Page 18: Historical Events In 1922

Dec 04   Lucille Atcherson, is recorded as becoming 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service.   

Dec 04   Lucille Atcherson, is recorded as becoming inaugural woman legation sect-US foreign service   

Dec 05   Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies.   

Dec 06   1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation   

Dec 06   The inaugural commercial carrier of electricity launched its service on this day in 1922 in Utica, New York   

Dec 06   the inaugural constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation.   

Dec 08   George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51).   

Dec 09   Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president.   

Dec 09   Redd Foxx, St Louis Mo, comedian (Sandford and Son, Redd Foxx Show).   

Dec 10   Allen Dwight Sapp, composer   

Dec 10   Nobel prizes awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein   

Dec 11   Grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts and Letters Award).   

Dec 12   Arthur R Hawkins, US pilot/capt (WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes).   

Dec 13   Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps.   

Dec 14   Charley Trippi, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)   

Dec 15   Alan Freed, Penn, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll".   

Dec 15   IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague.   

Dec 16   Florence E. Allen is recorded as becoming the inaugural woman justice of a state supreme court (Ohio).   

Dec 16   Gabriel Narutowicz inaugural President of Polish Republic assassinated   

Dec 16   Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st pres of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated.   

Dec 16   Mutual Assn of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs) formally organizes   

Dec 16   Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist   

Dec 17   Eric Brand, diplomat.   

Dec 17   Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate   

Dec 18   Larry D Mann, Toronto Canada, actor (Marty-Accidental Family)   

Dec 19   Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times.   

Dec 20   14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR).   

Dec 20   Charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family).   

Dec 21   Paul Winchell, NYC, ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smith).   

Dec 22   Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent.   

Dec 22   Montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms   

Dec 23   BBC Radio began daily newscasts   

Dec 23   Ian Powell Bancroft, civil servant.   

Dec 24   Ava Gardner, Grabtown NC, actress (On the Beach, Night of the Iguana)   

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Jan 01   Ernest f hollings: (sen-d-sc, 1966- )   

Jan 02   Jason evers: Nyc, actor (wrangler, channing)   

Jan 02   Nico schuyt: Composer   

Jan 02   Renata tebaldi: Pesaro italy, lyric soprano   

Jan 03   Bill travers: Newcastle-on-tyne england, actor (born free, gorgo)   

Jan 03   Jacques wildberger: Swiss composer (in my end is my beginning)   

Jan 03   Morten nielsen: Denmark, poet/resistance fighter   

Jan 04   Frank wess: Flutist/saxophonist/composer   

Jan 05   Ernest h shackleton: Brit south pole explorer (endurance),    

Jan 06   Jakob rosanes: German mathematician (b. 1842)   

Jan 07   Antonio scontrino: Composer,    

Jan 08   Charles r young: Colonel,   

Jan 10   Frank tudor: Australian labor opposition leader (b. 1866)   

Jan 15   John kirk barry: Dr/explorer david livingstone's companion,    

Jan 22   Benedictus xv: [giacomo markies d chiesa], pope (1914-22),   

Jan 23   Arthur nikisch: Hungarian conductor (b. 1855)