WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1922
Find out what all happened July to August 1922

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

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

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

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

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

The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom. (20. July 1922)

The Hollywood Bowl opens. (11. July 1922)

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