January 10
January 10
Griffith elected president of Irish Free State
Arthur Griffith, the founder of Sinn Fein and one of the architects of the 1921 peace treaty with Britain, is elected president of the newly established Irish Free State. In…
A Year In History: 1922
This Year in History:
1922
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
January 11
January 11
First human receives insulin injection to treat diabetes
On January 11, 1922, 14‑year‑old Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to receive an injection of the hormone insulin for Type‑1 diabetes—a disease that for millennia had been considered a…
January 23
January 23
Insulin injection aids diabetic patient
At Toronto General Hospital, 14‑year‑old Canadian Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes. Diabetes has been recognized as a distinct medical condition…
January 28
January 28
Theater collapses in Washington, D.C.
Accumulated snowfall from a blizzard collapses the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., on this day in 1922. The blizzard formed in the Carolinas on January 26 and moved into the…
February 2
February 2
Director William Desmond Taylor is found murdered
Police discover the body of film director William Desmond Taylor in his Los Angeles bungalow. Lieutenant Tom Ziegler responded to a call about a “natural death” at the Alvarado Street…
February 4
February 4
Ford buys Lincoln
On February 4, 1922, the Ford Motor Company acquires the failing luxury automaker Lincoln Motor Company for $8 million. The acquisition came at a time when Ford, founded in 1903,…
February 27
February 27
Supreme Court defends women’s voting rights
In deciding the case Leser v. Garnett, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the 19th Amendment—which, when ratified two years earlier, provided American women with the right to…
March 10
March 10
Mohandas Gandhi arrested for sedition
After years of being repeatedly arrested and detained by his country’s British colonial government for his leadership activity in India’s independence movement, activist and spiritual leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is…
March 12
March 12
Jack Kerouac is born
Jack Kerouac is born in Lowell, Massachusetts. Kerouac was the son of French‑Canadian parents and learned English as a second language. In high school, Kerouac was a star football player…
April 16
April 16
British author Kingsley Amis is born
British author Kingsley Amis is born to a lower‑middle‑class clerk and his wife. Amis’ mother encouraged him to write at an early age, and he later attended Oxford, where he…
April 24
April 24
Colin Ross is hanged in Australia after conviction based on forensic evidence
Colin Ross is hanged to death in Australia for the rape and murder of 13‑year‑old Alma Tirtschke. Ross was one of the first criminals in Australia to be convicted based…
May 29
May 29
Supreme Court rules in favor of Major League Baseball
On May 29, 1922, the United States Supreme Court rules that organized baseball did not violate antitrust laws as alleged by the Baltimore franchise of the defunct Federal League in…
May 30
May 30
Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to be heard on the radio
On May 30, 1922, President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to have his voice transmitted by radio while addressing a crowd at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.…
May 30
May 30
Former President Taft dedicates Lincoln Memorial
Former President William Howard Taft dedicates the Lincoln Memorial on the Washington Mall on May 30, 1922. At the time, Taft was serving as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme…
June 5
June 5
Discoverer of Klondike Gold dies
George W. Carmack, the first person to discover gold along the Klondike River, dies in Vancouver, British Columbia. Carmack was born into a life of prospecting and mining. His father…
June 27
June 27
First Newbery Medal for children’s literature awarded to Hendrik Willem van Loon
On June 27, 1922, the American Library Association (ALA) awards the first Newbery Medal, honoring the year’s best children’s book, to The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon.…
July 11
July 11
Hollywood Bowl opens
On this day in 1922, the Hollywood Bowl, one of the world’s largest natural amphitheaters, opens with a performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Since that time, a long, diverse…
August 22
August 22
Michael Collins assassinated
Irish revolutionary and Sinn Fein politician Michael Collins is killed in an ambush in west County Cork, Ireland. In the early part of the century, Collins joined Sinn Fein, an…
October 28
October 28
Princeton‑Chicago football game is broadcast across the country
On October 28, 1922, hundreds of young men gather around radios in Western Union offices, speakeasies and a Princeton University physics lab to hear the first‑ever cross‑country broadcast of a…
November 4
November 4
Entrance to King Tut’s tomb discovered
British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt on November 4, 1922. When…
