Iowa) country's first licensed educational radio station. [1]

April 30

• David M Chumaceiro Curaçaos poet, dies. [1]

May 2

• WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Fort Worth Texas. [1]

May 3

• Salt layer find at Winterswijk. [1]

May 4

• KNX-AM in Los Angeles California begins radio transmissions. [1]

May 10

• Dr Ivy Williams is first woman to be called to the English Bar. [1]
• WHB-AM in Kansas City Missouri begins radio transmissions. [1]

May 16

• White Star Line Majestic completes 5.5 day maiden voyage. [1]

May 18

• Dutch second Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours). [1]

May 19

• Heinrich I Quincke German internist (postural drainage), dies at age 79. [1]

May 20

• "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine" killing 90. [1]
• Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless. [1]

May 21

• "On the Road to Moscow" is first cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize. [1]
• Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie). [1]

May 23

• "Abie's Irish Rose" first of over 2,500 performances. [1]
• Walt Disney incorporates Laugh-O-gram Films, using the remaining assets of Iwwerks-Disney Commercial Artists, and US$15,000 from local investors. (About nine films are produced, but with virtually no revenue, the venture ends in bankruptcy in about a year.) [1] [6]

May 24

• Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6 degrees C). [1]
• Russian-Italian trade agreement signed. [1]

May 26

• Lenin suffers a stroke. [1]

May 28

• Carl Tieke composer, dies at age 58. [1]

May 29

• Ecuador becomes independent. [1]
• Jevgeni B Vachtangov Armenian/Russian actor/director, dies at age 39. [1]

May 30

• David Mendes Chumaceiro Curaçaos poet (Adelfas), dies at age 45. [1]
• Latvia and Vatican sign accord. [1]
• In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated. [1] [5] [415.52]

June 16

• Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics. [1]

June 22

• Field Marshal Sir Henry H Wilson murdered in London. [1]

June 24

• Dr Walter Rathenau German foreign minister killed by anti-semites. [1]

June 27

• The American Library Association awards the first Newbery Medal, honoring the year's best children's book, to The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon. [1] [129]

June 29

• K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #979 Ilsewa. [1]

July 15

• First duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in US, at New York zoo. [1]

July 20

• Togo made a mandate of the League of Nations. [1]

July 30

• K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #983 Gunila. [1]

July 31

• 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's first water skis (Minn). [1]

August 22

• Michael Collins Sinn Fein leader, killed by rebels. [1]

August 28

• WEAF in New York City airs first radio commercial (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins). [1]

September 1

• New York City law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billards". [1]

September 11

• British mandate of Palestine begins. [1]

September 13

• 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record). [1]

September 17

• Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station). [1]

September 21

• President Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. [1]

September 28

• Mussolini marches on Rome. [1]

October 3

• First facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, DC. [1]

October 11

• First woman FBI "special investigator" appointed (Alaska Davidson). [1]

October 14

• First automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in New York City. [1]

October 18

• Birth of Little Orphan Annie comic strip character. [1]
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established. [1]

October 20

• Kennelworth in the Bronx renamed Dwight Place. [1]

October 22

• Lucerne Street in the Bronx named. [1]
• Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagner's Opera. [1]

October 27

• First commemoration of Navy Day. [1]

October 28

• Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government. [1]

October 30

• Mussolini forms cabinet in Italy. [1]

October 31

• Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy. [1]

November 1

• Ottoman Empire abolished. [1]

November 4

• In Egypt's Valley of the Kings, Howard Carter and workers uncover a stone stairway leading to an ancient tomb, with seals intact. (The tomb is later determined to be that of King Tutankhamen.) [1] [66.25]

November 11

• Largest US flag displayed (150' X 90 feet) expanded in 1939 (270' X 90 feet). [1]

November 14

• The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) begins radio service from Marconi House in the United Kingdom. [1] [5]

November 26

• At a burial tomb (of King Tutankhamen) in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, Howard Carter views inside a second doorway into the burial chamber, seeing "everywhere the glint of gold". [66.27] [129]

November 28

• Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gave first skywriting exhibition (New York City). Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called. [1]

November 30

• The Japanese navy's Honsho aircraft carrier is launched for sea trials. This is the world's first designed and completed aircraft carrier. The ship can carry 21 aircraft, and can travel at a speed of 25 knots. [55.13]

December 1

• First skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Captain Turner, RAF. [1]
• Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns. [1]

December 3

• First successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City, New York. [1]

December 4

• Lucille Atcherson, becomes first woman legation secretary-US foreign service. [1]

December 5

• Samuel Muller Fzn Dutch historian/archivist, dies. [1]

December 6

• First constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation. [1]
• First electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica New York. [1]

December 9

• Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish President. [1]

December 10

• Nobel Prizes awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. [1]

December 15

• IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague. [1]

December 16

• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda [Perelmann] Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at age 67. [1]
• Gabriel Narutowicz first President of Poland (December 7-16, 1922), assassinated. [1]

December 17

• Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate. [1]

December 19

• Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times. [1]

December 20

• Fourteen republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR). [1]
• Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president. [1]

December 22

• Belgian parliament rejects Dutch University in Ghent. [1]
• In Egypt, the first official press viewing of Tutankhamen's tomb takes place. [66.28]

December 23

• BBC Radio begins daily newscasts. [1]
• Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano. [1]

December 24

• BBC sends first British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas". [1]
• London Coloseum opens. [1]

December 25

• Alphonse Goovaerts composer, dies at age 75. [1]
• Lenin dictates his "Political testament". [1]

December 29

• Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage. [1]

December 30

• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation. [1] [129]