1922 in the United States

Events from the year 1922 in the United States.

1922
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

January–March

April–June

May 30: Lincoln Memorial dedicated

July–September

  • July 11 The Hollywood Bowl open-air music venue opens.
  • July 25 The United States recognizes Albania as a country.[3]
  • July 28 The United States recognizes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as countries.[4][5]
  • July 30 Radio station WMT (AM) begins broadcasting as WJAM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
  • August The California grizzly bear is hunted to extinction.

October–December

  • October 3 Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia becomes the first female United States Senator, when the governor of Georgia gives her a temporary appointment, pending the election of a replacement for Senator Thomas Watson, who has died suddenly. She will not take office till November 21, and will thus serve for only one day.
  • October 5 Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing is founded by six nursing students at the Indiana Training School for Nurses (Now Indiana University School of Nursing) in Indianapolis, Indiana.[6]
  • November 12 Sigma Gamma Rho (ΣΓΡ) Sorority, Incorporated is founded by 7 educators in Indianapolis, Indiana. The group becomes an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter is granted to the Alpha Chapter at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Undated

Ongoing

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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  3. "Albania - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. "Estonia - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  5. "Latvia - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. "The Creation of Sigma Theta Tau: Nursing Honor Society – Voices from the IU Bicentennial".
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  8. Waltz, Robert B. "This Train". Fresno State Ballad Index. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
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  10. "The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  11. "Volstead Act | History, Definition, & Significance | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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  13. "Obituary: Betty White, Golden Girls star who had a remarkably long and successful career". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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  37. Gloria Dea, First Magician to Perform on the Las Vegas Strip, Dead at 100: 'She Started It All'
  38. Martha Stewart, Actress in 'Daisy Kenyon' and 'In a Lonely Place,' Dies at 98
  39. Women's Art Museum Founder Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, 1922-2021
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  41. "Ruby Dee marks 90th birthday with new documentary about her illustrious life with late husband Ossie Davis". New York Daily News. November 13, 2012.
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