WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 1922
Find out what all happened May to August 1922

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

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

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

The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City. (29. August 1922)

Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Béal na Bláth, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War. (22. August 1922)

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

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

Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan. (15. July 1922)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

The Hollywood Bowl opens. (11. July 1922)

The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom. (20. July 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)