WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1922
Find out what all happened January to August 1922

The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces. (28. June 1922)

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 in Leser v. Garnett. (27. February 1922)

France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes". (29. June 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)

The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation. (24. 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)

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

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

General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority. (16. June 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 American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated. (5. April 1922)

A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people. (2. August 1922)

The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States. (1. July 1922)

Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'. (9. July 1922)

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

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

In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes-Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic. (30. June 1922)

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

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