WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1922
Find out what all happened January to September 1922

Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses. (28. January 1922)

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

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)

In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation. (7. September 1922)

The Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna. (9. September 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 United States annex the Kingman Reef. (10. May 1922)

Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations. (18. September 1922)

The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia. (11. September 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 United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. (28. February 1922)

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

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

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

President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. (8. 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)

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

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