WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1922
Find out what all happened January to May 1922

The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. (6. February 1922)

After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt. (15. March 1922)

In India, Mohandas Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He served only 2 years. (18. March 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)

The USS Langley (CV-1) is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier. (20. March 1922)

The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR. (20. April 1922)

Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming. (7. April 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)

The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed. (16. April 1922)

Ulysses by James Joyce is published. (2. February 1922)

Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64-57 vote. (7. January 1922)

Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Dáil Éireann. (10. January 1922)

The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.. (30. May 1922)

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

Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten to death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (1. April 1922)

Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. (9. February 1922)

The Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established. (19. May 1922)

Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan formed The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (12. March 1922)

The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. (28. February 1922)