Historical Events In 1922

Apr 05 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions

Apr 18 The birth of Barbara Hale, American actress

Apr 05 WDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions

Apr 04 WAAB (Baton Rouge LA) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls

Apr 27 Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR

Apr 07 Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair

Apr 16 Annie Oakley shot 100 clay targets in a row, a women's record

Apr 28 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's first licensed educational radio station

Apr 22 South Ossetian Autonomous Region established in Georgian SSR

Apr 15 Poodle Dog Restaurant closes

Apr 03 Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party

Apr 06 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #977 Philippa

Nov 26 KING TUT'S tomb entered

Nov 09 German SS formed

Nov 11 Largest US flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90')

Nov 21 The birth of Telly Savalas, American actor

Nov 04 Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt

Nov 30 Actress Sarah Bernhardt made her last appearance on the stage

Nov 28 Capt Cyril Turner (RAF) gave first skywriting exhibition (NYC). Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called

Nov 26 The birth of Charles Schultz, American cartoonist

Nov 01 Ottoman Empire abolished

Nov 22 Library Ave in the Bronx named

Nov 14 BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House

Nov 26 In Egypt, Howard Carter and Lord Caernavon discover the tomb of Tutankhamun

Sep 13 136.4øF (58ø C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record)

Sep 28 Mussolini marches on Rome

Sep 27 King Constantine I of Greece abdicates

Sep 01 NYC law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billards"

Sep 21 Pres Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine

Sep 13 The record high temperature for the planet is set in Azizia, Libya, where it reached 136 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sep 11 British mandate of Palestine begins

Sep 17 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station)

Sep 11 British mandate declared in Palestine

Jun 16 Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics

Jun 29 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #979 Ilsewa

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