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The following events occurred inMay 1922:
May 1, 1922 (Monday)
[edit]- Deruluft(Deutsch-RussischeLuftverkehrs A.G.), an international air carrier started jointly by the governments of Germany and the Soviet Union, flew for the first time, with a flight from the Soviet city of Moscow to the German Prussian city ofKönigsberg,with stops in the Russian city ofSmolenskand the Lithuanian city ofKaunas.[2]
- It wasBudget Dayin the United Kingdom.Chancellor of the ExchequerRobert Horneestimated a surplus of £38 million and cut 1 shilling off income tax and 4 pence off a pound of tea, as well as lowering postal and telephone rates.[3][4]
- Korean children's authorBang Jeong-Hwanand seven other people established the first"Children's Day"in Japanese-occupied Korea. After Korea's liberation from Japan, observance ofEorininal(어린이날) the occasion would be moved to May 5, and would become aSouth Korean national holidaybeginning May 5, 1975.
- CKOC,the oldest continuously operating radio station in Canada, went on the air inHamilton, Ontario.[5]
- Born:
- Vitaly Popkov,Soviet Air Force flying ace with 40 victories during World War II; in Moscow, (d. 2010)
- Sofia Ferreira,Portuguese Communist and dissident who was imprisoned by the government from 1949 to 1953 and from 1959 to 1968; inAlhandra(d. 2010)
- Ruth Brinker,American AIDS activist who founded the relief organizationProject Open Hand;inHartford, South Dakota(d. 2011)
May 2, 1922 (Tuesday)
[edit]- The Venezuelan Congress unanimously electedJuan Vicente Gómezpresident.[6]
- American-born dancerIsadora Duncanand the Russian poetSergei Yeseninwere married in Moscow.[7]
- The Dutch comicBulletje en Boonestaakfirst appeared.
- Born:
- Roscoe Lee Browne,African-American character actor on stage, film and television; inWoodbury, New Jersey(d. 2007)
- A. M. Rosenthal,Canadian-born U.S. journalist and executive editor ofThe New York Timesfrom 1977 to 1978; inSault Ste. Marie, Ontario(d. 2006)
- Died:
- Richard T. Greener,78, the first African-American graduate (in 1870) ofHarvard University
- Mary Annette Anderson,47, the first African-American woman to be elected to thePhi Beta Kappahonor society, died after a short illness
May 3, 1922 (Wednesday)
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- GeneralZhang Zuolin's headquarters issued a triumphant statement reporting that rival warlordWu Peifuhad been killed by artillery fire.[8]This report proved to be false.[9]
- Born:
- Robert De Niro Sr.,abstract expressionist painter, inSyracuse, New York(d. 1993)
- U.S. Air Force ColonelJohn J. Voll,American flying ace with 21 victories in World War II; inCincinnati(d. 1987)
May 4, 1922 (Thursday)
[edit]- The city ofAustin,capital of the U.S. state ofTexas,was hit bytwo different tornadoesin the space of half an hour.[10]The first one, an F2 storm, passed through a largely rural area on the west side of Austin, and largely distracted people from the formation of a second, more powerful F4 storm that swept through the eastern half of the city, and killed at least 12 people.[11]
- Outside ofKirvin, Texas,the body of a missing 17-year-old white girl Eula Ausley was found. She had been sexually assaulted and beaten to death. Local townspeople immediately formed aposseto hunt down the assailant under the assumption that she had been killed by a black person.[12][13][14]
- Born:
- Eugenie Clark,American ichthyologist, conservationist and marine biologist, in New York City (d. 2015)
- Philip Lett,American mechanical engineer who oversaw the development of theM1 Abramstank(d. 2014)
- Odette L. Shotwell,American organic chemist and handicapped polio survivor who developed the antibiotics azacolutin and duramycin; inWiley, Colorado(d. 1998)
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- Died:
- Viktor Kingissepp,34, leader of theEstonian Communist Party,was arrested and executed by Estonian authorities two days after leading a May Day protest inTallinn.The Russian city ofKingisepp,outside ofSaint Petersburg,was renamed in his honor from the city of Yamburg.
- Dr.Joseph N. McCormack,74, President of theAmerican Medical Associationwho reorganized the AMA into a confederation of the state medical associations in the U.S. and provided the basis for common policies for physician certification and conduct
- Asle J. Gronna,63, U.S. Representative for North Dakota 1905 to 1911, and U.S. Senator for North Dakota from 1911 to 1921; Senator Gronna was one of only six Senators to vote against declaring war on Germany in 1917.
May 5, 1922 (Friday)
[edit]- Around Kirvin, Texas, an African-American suspect was arrested in connection with the Ausley murder. The county sheriff attempted to drive the suspect toWaco,but a gatheringlynch mobblocked the road so he drove him to the county jail inFairfieldinstead. There the suspect allegedly confessed and implicated two other African-American men who were also arrested. The white mob soon gathered around the Fairfield jail and demanded the prisoners be handed over.[12][13]
- Born:
- Adil Çarçani,the last CommunistPrime Minister of Albania(from 1981 to 1991); inFushëbardhë(d. 1997)
- Arnold Cook,Australian economics professor and blind pioneer who established the first guide dog training center in Australia; inNarrogin, Western Australia(d. 1981)
- J. D. "Jay" Miller,American record producer; inIota, Louisiana(d. 1996)
- Monica Lewis,American jazz singer and actress, inChicago(d. 2015)
May 6, 1922 (Saturday)
[edit]- TheFirst Zhili–Fengtian Warappeared to have ended in aZhili cliquevictory.Wu Peifuordered the arrest of several prominent officials, includingLiang Shiyi.[15][16]
- Snap Curry, Mose Jones and Johnny Cornish. the three African-American suspects in the murder of a 17-year-old white girl, Eula Ausley Ausley murder were taken from the Fairfield County jail by a whitelynch mob(accounts vary as to whether the police handed them over willingly or not) and brought back to Kirvin. They were then burned alive in the middle of the town square at about 5:00 in the morning.[17]Several weeks of race-related violence and murders ensued.[12][13][14]Burning at the stake was carried against other accused African-Americans during the month, including May 18 and May 20.[18]
- The construction ofYankee Stadiumbegan in New York.[19][20]
- Utah's first radio station,KZNinSalt Lake City,went on the air.[21]
- Born:
- Ralph F. Hirschmann,German-born American biochemist who guided the first synthesis of anenzyme;inFürth,Bavaria(d. 2009)
- Taw Phaya Gyi,grandson ofThibaw Min,the last King of Burma and later installed as the puppet ruler of theJapanese-occupied State of Burmafrom 1942 to 1945; inRangoon,Burma Province,British India(now Yangon, Myanmar) (assassinated 1948)
- Died:
- Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu,47, the firstMaharaja of Kolhapur,a princely state that is now part of the Indian state ofMaharashtra.He was succeeded by his son, who became the MaharajaRajaram III.
- Henry P. Davison,54, American banker, philanthropist and financier who oversaw the raising of donations to theAmerican Red Crossduring World War I, died while undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor.[22][23]
May 7, 1922 (Sunday)
[edit]- Jesse Barnesof theNew York Giantspitched a 6-0no-hitteragainst thePhiladelphia Philliesat thePolo Grounds.He faced the minimum twenty-seven batters possible, but gave up a fifth-inning walk that was erased by adouble play.[24]
- Red Star OlympiquedefeatedStade Rennais UC,2 to 0, in theCoupe de France Final.
- The romantic drama filmBeyond the RocksstarringGloria Swansonwas released.
- Born:
- Darren McGavin,American TV and film actor, inSpokane, Washington(d. 2006)
- Wu Liangyong,Chinese architect and urban planner in the modernization ofBeijing;inNanjing
- Joe O'Donnell,documentary filmmaker, photojournalist and photographer, inJohnstown, Pennsylvania(d. 2007)
- Died:
- John Henry Patterson,77, American businessman and founder of theNational Cash Register Company;inDayton,Ohio
- Max Wagenknecht,64, German composer
May 8, 1922 (Monday)
[edit]- Eight Russian priests, two laymen and a woman, all in the town ofShuyawere sentenced to death in the Soviet Union forresisting the state confiscation of church propertyand for alleged participation in disturbances.[25]Although Vladimir Lenin demanded execution and Leon Trotsky concurred, Soviet Communist Politburo memberLev Kamenevintervened in the sentence, saving the lives of the three laypersons and three of the priests.[26]
- Born:
- Bernardin Gantin,Benin Roman Catholic cardinal bishop from 1986 until his retirement in 2002; inToffo,French Dahomey(nowBenin) (d. 2008)
- Benedicto "Ben" Kiwanuka,the firstPrime Minister of Uganda(for the months of March and April 1962); in Kisabwa village (tortured to death, 1972)
- Lealofi IV,Prime Minister of Western Samoa1970–1973 and 1975–1976; inApia,Western Samoa Trust Territory(d. 1983)[27]
- Died:Vincent Morrelli(Vincenzo Terranova), 45, Italian-born American gangster and underboss of theMorello crime familyin New York City, was shot to death in adrive-by shootingnear his home in Manhattan.[28]
May 9, 1922 (Tuesday)
[edit]- The engagement of movie idolRudolph Valentinoand a studio costume designer,Winifred Hudnut(who went by the stage name Natacha Rabmova) was announced after Valentino's wifeJean Ackerhad obtained a judgment of divorce in California.[29]
- The U.S. state ofSouth Dakotagot its first licensed radio station,WCATofRapid City.[30]
- Died:Charlotte Eilersgaard,64, Danish novelist and women's rights advocate
May 10, 1922 (Wednesday)
[edit]- Ivy Williamsbecame the first woman in the United Kingdom to be admitted to the practice of law.[31]
- TheCouncil of Ambassadorsordered Germany to pay 9 million marks as compensation for thezeppelindirigiblesthat had been destroyed instead of being handed over to theAlliesunder the terms of theTreaty of Versailles.[32]
- After the death of two policemen in Chicago, the police department there raided the headquarters of various union halls in the city and arrested 200 officials including"Big Tim" Murphy(an organized crime figure who controlled multiple unions in the city), Teamsters founderCornelius Sheaand"Frenchy" Mader,president of the Chicago Building and Construction Trades Council.[33]
- The United States annexed theKingman Reef,an uninhabited island that is part of theLine Islandsin the South Pacific Ocean, as U.S. territory. Although the reef itself has an area of 6.9 square miles (18 km2), more than 98% of the reef's surface, nearly all of it except for 0.12 square miles (0.31 km2) or 7.41 acres (3.00 ha) is submerged at high tide. After arriving on the motor shipPalmyraLorrin A. Thurston,an agent of the Palmyra Copra Company, raised the American flag and read a proclamation that declared that he was taking formal possession "on behalf of the United States of America" and claiming exclusive rights for the company for its use, acting under the authority of theGuano Islands Actof 1856.
- Former U.S. Secretary of StateElihu Rootand U.S. Commerce SecretaryHerbert Hooveraddressed a meeting of prominent citizens at the invitation of theRussell Sage Foundationto urge support for the Foundation's project of planning for the managed growth of New York City over the next 100 years, as Root outlined his vision for the metropolis in the year 2022.[34]
- Born:Nancy Walker,American TV actress and comedian; as Anna Myrtle Swoyer, inPhiladelphia(d. 1992)
May 11, 1922 (Thursday)
[edit]- Dimitrios Gounaris,thePrime Minister of Greece,won a vote of confidence by the margin of only one vote, 161 to 160.[35]
- The 62-year-oldLackawanna Steel Company,at one time second only toU.S. Steelas the largeststeelproducer in the world, was purchased byBethlehem Steel Companyafter having suffered heavy financial losses.[36]Though the merger was initially opposed by theFederal Trade Commissionas a violation of theSherman Antitrust Act,U.S. Attorney GeneralHarry M. Daughertywould decide against opposing the acquisition and Lackawanna Steel would become a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel on October 10.[37]
- Problems continued in the attempt to make thefirst aerial crossing of the South Atlantic,as Portuguese aviatorsGago CoutinhoandSacadura Cabralattempted to resume their Portugal to Brazil crossing by flying back to the point where their originalFairey IIIseaplane,Lusitaniahad been wrecked on April 17. Departing in a replacement Fairey III (thePatria) from the island ofFernando de Noronhatoward the "St. Paul Rocks", an island in theSaint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago,the aviators ran into trouble again and ditched in the ocean, then drifted until they were rescued by a British steamship, theParis City.[38]Ultimately, the Portuguese duo would complete the journey that began on March 30 and arrive in Rio in a third airplane on June 17.[39]
- In London,Georges Carpentierknocked outTed "Kid" Lewisin the first round to retain theWorld Light Heavyweight Titleof boxing. The bout, which 16,000 people had paid to see andThe New York Timessaid "people might miscall boxing", lasted only 2 minutes and 15 seconds when Lewis sat up in the ring after a sharp right hook, "with his eyes wide open but ominously glazed and looking as if he would get to his feet before the referee counted ten" but sat until he was counted out.[40][41]
- Hawaii's first radio station,KGU,went on the air inHonolulu.It beat competitor KDYX by fifteen minutes.[42]
- Born:Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera,Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, inCabanatuan,Philippines(d. 2020)
May 12, 1922 (Friday)
[edit]- Despite winning a vote of confidence the previous day,Dimitrios Gounarisresigned asPrime Minister of Greecealong with his cabinet of ministers.[35]
- Ellis S. JosephandHenry Burrell,Australian naturalists and entrepreneurs who made a career of capturing live animals and selling them to zoos in other nations, set out to bring the firstplatypusto the United States, departing on the steamerUSSWest HenshawfromSydneyen route toSan Franciscowith five platypuses. Four of the five animals died during the voyage, but Joseph and Burrell arrived in San Francisco on June 30 and delivered the surviving platypus to the New York Zoo on July 14, 1922. The platypus survived only 49 days.[43]
- The Council of the League of Nations voted to approve the jurisdiction of the Court of International Justice to additional nations, including Russia and Germany, as well as Turkey, Hungary and Mexico, to seek neutral resolution of international disputes as an alternative to war. "Today's decision by the council",The New York Timeswrote, "gives the court truly world jurisdiction of the first time."[44]
- The government ofSwedenannounced that it would hold a referendum on August 27 on whether to prohibit the sale of alcohol, which was already under control of the government.[45]
- Austria passed a law forbidding the sale of alcohol to minors.[46]
- The resort town ofHighland Beach, Marylandwas incorporated as the first African-American municipality in that state. One of the businessmen incorporating the town, Haley Douglass (grandson ofFrederick Douglass,became the first Highland Beach mayor and would serve for more than 30 years before his death on January 20, 1954.[47]
- Born:
- Murray Gershenz,American record store owner who became a TV actor at age 69; in New York City (d. 2013)
- Bob Goldham,Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and inductee into theCanada's Sports Hall of Fame;inGeorgetown, Ontario(d. 1991)
- David Noel Freedman,American archaeologist and Biblical scholar who was among the first to work on theDead Sea Scrolls;in New York City (d. 2008)
- Died:
- Lieutenant CommanderJohn Martin Poyer,60, U.S. NavyGovernor of American Samoafrom 1915 to 1919
- Eugenia Wheeler Goff,78, American cartographer, historian and co-founder of the National Historical Publishing Company
May 13, 1922 (Saturday)
[edit]- The Council of the League of Nations voted to assume aprotectorateoverAlbaniaafter the government of the Balkan nation requested the League to take responsibility for its international affairs.[48]
- TheKentucky Derbyand thePreakness Stakes,now both events in theTriple Crownof thoroughbred horse racing in the United States, were run on the same day for the second (the other one was in 1917), and last time.[49]Morvichwon the Derby[50]andPillorywon the Preakness.
- Romantic film leading manRudolph ValentinoandWinifred Hudnut,the art director in his filmCamille,were married in Mexico inMexicali.Although Valentino had gotten a divorce from his first wife,Jean Acker,Valentino was arrested forbigamybecause California law at the time required parties to wait one year after a divorce decree before getting remarried.[51]
- L'horizon chimérique,the last full concert work by French composerGabriel Fauré,premiered in Paris at theSociété nationale de musique,as a four-actsong cyclesung by baritoneCharles Panzéra,accompanied on the piano by his wife, Magdeleine Panzéra-Baillot. The event was preceded by the premiere of Fauré'sSecond Cello Sonata,based on the funeral march composed by Fauré to mark the centennial of the 1821 death ofNapoleon.
- Polish composerKarol Szymanowski's operaHagithpremiered at theTeatr Wialki,the opera theater inWarsaw.
- Born:
- Otl Aicher,German graphic designer known for his design of symbols used in airports and in sports; inUlm,(d. 1991)
- Bea Arthur,Emmy Award-winning American TV actress known forMaudeandThe Golden Girls;as Bernice Frankel, in New York City (d. 2009)
- William Duff,Scottish banker and a chief financial advisor to the ruler ofDubai,Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoumin the economic growth of theUnited Arab Emirates;as William MacDuff inSingapore,BritishStraits Settlements(d. 2014)
- Gladys Heldman,American tennis player and publisher who foundedWorld Tennismagazine and campaigned for the promotion and advancement of women's professional tennis; as Gladys Medalie in New York City (d. 2003)
May 14, 1922 (Sunday)
[edit]- ItalianFascist PartyleaderBenito Mussolinifought a swordduelwith a rival newspaper editor over differences arising in their respective newspapers. Mussolini was declared the victor.[52]
- Tusko,billed by theAl G. Barnes Circusas "the largest elephant ever in captivity" as well as "The Meanest Elephant", escaped from the circus an hour before its show was to begin in the town ofSedro-Woolley, Washington,and went on a rampage, knocking down telephone poles, wrecking automobiles, uprooting trees and knocking down fences.[53]Damages were estimated at the time as $20,000 (equivalent to about $325,000 in 2021).[54]
- FC BarcelonabeatReal Unión5–1 in theCopa del Rey Final.
- In the only season that Italy's soccer football system was split between two rival leagues, both theFederazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC)and the rivalConfederazione Calcistica Italiana(CCI) played championship games the same day.Pro VercelliandGenoa C.F.C.,who had played to a 0–0 draw in the first leg of the two-game aggregate score series, met for the second game and Pro Vercelli won the CCI title, 2 to 1. On the same day,U.S.D. NoveseandSampierdarenese,who had played a 0–0 draw on the first leg of their series, played another 0–0 draw. In the tiebreaker on May 21, Novese beat Sampdoria to win the CIGC title, 2 to 1.
- Born:Franjo Tuđman,the firstPresident of Croatia(1990 to 1999); inVeliko Trgovišće,Kingdom of Yugoslavia(d. 1999)
- Died:Eugenie Blair,50, American stage actress, died moments after completing her performance of the role of "Marthy Owen, the water woman" in the playAnna Christie,at the Cort Theatre inChicago.Blair appeared despite feeling unwell, and delivered her lines at the beginning of the play. She complained of a terrible headache, and the star,Pauline Lord,offered to call a doctor and send an understudy to substitute for Blair, who said that she would "stick it out" and make the second appearance in the play. "Gamely she went back before the footlights, and though her face twitched with pain, went through the lines",The New York Timeswrote. After she came off stage, she sat down in a chair and died.[55]
May 15, 1922 (Monday)
[edit]- TheGerman–Polish Convention regarding Upper Silesiawas signed inGeneva,providing for the division of the former Prussian province of Upper Silesia along ethnic lines in accordance with a1921 plebiscite.On June 20, 1922, Germany would cede 41 percent of theProvince of Upper SilesiatoPoland.The rest of Silesia would be ceded to Poland after the end of World War II.[56]
- TheU.S. Supreme Courtdecided two cases that voided reform legislation as unconstitutional. InBailey v. Drexel Furniture Co.,the Court voided the Child Labor Tax Law of 1919 that had imposed a 10 percent tax on the profits of any company that employed children, commenting that the tax was actually a penalty intended to deter child employment.[57]InHill v. Wallace,the Court struck down theFuture Trading Actof 1921, a tax on contracts for future delivery of grain.
- Born:
- Jakucho Setouchi,Japanese Buddhist nun, writer and activist, inTokushima(d. 2021)
- Rauf Hajiyev,Soviet Azerbaijani composer and director of the Azerbaijan Philharmonic Orchestra; inBaku,Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic,Soviet Union (d. 1995)
- Herschel "Speedy" Haworth,American country music guitarist and singer; inSpringfield, Missouri(d. 2008)
- Died:Leslie Ward,70, English portrait artist and caricaturist who used the pseudonym "Spy" in his popular illustrations for Britain'sVanity Fairmagazine
May 16, 1922 (Tuesday)
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- The world's largest ship, theWhite Starliner RMSMajesticcompleted its maiden voyage, reachingNew York HarborfromSouthamptonin 5 days 14 hours 45 minutes.[58]TheMajesticwas actually launched in Germany as theHamburg Americaliner SSBismarckin 1914, but was left incomplete for years due to the outbreak of the war and then sold to White Star.[59][60]
- A bridge collapse killed 19 people in Texas when the structure over theBrazos River,between the towns ofMarlinandBeltongave way. About 30 had gathered on the bridge to watch raging floodwaters when the west end of the bridge separated from its moorings and threw them into the river.[61]
- Nikolaos Stratosformed a new government asPrime Minister of Greece[62]but he and the ministers resigned after only 48 hours when the National Assembly voted no confidence in his cabinet.[63]
- Australian operatic sopranoFlorence Australmade her debut in the United Kingdom, appearing atCovent Gardenas Brünnhilde in the production of Wagner's operaDie Walküre.Austral, born Florence Mary Wilson, adopted her stage name "Austral" in honor of her native land of Australia
- Born:Alexander Colin Cole,British heraldic authority andGarter Principal King of Armsfrom 1978 to 1992; inSurrey(d. 2001)
- Died:
- Dr.Wilhelm von Leube,79, German physician and internist and gastroenterological specialist
- AdmiralRudolf Montecuccoli,79, Chief of theAustro-Hungarian Navyfrom 1904 to 1913 who modernized the imperial fleet
May 17, 1922 (Wednesday)
[edit]- The British Army formally handed over possession of itsPortobello Barracks,in theDublinsuburb ofRathmines,to the Irish Free State Army in a ceremony at 3:00 in the afternoon, bringing a formal end to Britain's military presence in southern Ireland.[64]On behalf of the British, Major Clarke of theWorcestershire Regimenthanded the document of transfer to Commandant-General Tom Ennis and said "This is your show now."[65]The barracks now houses theIrish Military Archivesfor Ireland's Department of Defence.
- The British city ofManchesterwas introduced to radio as the Metropolitan-Vickers Company began broadcasting from station 2ZY. It would begin regular broadcasting on November 15, 1922, and is nowBBC Radio Manchester.[66]
- The periodicComet Grigg–Skjellerup,initially observed by New Zealand astronomerJohn Griggwas "rediscovered" and confirmed as periodic byFrank Skjellerup,an Australian-born telegraph operator inSouth Africawho was also an amateur astronomer.[67]
- Kenelm Lee Guinnessestablished a newland speed recordof 133.75 miles per hour (215.25 km/h) driving a 350 hp Sunbeam car at Brooklands.[68]
- Died:
- Dorothy Levitt,40, British race car driver and aviator who became known as "The Fastest Girl on Earth" forthe fastest speed driven by a womanin 1906 in reaching 86 miles per hour (138 km/h). Levitt was found dead at her home from what was deemed an accidental overdose ( "death by misadventure" ) of morphine.[69]
- Manuel Granero,20, Spanish bullfighter already famous in Spain for his success, was killed by the bull "Pocapena" inMadrid.[70]According to witnesses, Granero was thrown against the wall of the bullring, then gored three times by the bull's horns, with the third goring tearing through his right eye into his skull.Ernest Hemingwaywould make reference to the incident in his 1932 bookDeath in the Afternoon,[71]andGeorges Bataillewould make it a feature in his novelStory of the Eye.[72]
May 18, 1922 (Thursday)
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- Warren G. Hardingbecame the first U.S. president to be heard on the radio when theNOFradio station atNAS Anacostianear Washington, D.C., broadcast live coverage of Harding's speech to theU.S. Chamber of Commerce.[73]
- In a dinner reception at theWhite House,50 steel executives agreed to PresidentHarding's request to reduce the 12-hour workday on humanitarian grounds.[74]
- A fire in the nearly 12-century-oldOspedale di Santo Spirito in Sassiacomplex in Rome killed 20 patients, most of them chronically ill persons confined to their beds.[75]
- Charles Atkins, a 15-year-old African-American boy suspected of killing a white woman, was tortured and then burned to death by a lynch mob inDavisboro, Georgia.[76]
- The musical stage comedyWhirled into Happiness,with music byRobert Stolzand lyrics byHarry Graham,premiered at theLyric Theatrein London.
- Marcel Proust,Pablo Picasso,James Joyce,Igor StravinskyandSergei Diaghilevdine together at theHotel Majesticin Paris, their only joint meeting.[77][78]
- Born:
- Gerda Boyesen,Norwegian psychologist and specialist inbiodynamic psychology;inBergen(d. 2005);
- Bill Macy(stage name for Wolf Martin Garber), American TV actor known forMaude;inRevere, Massachusetts(d. 2019)
- Kai Winding,Danish jazz trombonist and composer, inAarhus(d. 1983)
- Wazir Agha,Pakistani author and poet; in Wazir Kot village nearSargodha,Punjab Province,British India(d. 2010)
- Died:Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran,76, French physician andNobel Prizelaureate
May 19, 1922 (Friday)
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- TheGenoa Conferenceof 34 nations to discuss economic and political issues ended after six weeks, with a general agreement to resume tying currencies to thegold standard.[79][80]
- The Committee on Privileges of Britain'sHouse of Lordsvoted, 20 to 4, to reject the proposal to allow women to sit in the House, a decision that affected 20 women holdingPeerages(hereditary titles), and was prompted after the committee had earlier ruled thatLady Rhonddacould become a member of the Lords.[81][82]
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- The "Young Pioneers"(Юных пионеров or Yunykh pionerov) scouting organization, initially called" Spartak ", was launched by Soviet Russia's Communist Party to consolidate youth groups that had been formed to compete with theRussian Boy Scouts(Русский СкаутorRusskiy Skaut) organization that had been organized on April 30, 1909. Renamed the "Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization" in 1924 after Lenin's death, the Young Pioneers became the only legal scouting organization upon its founding, and the Soviets banned the Russian Scouts and other organizations that had declined to follow the Communist ideology.
- TheWGNmedia company ofChicagobegan broadcasting, initially as the AM radio station WDAP, for the corporation Mid West Radio Central, Inc.; in 1924, it would be purchased by theChicago Tribuneand adopt new call letters to reflect theTribuneslogan ( "World's Greatest Newspaper" ). After starting a companion FM radio station in 1941 (WGNB) and in 1948 an independent television station,WGN-TV.In 1978, WGN-TV would becomea nationwide channel for cable and satellite TV subscribersand in 2020 re-brand asNewsNation.
- Born:
- Joe Gilmore,Northern Ireland bartender for celebrities and heads of state, inventor of numerous cocktails; inBelfast(d. 2015)
- Lilian Edirisinghe,Sri Lankan stage, film and TV actress; in Imbulgoda, Western Province, British Ceylon (d. 1993)
- Air MarshalNikolai Skomorokhov,Soviet Air Forces flying ace with 40 shootdowns in World War II; in Lapot village nearSaratov,Russian SFSR (d. 1994)
- Arthur Gorrie,Australian hobby shop proprietor; inBrisbane(d. 1992)
- Died:Son Byong-hi,60, Korean nationalist and independence activist
May 20, 1922 (Saturday)
[edit]- The sinking of the ocean linerSS Egyptkilled 86 members of the crew and 16 passengers.[83][84]
TheP & O(Peninsular and Oriental Line) ship went down only 20 minutes after its hull was pierced in a collision with the French steamshipSeine32 miles (51 km) west of the coast of France. Another 267 survivors were able to evacuate in lifeboats and were rescued.[85][86]The accident happened at about 7:30 in the evening when many of the passengers were eating dinner.[83]SSEgypthad been carrying a cargo of over one million pounds sterling (equivalent to £58 million or $80 million in 2021)[87]and salvage attempts would begin immediately after the sunken vessel's rediscovery in 1930. - Irish republican activistsMichael CollinsandÉamon de Valeraannounced in theDáilthat they had agreed on a pact forelections to take place in Irelandon June 16.[88]Their agreement was approved by the members of parliament of theSinn Féinpolitical party to form a coalition government consisting of both proponents and opponents of theAnglo-Irish Treaty,after having been brokered betweenMichael Collins(pro-treaty) andÉamon de Valera(anti-treaty).
- Petros Protopapadakisbecame the new Prime Minister of Greece.[89]Prime Minister Protopapadakis and his two immediate predecessors, Gounaris and Stratos, would all beexecuted on November 15, 1922after the overthrow of the government in the wake ofGreece's loss to Turkey at the end of a three-year war.
- Joe Winters, a 19-year-old African-American man accused of assaulting a white girl, was burned in the courthouse square by a lynch mob inConroe, Texas.[90][91]
- Rudolph Valentinowas arrested on a felony charge ofbigamyafter his return to the U.S. from his May 13 wedding toWinifred Hudnut.Although Valentino's first wife,Jean Acker,had gotten a judgment of divorce, California law required a one-year wait before either party could remarry.[51][92]Appearing with his lawyer, Valentino surrendered to the District Attorney's office in Los Angeles, entered a not guilty plea and was released after posting a bond of $10,000 for bail.[93]
- Baseball starsBabe RuthandBob Meuselwere reinstated after having been suspended for the first six weeks of the season forbarnstormingin violation of organized baseball's regulations.[94]Ruth, playing his first game in the 1922 season after missing 33 games, failed to hit beyond the infield in four at bats in an 8 to 2 loss by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Browns.[95]
- WCAXinBurlington, Vermontwent on the air, the first radio station in that state.
- Born:
- SirClifford Butler,British physicist known for the discovery in 1947, along withGeorge Rochesterof two subatomic particles, thehyperonand themeson;inReading, Berkshire,England (d. 1999).
- James Nightall,railroadfiremanand posthumous recipient of theGeorge Crossfor his heroismin 1944 of towing away the lead car in an ammunition train before its explosion could set off a chain reaction of blasts in the other cars (killed 1944)
May 21, 1922 (Sunday)
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- Three English mountaineers on theBritish expeditiontoMount Everestcame within 2,239 feet (682 m) of the summit of the 29,032.7 feet (8,849.2 m) high mountain, the tallest on Earth, after leaving a base camp established at 25,000 feet (7,600 m) the day before.George Malloryand MajorEdward F. Norton,accompanied by the expedition's physician, Dr.Howard Somervellclimbed to an altitude of 26,800 feet (8,200 m), the highest reached by a climber up to that time before beginning their descent downward. The new altitude surpassed the mark set byPrince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzziof 24,533 feet (7,478 m) onK2in 1909.[97]
- Presbyterian ministerHarry Emerson Fosdickfirst delivered the sermon "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?", later reprinted and distributed, that would lead to theFundamentalist–Modernist controversy,a schism in thePresbyterian Church in the United States of Americabetween two schools of belief. Fosdick and theModerniststook a liberal approach to Biblical interpretation, advocating an adaptation of religion to respond to changing times, while thefundamentalistsrelied on a literal interpretation of scripture.[98]
- The iron-clad wooden steam freighterConestogacaught fire and sank in theSaint Lawrence River.[99]
- The historical filmNeropremiered at the Lyric Theatre in New York City.[100]
- Born:James Lopez Watson,African-American federal judge who was the first to be assigned (starting in 1966) to the Deep South, including Georgia, Texas, and Florida; inHarlem,New York City (d. 2001)
- Died:Michael Mayr,58, Chancellor of Austria from 1920 to 1921
May 22, 1922 (Monday)
[edit]- William J. Twaddell,a member of parliament for Northern Ireland, was shot and killed by the Irish Republican Army while walking to work. Three men followed the M.P. as he walked along Garfield Street in Belfast toward his drapery business on North Street and, "When he was within fifty yards of his premises", the three assailants fired at him with their revolvers, then fled while firing at any pursuers.[101]His death resulted in the arrest of 350 known IRA members during the investigation, but the only person put on trial would be acquitted of all charges.
- London recorded its hottest May temperature in 50 years with a mark of 32.8 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit).[3][102]
- An attempt by rebels to overthrow the government of Nicaragua failed after an intervention byU.S. Marinesoccupying the Central American nation. The rebels, led by General Arcenio Cruz, seized La Loma, a fortress overlooking the capital ofManaguabut the commander of a detachment of Marines encamped at Campo de Marte approached Cruz and warned him that "the marine force would not hesitate to use its artillery for the protection of American interests, the American Legation and the city"[103]Within eight hours, the rebels surrendered after the American Minister to Nicaragua worked out an agreement with the government to pardon any civilians who had participated in the rebellion and to limit punishment of members of the military to no more than 30 days imprisonment.
- Born:
- Quinn Martin,American television producer known for numerous successful TV series, includingThe FugitiveandThe Streets of San Francisco;as Irwin Martin Cohn, in New York City (d. 1987)
- Looksmart Ngudle,black South African civil rights activist who was the first political prisoner to die while incarcerated for anti-apartheid protests; in KwaZali village, nearAlice, Eastern Capeprovince (d. 1963)
- Harold L. Peterson,American weapons expert and military historian;Peekskill, New York(d. 1978)
- Lorraine Fox,American book and magazine illustrator; inBrooklyn,New York City (d. 1976)
- Died:Ada Jones,48, English-born American singer and (starting in 1893) one of the first recording artists in the world, died of kidney failure.[104]
May 23, 1922 (Tuesday)
[edit]- Vladimir Lenin,leader of the Soviet Union's Communist Party and premier of the USSR, suffered the first of threestrokes,and was rendered paralyzed on his left side and unable to speak. A confirmation was made by the Soviet government on June 3, with a statement from Lenin's physicians that Lenin's illness was a minor disorder of the blood circulation which, however, within the next few days, began to improve. "Lenin suffered a second stroke on June 1, prompting officials to return from a conference in Berlin to Moscow.[105][106]He would remain inactive until October.[3]
- On the day after the assassination of Northern Ireland M.P. William Twaddell, the government ofNorthern Ireland,led bySir James Craig,issued a declaration outlawing theIrish Republican Army,theIrish Republican Brotherhood,theIrish Volunteersand the women's and youth's societyCumann na mBanand warned that persons joining any of the four organizations advocating independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland would be liable to be arrested and prosecuted. At the same time,Sinn Féinwas outlawed in the six Irish counties that constitutedNorthern Ireland[3]and the Ulster government began a roundup of Sinn Féin members, serving arrest warrants on 300 people between midnight and dawn and imprisoning them.[107]
- Abie's Irish Rose,the most popular Broadway theatre play of the 1920s, was premiered at theFulton Theatrein New York City with the first of 2,327 performances. Closing on October 21, 1927,Abie's Irish Rosewould hold the record for thelongest-running Broadway showuntil surpassed byTobacco Road.[108]
- Harry Grebwon the American light heavyweight boxing championship from the previously undefeatedGene Tunneyin what was literally one of the bloodiest bouts in boxing history. Despite bleeding profusely from a gash over his left eye, and having his nose broken, Tunney continued to fight for the full 15 rounds, and refused to quit. Referee Kid McPartland refused to stop the fight without Tunney's approval and the ring at Madison Square Garden was spattered as Tunney lost an estimated two quarts of blood.[109]
- George FinchandGeoffrey Bruce,the lead mountaineers on the1922 British Mount Everest expedition,became the first persons to climb to an altitude of more than 27,000 feet and more than 8,000 meters, reaching 27,300 feet (8,300 m) on the north ridge ofMount Everest,and coming within less than 2,000 feet or 550 meters of the summit of the world's tallest (29,031.7 feet (8,848.9 m)) mountain.[110]
- WDAYofFargo, North Dakota,the first licensed radio station in that state, went on the air.[30]
- Born:Katharina Mangold-Wirz,Swiss marine biologist; inBasel(d. 2003). Two species,Microeledone mangoldi(the "sickle-tooth pygmy octopus" ) and the whip-lashsquidAsperoteuthis mangoldaeare named in her honor.
- Died:Leona Dare(stage name for Leona Adelaire Stewart), 67, American trapeze artist and acrobat who was popular worldwide in the 19th century during the 1870s and 1880s for her daring feats, including performing on a trapeze while at high altitude after ascending by balloon.[111]
May 24, 1922 (Wednesday)
[edit]- The first use of bindingarbitration in the United States,as a substitute for a civil trial in court, took place at a conference room of the New York City Lawyers' Club at 115 Broadway as the state of New York's Arbitration Act went into effect. The very first case was a dispute between business partners Benjamin H. Lee and Jesse M. Barrymore over the amount of $130, whichThe New York Timesdescribed as "so small that it would be eaten up in court costs and lawyers' fees no matter how quickly it was decided." The first arbitrator, agreed upon by the parties, was a private attorney, Alexander Rose, and was notable for requiring no lawyers to represent the parties and costing only $10 for a 75-minute hearing.[112]
- Italy andSoviet Russiasigned a two-year commercial treaty in Rome. Russia later refused to ratify it.[113][114][115]
- Pope Pius XIopened the 26th InternationalEucharistic Congressin Rome with 30,000 people taking part in the opening ceremony.[116]
- Ten German Navy sailors aboard thetorpedo boatT-18were killed when the boat collided with the battleshipHannover.[117]
- The unlucky Green Star Steamship freighterSSEuranaarrived back in New York after departing in September 1920 to Baltimore and then toward Singapore, stopping for major problems with turbines and boilers at Honolulu for three months, then Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Sri Lanka (where feed pumps and condenser tubes slowed the ship) then toAdenfor more repairs before going through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean and finally to the Atlantic and a return to New York.[citation needed]
- Died:John B. Rae,83, U.S. labor leader and the first President of theUnited Mine Workers of America,from 1890 to 1892
May 25, 1922 (Thursday)
[edit]- Ageneral strikewas called in Rome in protest against the disorders in San Lorenzo. Thousands of pilgrims attending the Eucharistic Congress had to walk toSt. Peter's Basilicato hear the Mass because all public transportation was shut down.[118]
- Babe Ruthwas ejected for the first time from a baseball game as a member of theNew York Yankees.Only six days after returning from a five-week suspension, Ruth was playing against the Washington Senators (which the Yankees won, 6 to 4) at the Polo Grounds. He had thrown dirt in the face of umpireGeorge Hildebrandafter being called out at second base while trying to stretch a single into a double. Ejected from the game, Ruth was heckled by a fan the way to the dugout, and "in a flash he vaulted to the roof of the dugout, clambered through a box filled with people and started up the aisle in the direction of his tormentor" who "put several rows between him and the Babe and from this point of safety listened to a series of scathing remarks from the irate player." After Ruth left, the Pullman conductor who shouted the remarks and refused to give his name, left the park after being asked by the Yankees' management to go.[119]Ruth was fined $200 and suspended for one game.[120]
- Born:Enrico Berlinguer,Italian Communist Party leader from 1972 until his death; inSassari(d. 1984)
- Died:Roy Redgrave,49, English stage actor and Australian silent film actor, and the first member of theRedgrave acting dynastyas father ofMichael Redgrave,grandfather ofVanessa Redgrave,Lynn RedgraveandCorin Redgrave,and great-grandfather ofLiam Neesondied in Australia after deserting his family.
May 26, 1922 (Friday)
[edit]- TheNarcotic Drugs Import and Export Act,commonly called the Jones-Miller Act, was signed into law by U.S. President Warren G. Harding as the first federal law regulating the sale and transportation of opiates and other addictive drugs, and created theFederal Bureau of Narcotics,predecessor to theDrug Enforcement Administration.[121]
- Born:
- Troy Smith,American businessman who founded theSonic Drive-Inrestaurant chain, originally as "Top Hat Drive-In" before changing the name to Sonic in 1959, then oversaw the nationwide of the business; inOilton, Oklahoma(d. 2009)
- Lorraine Monk,Canadian photographer; inMontreal(d. 2020)
- Died:Ernest Solvay,84, Belgian chemist and inventor who developed the ammonia-soda process for the manufacture ofsodium carbonate.[122]
May 27, 1922 (Saturday)
[edit]- Acivil war broke out in Paraguayafter PresidentEusebio Ayalacanceled plans for a presidential election.Eduardo Schaerer,a candidate for president againstManuel Gondra,approved an attack by Adolfo Chirife and announced his intentions from the town ofParaguariwith 1,700 troops to take control of the capital atAsunción.The war would continue for almost 14 months, ending after Chirife died of pneumonia. Although Chirife's successor Pedro Mendoza and his remaining forces reached the capital on July 9 without resistance, forces loyal to Gondra counter-attacked the next day and Schaerer's supporters surrendered.[123]
- A parade of 25,000Ukrainian Americanstook place in New York City to protest the Polish military occupation ofEast GaliciaThe group then held a mass meeting inMadison Square Garden.[124]Although Poland claimed Galicia in thePeace of Riga,not all Ukrainians accepted the occupation as legitimate.[125]
- TheParliament of Southern Ireland,created by the British government to allow some autonomy inDublin,was dissolved bythe Viscount FitzAlan,the BritishLord Lieutenant of Ireland,who proclaimed its end and its replacement by a new "Provisional Parliament",with elections to be held on June 16."[126]
- F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"was published for the first time, initially as a feature inCollier'smagazine.[127]It would be adapted in 2008 toa film of the same name.
- Born:
- Christopher Lee,English film actor; inBelgravia, London(d. 2015)
- Otto Carius,German tank commander; inZweibrücken(d. 2015)
May 28, 1922 (Sunday)
[edit]- Elections were held in Luxembourgfor 25 of the 48 seats in theChamber of Deputies.TheParty of the Right,led by Prime MinisterÉmile Reuter,lost one seat but retained its 26-seat majority.[128]
- Elections began in Hungaryfor 140 of the 244 seats in the new National Assembly. The other 104 districts held voting on June 1.[129]
- Born:
- Lou Duva,boxing trainer and manager of 19 different world champions, including Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, and Héctor Camacho; in New York City (d. 2017)
- Vinod(stage name for Eric Roberts), Indian composer and film score director; inLahore,Punjab Province,British India(died of tetanus, 1959)
- Tuomas Gerdt,Finnish soldier and Knight of theMannerheim Cross,inHeinävesi(d. 2020)
- Matsumi "Mike" Kanemitsu,Japanese-American abstract painter; inOgden, Utah(d. 1992)
- David W. Preus,American Lutheran minister and the last president of theAmerican Lutheran Churchfrom 1973 until overseeing its 1988 merger with theLutheran Church in Americaand theAssociation of Evangelical Lutheran Churchesto form theEvangelical Lutheran Church in America;inMadison, Wisconsin(d. 2021)
- Died:
- Julie Siegfried,74, French women's rights leader and president of theConseil National des femmes françaises(CNFF)
- John Munro Longyear,72, American mining and timber company owner who developed coalfields in the Arctic Circle; the company town ofLongyearbyenin Norway is named for him
- Isaac Whiting,79, American Mormon who had served as the third president of theChurch of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)since 1902
May 29, 1922 (Monday)
[edit]- TheU.S. Supreme Courtruled unanimously that American antitrust laws did not apply toMajor League Baseball,the designation for theNational Leagueand theAmerican Leaguethat had agreed not compete to against each other for players, and effectively had a monopoly on organized baseball at the major league and minor league level.[130]The decision inFederal Baseball Club v. National League,written byOliver Wendell Holmes,determined that the travel of teams from one state to another to play baseball was not interstate commerce that could be regulated by the national government under the U.S. Constitution'sCommerce Clause(Article I, Section 8) applying to "Commerce... among the several States" and that "exhibitions of baseball, which are purely state affairs."[131]
- American Christian evangelist and faith healerAimee Semple McPhersonsurprised a crowdat a revivalinWichita, Kansasby seeming to make the rain stop falling, interrupting a speaker and then praying for the rain to wait until "after the message has been delivered to these hungry souls." TheWichita Eaglereported the event the next day with the headline "Evangelist's Prayers Hold Big Rain Back".[132]
- BritishLiberalMPHoratio Bottomleywas sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud by pocketing the money paid to his "Victory Bond" fund during the Great War. Bottomley had promoted the bonds in his capacity as editor of the magazineJohn Bull.[133]
- The objection byPope Pius XIto the proposedBritish Mandate over Palestinewas received by theLeague of Nations.The objection was made on religious grounds, based on the Roman Catholic Church's position that creation of a Jewish homeland in the Holy Land in Palestine gave unequal privileges toZionists.[134]
- Born:
- Eleanor Coerr,Canadian children's author, inKamsack,Saskatchewan(d. 2010)
- Iannis Xenakis,Romanian composer, inBrăila(d. 2001)
- Died:Yevgeny Vakhtangov,39, Russian-Armenian theater director and actor, from cancer
May 30, 1922 (Tuesday)
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- TheLincoln Memorialwas dedicated in Washington, D.C., on Memorial Day, with U.S. PresidentWarren G. Hardingpraising PresidentAbraham Lincoln.Construction of the building, designed by architectHenry Bacon,had started in 1912 and then was halted by World War I before resuming. "For ten years this white marble shrine with its massive Doric columns",The New York Timesnoted, "has been slowly rising on the banks of the Potomac at the western end of the Mall, where once there was a dismal, marshy waste."[135][136]Robert Todd Lincoln,the late President's 78-year-old son and only surviving descendant, appeared as a special guest at the dedication.[137]As part of the ceremony, the Memorial's centerpiece, sculptorDaniel Chester French's largemarble statue of President Lincolnwas unveiled to the public. Carved by thePiccirilli Brothersper French's design, the statue of Lincoln in an armchair is 19 feet (5.8 m) in height and sits on an 11 feet (3.4 m) high pedestal for a total height of 30 feet (9.1 m).
- Germany mourned the loss of its territory in Upper Silesia by lowering flags outside the Reichstag Building to half mast, and most of the members of parliament wore black as they met to vote in favor of ratifying the German treaty with Poland. "It was the blackest day in the Reichstag's history today", Cyril Brown wrote inThe New York Times,adding "This is a historic day, for Germany's eastward revanche dream dates from it officially."[138]
- TheLatviangovernment and the Vatican signed aconcordatin which the Latvian government agreed to allow freedom for the Roman Catholic Church in Latvia, in return for instructions from the Vatican to all Catholic bishops. The treaty was signed in Rome by Latvian Foreign MinisterZigfrids A. Meierovicsand the Vatican's treasurer, CardinalPietro Gasparri.[139]
- Jimmy Murphywon theIndianapolis 500.Murphy set a new record for the race, averaging 94.484 miles per hour (152.057 km/h) in driving 500 miles in 5 hours, 17 minutes and 30.79 seconds and breaking the 1915 record set byRalph DePalmaby more than 16 minutes.[140]
- Born:
- Hal Clement(pen name for Harry Clement Stubbs), American science fiction writer known forMission of Gravityand other books in the "Mesklinseries; inSomerville, Massachusetts(d. 2003)
- Rose Evansky,German-born British hairdresser who introduced the "blow dry" look to women's styling in 1962, with the use of a hand-heldhair dryerand hairbrush; as Rose Lerner inWorms(d. 2016)
May 31, 1922 (Wednesday)
[edit]- Skywriting,the use of an airplane and visible exhaust to fly in order to "write" words and individual letters, was first used inadvertising.Flying aboveEpsom Downs Racecoursein England,RAFCaptain Cyril Turner wrote "Daily Mail"to promote the popular London newspaper in advance of the running of theEpsom Derby.[141]
- In an address before the Greek National Assembly, Foreign Minister Georgios Baltatzis said that more than 300,000 civilians had been massacred by theTurksin the districts of Amasia (Amasya), Neo-Caesaria (Niksar orTokat), Trebizond (Trabzon),Chaldia,Rodopolis (nowVartsikheinGeorgiaand Kolenia, and gave the count as 303,238 people in the parts of Turkey that he was aware of.[142]
- TheAllied Reparations Commissioninformed ChancellorJoseph WirthofGermanythat it was willing to suspendreparations paymentsfor the rest of1922.[143][144]
- Ignaz SeipelbecameChancellor of Austria,succeedingJohannes Schober.[145]
- All of the works of French authorAnatole Francewere placed on theIndex Librorum Prohibitorum,the Vatican's list of prohibited books. They would remain there until the abolition of the index in 1966.[146]
- The SwedishRiksdagvoted 105 to 94 against the ratification of the March 1 trade agreement with Russia.[147][115][148]
- Captain Cuttlewon England's premier horse race, theEpsom Derby.[149]
- Born:Denholm Elliott,English actor, inEaling,Middlesex(d. 1992)
- Died:
- Herbert Rowse Armstrong,53, English lawyer and convicted murderer, was hanged atGloucester Prisonafter being convicted of the murder of his wife. To date, he is the only British solicitor to have received the death penalty.[150]
- Joseph McGuinness,47, Irish politician and incumbent member of theDáil Éireann,died 16 days before theelections for the Irish Free Stateparliament.[151]
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- ^"League Decides to Guide Albania",The New York Times,May 14, 1922, p. 2
- ^"Delayed Preakness Poised to Make History", by Phil Janack, pimlico.com, 2020
- ^"Movich Wins Kentucky Derby by Two Lengths",The New York Times,May 14, 1922, p. 1
- ^ab"Rudolph Valentino".United States History.RetrievedJune 15,2015.
- ^Hubbard, Ben (5 August 2011).Gladiators: From Spartacus to Spitfires: One-on-one combat through the ages.Canary Press.ISBN978-1-907795-97-8.
- ^"Elephant on Rampage— He Leaves Thirty-Mile Trail of Destruction in Washington State",The New York Times,May 18, 1922, p. 12
- ^"The time Tusko the elephant was abandoned at the Oregon State Fair",by Capi Lynn,Statesman Journal(Salem, Oregon), August 25, 2017
- ^Eugenie Blair Dies Playing Stage Role; Sticks to Her Part, Though Ill, Till Curtain Falls and Then Expires,The New York Times,May 15, 1922, p. 13
- ^"Tageseinträge für 15. Mai 1922".chroniknet.RetrievedJune 15,2015.
- ^"Child Labor Law Declared Invalid; Supreme Court Holds 1919 Act Unconstitutional in That It Usurps State Function",The New York Times,May 16, 1922, p. 1
- ^"Biggest Liner Here With World Record",The New York Times,May 17, 1922, p. 3
- ^"Giant of Seas, Majestic, Ends Maiden Voyage".Chicago Daily Tribune.May 17, 1922. p. 3.
- ^"RMS Majestic (2nd)".Titanic and Other White Star Line Ships.RetrievedJune 15,2015.
- ^"4 Drowned, 15 Missing in Bridge Collapse",The New York Times,May 17, 1922, p. 3
- ^"New Cabinet Formed by Stratos",Los Angeles Evening Express,May 16, 1922, p. 21
- ^"Greek Cabinet Crisis— New Premier Resigns",Daily Telegraph(London), May 19, 1922, p. 11
- ^Paul McMahon,British Spies and Irish Rebels: British Intelligence and Ireland, 1916–1945(Boydell & Brewer, 2008) p. 67
- ^Sean Boyne,Emmet Dalton: Somme Soldier, Irish General, Film Pioneer(Merrion Press, 2014)
- ^Michael Nevell,Manchester at Work: People and Industries Through the Years(Amberley Publishing, 2018)
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- ^Jean Williams,A Contemporary History of Women's Sport, Part One: Sporting Women, 1850–1960(Taylor & Francis, 2014) p. 105
- ^"Matador Granero Is Killed By a Bull in Madrid Ring", May 8, 1922, p. 1
- ^Miriam E. Mandel,A Companion to Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon(Camden House, 2009) pp. 172-173
- ^Stuart Kendall,Critical Lives: Georges Bataille(Reaktion Books, 2007)
- ^"Radio Broadcasts President Harding's Speech Praising Merchant Marine",Richmond (IN) Palladium,May 23, 1922, page 1
- ^Henning, Arthur Sears (May 19, 1922). "Harding Wins Shorter Day".Chicago Daily Tribune.p. 1.
- ^"20 Die in Ruins of Rome Hospital— Historic Santo Spirito Burns, Burying Patients Under Its Heavy Walls".The New York Times.May 19, 1922. p. 3.
- ^"Negro Boy Tortured and Burned at Stake In Georgia After Killing White Woman".The New York Times.May 19, 1922. p. 1.
- ^Jackson, Kevin (2012).Constellation of Genius – 1922: Modernism Year One.London: Hutchinson.ISBN978-0-091-93097-4.
- ^Zenou, Theo (May 18, 2022)."Retropolis: When Picasso partied with Joyce and Stravinsky, things got surreal".The Washington Post.RetrievedMay 20,2022.
- ^"British Premier Counsels Russia to Admit Debts".Brooklyn Daily Eagle.May 19, 1922. p. 1.
- ^"Allies Hopeful as Genoa parley Ends",The New York Times,May 20, 1922, p.1
- ^"Votes to Exclude Woman From Lords— Committee of the British Upper House Decides Against Lady Rhondda, 20 to 4; Reverses Former Decision,The New York Times,May 20, 1922, p.2
- ^"Tageseinträge für 19. Mai 1922".chroniknet.RetrievedJune 15,2015.
- ^ab"98 Die, 230 Saved as P.&O. Liner Sinks in Crash off Brest",The New York Times,May 22, 1922, p.1
- ^"Nun on Sinking Ship Sacrificed Her Life; Egypt's Death Total 102",The New York Times,May 24, 1922, p.6
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- ^"Protopapadakis Forms New Cabinet in Greece",Chicago Tribune,May 21, 1922, p. 1-3
- ^"Two Negroes Lynched for Attacks on Girls; One Is Burned in Texas and the Other Hanged in Ohio— Eight in Month of May",The New York Times,May 21, 1922, p. 18
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- ^"Arrest Valentino, Screen Star, on Charge of Bigamy".Brooklyn Daily Eagle.May 21, 1922. p. 1.
- ^"Arrest Valentino on Bigamy Charge— Movie Actor Pleads Not Guilty and Is Released on $10,000 Bail",The New York Times,May 21, 1922, p. 16
- ^Glueckstein, Fred (2005).The '27 Yankees.Xlibris. pp. 112–113.ISBN978-1-4691-1308-1.
- ^"Yanks Are Beaten As Ruth Returns",The New York Times,May 21, 1922, p.26
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- ^"British Climb 26,800 Feet Up Mt. Everest; Highest Altitude Ever Reached by Man",The New York Times,June 9, 1922, p. 1
- ^“Shall the Fundamentalists Win?”: Defending Liberal Protestantism in the 1920s,by Harry Emerson Fosdick, inChristian Work(June 10, 1922), reprinted inHistory Matters,George Mason University
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- ^Holston, Kim R. (2013).Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973.Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 27.ISBN978-0-7864-6062-5.
- ^"Ulster M.P. Slain in Belfast Street; Terror Grips City— W.J. Twaddell, a Prominent Orangeman, Is Shot by Assassins on Way to Business; Craig Summons Cabinet",The New York Times,May 23, 1922, p.1
- ^"British Weather Extremes: Maximum Temperatures".The Tornado and Storm Research Organization.RetrievedJune 15,2015.
- ^"Revolution in Nicaragua Lasts Only 8 Hours; Threat of Our Marines to Act Is Effective",The New York Times,May 23, 1922, p.1
- ^"Ada Jones Artist Biography",AllMusic.com
- ^"Lenin Suffers Stroke; Soviet Leaders Hurry Home",The New York Times,June 4, 1922, p. 1
- ^"Admit that Lenin Suffered a Stroke— But His Physicians Say He Is 'on the Road to Full Recovery.'",The New York Times,June 5, 1922, p. 2
- ^"Ulster Rounds up Sinn Fein Leaders; Outlaws Societies— 300 Republican Army Men and Organization Officials Seized in Night Raids",The New York Times,May 24, 1922, p. 1
- ^"Longest-Running Shows on Broadway",Theatre World 2009-2010(Hal Leonard Corporation, 2011) p. 450
- ^"Blood, Sweat, Toil but No Tears from Tunney",by James F. Fair,Sports Illustrated,March 27, 1967.
- ^"Mallory and Irvine The Final Chapter: Capt. C. Geoffrey Bruce",EverestNews.com
- ^"Leona Dare, Acrobat, Dead; Noted for Daring Exploits on Trapeze Hanging From Balloon",The New York Times,May 25, 1922, p. 15
- ^"Swift Justice Dealt by New Tribunal; First Case Heard by Arbitration Society in 75 Minutes at Cost of $10— No Lawyers and No Oath",The New York Times,May 25, 1922, p. 11
- ^"Treaty with Italy Signed by Russians",The New York Times,May 25, 1922, p. 2
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- ^"Pope Says World Still Awaits Peace",The New York Times,May 25, 1922, p. 4
- ^"Ten Sailors Perish as German Battleship And Torpedo Boat Hit in Manoeuvres",The New York Times,May 25, 1922, p. 1
- ^"Strike in Rome Forces Pilgrim Throngs to Hike".Chicago Daily Tribune.May 26, 1922. p. 2.
- ^"Ruth in Row with Umpire and Fan at Polo Grounds",The New York Times,May 26, 1922, p. 1
- ^"Ruth Fined $200; Loses Captaincy",The New York Times,May 27, 1922, p. 1
- ^"Narcotic Bill Signed",Brooklyn Times Union,May 26, 1922, p. 1
- ^"Ernest Solvay, Rich Inventor, Dies at 84—Belgian, Originator of Soda Process, Was Imprisoned by Germany During War" ",The New York Times,May 27, 1922, p. 10
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- ^"25,000 Ukrainians Parade in Protest".Brooklyn Daily Eagle.May 28, 1922. p. 5.
- ^French:Les Alliés reconnaissent à la Pologne la possession de la Galicie,Chronologie des civilisations, Jean Delorme, Paris, 1956.
- ^Prepare for Elections in Southern Ireland ",Boston Globe,May 27, 1922, p. 5-6, 22-
- ^"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, By F Scott Fitzgerald; Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg",Collier's: The National Weekly(May 27, 1922) pp. 6-7, 22-28
- ^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010)Elections in Europe: A data handbook,p1244ISBN978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^"Hungarian Elections Begin",The New York Times,May 29, 1922, p. 3
- ^"Baseball Is Victor in Trust Law Fight— Supreme Court Decision Denies That Operation of Leagues Is Interstate Commerce",The New York Times,May 30, 1922, p. 15
- ^Federal Baseball Club v. National League,259 U.S. 200 (1922),Justia.com
- ^Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer,Aimee Semple McPherson: Everybody's Sister(Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Inc., 1993), p. 184
- ^"Bottomley Guilty of 150,000 Fraud; Gets 7-Year Term",The New York Times,May 30, 1922, p. 1
- ^"Gets the Pope's Protest; League Secretariat Has Text of Objections to the Palestine Mandate",The New York Times,May 30, 1922, p. 10
- ^"Harding Dedicates Lincoln Memorial; Blue and Gray Join— President Moved by Presence of Veterans of Both Armies to Emphasize Unity",The New York Times,May 31, 1922, p. 1
- ^Ashabranner, Brent(2002).On the Mall in Washington, D.C.: A Visit to America's Front Yard.Brookfield, Connecticut: Twenty-First Century Books. p.25.ISBN978-0-7613-2351-8.
- ^"Huge Memorial To Be Dedicated To 'Abe' Lincoln; Harding Will Accept Marble Structure For Nation Today— Son of Rail-Splitter to Attend Ceremony",The Evening News(Baltimore), May 30, 1922, p. 1
- ^"Reichstag Mourns Giving Up Silesia— Flags at Half-Mast, Ministers in Black, as Geneva Agreement Is Formally Ratified",The New York Times,May 31, 1922, p. 9
- ^"Concordat Between the Holy See and the Latvian Government, Signed at the Vatican May 30, 1922",League of Nations — Treaty Series(League of Nations, 1923) pp. 367–372
- ^"Murphy Wins Great Auto Race Classic",The New York Times,May 31, 1922, p. 21
- ^The Guinness Book of Records 1976,ed. by Norris McWhirter and Alan McWhirter (Guinness World Records Limited, 1975) p. 89
- ^"303,238 Massacred, Greek Minister Says",The New York Times,June 2, 1922, p. 3
- ^"Germany Agrees to Allies Demands",The New York Times,May 30, 1922, p. 3
- ^"Allies Approve German Answer; Grant Moratorium",The New York Times,June 1, 1922, p. 1
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- ^Current Opinion(September 1922), p. 295
- ^"Reject Soviet Treaty",The New York Times,June 1, 1922, p. 2
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- ^"Captain Cuttle Is Winner of Derby",The New York Times,June 1, 1922, p. 23
- ^"Crime Museum UK – Discovery Channel The Poisoners".Discovery Channel.Retrieved20 August2009.
- ^"Joseph McGuinness, Sinn Fein Leader, Dies",The New York Times,June 1, 1922, p. 15