In history, year 1922 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1922.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1922:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 28 january | Snowfall from the biggest recorded snowstorm in Washington, D.C. history caused the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre to collapse, killing 98 people. |
| 02 february | The novel Ulysses was first published in its entirety afterthis material by author James Joyce first appeared in serialized partsin the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December1920, becoming one of the most important works of Modernist literature. |
| 06 february | Britain, France, Japan, Italy and the United States signed the Washington Naval Treaty to avoid a naval arms race. |
| 24 march | Irish War of Independence-In Belfast, Northern Irish police broke into a house and murdered a Catholic family in reprisal for the deaths of two policemen the day before. |
| 03 april | Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| 15 april | US Senator John B. Kendrick introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which led to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal. |
| 24 april | The first portion of the Imperial Wireless Chain, a strategic international wireless telegraphy communication network created to link the countries of the British Empire, opened. |
| 10 may | Kingman Reef, named after American Captain W.E. Kingman, was formally annexed to the United States on May 10, 1922. It is located in the North Pacific Ocean and discovered by the American Captain Edmund Fanning on June 14, 1798. |
| 17 june | Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral completed the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic. |
| 28 june | The Irish Civil War began with an assault by the Irish Free State's National Army on the Four Courts building, which had been occupied by the Anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army. |
| 30 june | The United States and the Dominican Republic signed anagreement that ended the former's occupation of the latter two yearslater. |
| 09 july | Johnny Weissmuller swam the 100-meter freestyle in 58.6seconds, breaking a world swimming record and the 'minute barrier.' |
| 20 july | The German protectorate of Togoland was divided into the Leagueof Nations mandates of French Togoland and British Togoland. |
| 22 august | Irish Civil War-Irish National Army commander-in-chief MichaelCollins was assassinated in an ambush while en route through County Corkat the village of Béal na mBláth. |
| 27 august | Turkish forces re-captured Afyon, the first victory of theircounterattack during the Greco-Turkish War. |
| 29 august | The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City. |
| 22 september | After nine days, the Great Fire of Smyrna was extinguished,having caused tens of thousands of deaths. |
| 04 november | Howard Carter, a British archaeologist along with his workforce has found a step that leads to the tomb of King Tutankhamen, situated in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.. |
| 15 november | While working in China, bandits reportedly kidnapped Reverend Bord Breen, an American Lutheran Missionary who was living in the province of Honan. Another American was also announced to being held hostage. |
| 24 november | Irish Civil War-Author and Irish nationalist Robert ErskineChilders was executed by the Irish Free State for illegally carrying asemi-automatic pistol. |
| 26 november | Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people toenter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3,000 years. |
| 27 december | The Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned Hosho, the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier. |
| 11 July | Hollywood was founded. Hollywood is the name of the film industry in the United States. |
| 18 September | Hungary joins League of Nations. |
| 18 October | The British Broadcasting Company was established, later renamed the British Broadcasting Corporation. |
| 11 December | Bollywood actor and known as Tragedy King, Dilip Kumar was born in Peshawar, Pakistan. |
| 30 December | After the Russian Revolution, the USSR i.e. the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established there. The Soviet Union existed as an extremely powerful communist nation for nearly 7 decades. |
| 09 January | Indian biochemist and Nobel Prize for Medicine Hargovind Khurana was born. |
| 11 January | Diabetes patients were given the first insulin. |
| 06 February | The Panchmukhi Agreement was signed in Washington to control and reduce weapons internationally. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1922:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 January | Jerry Robinson / Illustrator / United States of America |
| 04 October | Shin Kyuk-ho / Business Man / Japan |
| 05 June | Paul Couvret / Soldier / Australia |
| 05 April | Tom Finney / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 09 October | Léon Dion / Academic / Canada |
| 09 November | Dorothy Dandridge / Actress / United States of America |
| 10 October | Merv Pregulman / Business Man / United States of America |
| 12 November | Kim Hunter / Actress / United States of America |
| 13 April | John Braine / Author / United Kingdom |
| 13 April | Valve Pormeister / Architect / Estonia |
| 14 June | Kevin Roche / Architect / United States of America |
| 16 September | Janis Paige / Actress / United States of America |
| 20 March | Ray Goulding / Actor / United States of America |
| 22 February | Joe Wilder / Composer / United States of America |
| 25 June | Johnny Smith / Writer / United States of America |
| 26 January | Seán Flanagan / Politician / Ireland |
| 26 October | Fred Wood / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 27 April | Sheila Scott / Pilot / United Kingdom |
| 29 May | Iannis Xenakis / Engineer / France |
| 31 March | Richard Kiley / Actor / United States of America |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1922:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 17 January | Tonse Ananth Pai / Economist / India |
| 19 February | Beant Singh / Politician / India |
| 30 September | Hrishikesh Mukherjee / Producer / India |
| 14 June | K. Asif / Producer / India |
| NA NA | Bhagwat Jha Azad / Politician / India |
| 05 October | Kripalu Maharaj / Religious Guru / India |
| 04 February | Pandit Bhimsen Joshi / Singer / India |
| 06 February | M. K. Binodini Devi / Writer / India |
| 15 April | Hasrat Jaipuri / Poet / India |
| 27 January | Ajit Khan / Actor / India |
| 07 October | Balram Bhagat / Politician / India |
| 15 May | Nazir Hussain / Actor / India |
| 09 February | C. P. Krishnan Nair / Business Man / India |
| 11 December | Dilip Kumar / Actor / India |
| 07 October | Bali Ram Bhagat / Politician / India |
| 19 June | V. Balakrishna Eradi / Lawyer / India |
| 11 December | Dilip Kumar / Actor / India |
| 02 May | Wilson Jones / Billiards Player / India |
| 26 February | Manmohan Krishna / Actor / India |
| 09 January | Dr. Hargovind Khurana / Biochemist / India |
