WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1922
Find out what all happened February to December 1922

Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years. (26. November 1922)

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

Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Robert Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver. (24. November 1922)

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

The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923. (24. July 1922)

Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator. (21. November 1922)

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

British Conservative MPs meeting at the Carlton Club vote to break off the Coalition Government with David Lloyd George of the Liberal Party. (19. October 1922)

The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom. (14. November 1922)

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

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

At Windsor Castle, King George V receives the colours of the six Irish regiments that are to be disbanded – the Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. (12. June 1922)

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

One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded. (11. September 1922)

The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated. (5. April 1922)

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

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

The Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna. (9. September 1922)

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

The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service. (18. October 1922)