WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1922
Find out what all happened June to November 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)

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 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)

King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II. (27. September 1922)

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

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

Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy. (30. October 1922)

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

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

The Hollywood Bowl opens. (11. July 1922)

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

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

Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates. (1. November 1922)

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

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

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

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

The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia. (11. September 1922)

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

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister. (29. October 1922)

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