Page 5: Historical Events In 1922

Mar 20   Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea).   

Mar 20   USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier   

Mar 21   KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions   

Mar 22   British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison   

Mar 22   Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian, dies at 86.   

Mar 22   Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistan, sheik/premier   

Mar 23   1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.   

Mar 23   inaugural airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC   

Mar 24   Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish   

Mar 27   Margaret Stacey, sociologist   

Mar 27   Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63.   

Mar 28   1st microfilm device introduced   

Mar 28   The inaugural microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA?.   

Mar 30   German Germanovich Galinin, composer   

Mar 30   KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions.   

Mar 31   KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions.   

Mar 31   Patrick J G McGee, North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange).   

Mar 31   Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam.   

Apr 01   Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies.   

Apr 01   William Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President).   

Apr 02   Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)   

Apr 03   Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party   

Apr 04   Elmer Bernstein, NYC, movie music composer (Robot Monster)   

Apr 04   WAAB (Baton Rouge LA) is recorded as becoming 1st US radio station with "W" calls.   

Apr 05   Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85   

Apr 05   Gale Storm, Bloomington Tx, actr (My Little Margie, Gale Storm Show)   

Apr 05   KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions   

Apr 05   WDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions.   

Apr 06   B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #977 Philippa.   

Apr 06   Barry Levinson, director (Rain Man)   

Apr 07   Kenneth Howard Peacock, composer   

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

Apr 09   Carl Amery, writer.   

Apr 11   Alexander Raichev, composer.   

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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)