WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1922
Find out what all happened January to December 1922

The Hollywood Bowl opens. (11. July 1922)

Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks. (27. August 1922)

The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences. (13. September 1922)

Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. (3. April 1922)

Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation. (10. March 1922)

Herrin massacre: 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois. (22. June 1922)

Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world. (27. December 1922)

March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government. (28. October 1922)

Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations. (18. September 1922)

Battle of Dumlupinar: the final battle in the Greek-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence"). (30. August 1922)

General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority. (16. June 1922)

The United States annex the Kingman Reef. (10. May 1922)

Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.) (26. November 1922)

The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded. (1. June 1922)

Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy. (17. November 1922)

In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation. (7. September 1922)

Over 1,000 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (15. November 1922)

The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year. (21. April 1922)

U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal. (15. April 1922)

Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses. (28. January 1922)

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