WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1922
Find out what all happened August to December 1922

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

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

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

President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw. (16. December 1922)

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

A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union. (27. October 1922)

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

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

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed. (30. December 1922)

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

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

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

Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy (31. October 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)

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)

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

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

In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. (4. November 1922)

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