January 1 Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established January 4 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Ft. Worth Texas) January 4 Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin January 7 Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan January 8 Typography strike in Amsterdam January 9 1st flight of autogiro by Juan de la Cierva, Madrid, Spain January 10 Last U.S. troops leave Rhineland (Germany) January 10 Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel January 11 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters) January 11 French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations January 17 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied January 17 Origin of Brown lunation numbers January 18 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies January 19 WMC-AM in Memphis Tennessee begins radio transmissions January 23 Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) January 24 Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico established January 28 1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich January 28 Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent January 28 NSDAP 1st election in Munich February 1 Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel February 1 Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini February 1 Noel Coward's "Young Idea," premieres in London February 2 Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio February 2 United States signs friendship treaty with Central American countries February 5 General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar February 5 Mass arrests of socialists and communists in Italy February 8 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120 February 8 German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily February 9 Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms February 10 Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company February 10 Owen Davis' "Icebound," premieres in New York City February 10 SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied February 13 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes February 16 Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory February 16 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard February 16 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger February 17 British egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun February 17 Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals) February 18 Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages February 19 Jean Sibelius' 6th Symphony, premieres February 19 Philip Barry's "You and I," premieres in New York City February 20 Christy Mathewson becomes President of Boston Braves February 21 Andre Charlot's musical "Rats," premieres in London February 22 1st successful chinchilla farm in U.S. (Los Angeles California) February 22 Transcontinental airmail service begins February 23 German Republic day with laws against worker February 23 Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5% February 24 Flying Scotsman goes into service February 24 Mass arrests in U.S. of mafia February 25 Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark February 26 Italian nationalist and fascists merge (blue-shirts and black-shirts) February 28 Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands March 1 Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker March 2 Time magazine debuts March 3 U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague March 4 Lenin's last article in Pravda (about Red bureaucracy) March 5 1st old age pension plans in U.S. established by Montana and Nevada March 6 Cards announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms March 9 Amsterdam taxi strike ended March 9 Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine," premieres in New York City March 9 NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2 March 13 Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City) March 14 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicie in Poland March 14 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP March 14 President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes March 15 Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke March 16 Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna March 20 Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA March 20 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent March 21 U.S. foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses U.S.S.R. recognition March 23 Frank Silver and Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas" March 25 British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy March 26 Stanley Cup: Ott Senators beat Vanc Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 1 March 30 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates March 31 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hours March 31 French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die March 31 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) sweep Edm Eskimos (WCHL) in 2 games April 3 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary April 5 Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production April 7 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney April 7 Workers Party of America (New York City) becomes official Communist Party April 9 Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin April 10 Hitler demands "hatred and more hatred" in Berlin April 13 Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships April 14 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters April 15 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (New York City) April 15 Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics April 17 Longest NL opening game, Phillies and Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14 April 18 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium April 18 Poland annexes Central Lithuania April 19 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4 April 19 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers April 24 Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers April 24 General harbor strike begins in New York City April 26 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon April 27 Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige April 28 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup) May 2 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yankees 3-0 May 3 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (New York - San Diego) completed May 4 Bloody street battles between Nazi's, socialist and police in Vienna May 4 New York state revokes Prohibition law May 7 Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad May 8 Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* vs. Somerset at Bath May 11 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals May 12 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6 May 13 Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours) May 15 Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms May 17 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC) May 19 49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4 May 19 KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies May 20 Stanley Baldwin, becomes Prime Minister of UK May 22 Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier May 23 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain May 25 Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader May 26 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run May 26 Socialist Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg May 28 Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere May 28 U.S. unemployment has nearly ended May 30 Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres May 31 China and U.S.S.R. exchange diplomats June 1 New York Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning June 9 55th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:19 June 9 Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans June 9 Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski and King Boris III overthrown June 12 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City June 14 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane) June 15 Belgium's Theunis government falls because of mine, post and railroad strike June 16 Sun Yat Sen founds military academy June 19 Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war June 19 "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts June 21 Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud June 24 Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied June 28 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th June 28 Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry for state visit to London June 30 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica July 1 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF New York and WMAF Mass) July 3 Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London July 4 Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title July 6 36th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats K McKane (62 62) July 6 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics form July 7 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61) July 7 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning July 7 University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne) July 8 Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla) July 8 Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland July 10 2-pound hailstones kill 23 and many cattle, Rostov, Russia July 10 All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy July 11 Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M July 13 Draft law passes July 15 27th U.S. Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 296 at Inwood CC in New York July 15 Italian parliament accepts new constitution July 17 Carl Mays gave up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians July 18 England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law July 19 WRC-AM in Washington D.C. begins radio transmissions July 20 Yankees hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2 July 21 Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4 July 22 Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508) July 24 Allied Powers and Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne July 25 German mark devalued to 600,000 Dmark=$1 July 29 Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin July 29 KPD holds struggle day against fascism, in Germany July 30 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency July 31 Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University August 3 Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding August 3 V.P. Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president August 5 1st American to swim English Channel, Henry Sullivan August 9 New York State Golf Association formed August 11 Dutch Premier de Geer resigns August 12 Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances August 12 Enrico Tiraboschi is 1st to swim English Channel westward August 13 Germany: Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of coalition government August 13 Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as president August 13 U.S. Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day August 15 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State August 15 Mexico and U.S. reaches accord over oil concession of 1917 August 18 37th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61) August 20 London harbor strike ends August 22 Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4) August 24 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2) August 31 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German) August 31 Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu September 1 18th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) September 1 7.9 earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 142,000 September 1 U.S. beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup September 3 Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy," premieres in New York City September 4 A Charlot and N Cowards revue "London Calling," premieres in London September 4 New York Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A's, 2-0 September 5 Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously September 6 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 25 year jubilee September 7 Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia A's, 4-0 September 7 Interpol forms in Vienna September 7 Mary Katherine Campbell (Ohio), 16, crowned 2nd Miss America 1922-23 September 9 Albin Stenroos runs world record 20 km (1:07:11.2) September 10 Irish Free state joins League of Nations September 11 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yankees September 11 Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run September 11 ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower September 12 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co September 13 With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera September 14 Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title September 14 Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain September 14 Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play September 15 43rd U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats W M Johnston (64 61 64) September 15 Bill Tilden wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Open September 17 Sutton Vane's "Outward Bound," premieres in London September 19 Ernst Tollers "Hinkemann," premieres in Leipzig September 23 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law September 24 Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) September 26 Stresemann Government ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied September 27 Italian troops leave occupied Korfu September 27 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 home runs September 28 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations September 28 Radio Times 1st published September 28 Yankees slaughter Red Sox 24-4 September 29 6th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Pelham CC Pelham NY September 29 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public September 30 Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season October 2 British occuping army leaves Constantinople October 2 Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403 October 3 Germany's Stresemann resigns October 4 Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hours). Referee overturns decision October 5 Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star October 6 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies) October 6 2nd government of Stresemann in Germany forms October 6 U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record) October 6 U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar October 7 Yankees Everett Scott runs his consecutive-game streak to 1,138 October 10 New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium October 10 Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government October 11 Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a World Series game October 12 New York Giant's Casey Stengel home run beats Yankees 1-0 in World Series October 13 Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital October 15 New York Yankees 1st World Series win beating New York Giants, 4 games to 2 October 16 Disney company founded October 16 John Harwood patents self-winding watch (Switzerland) October 17 Catholic University of Nijmegen Netherlands opens October 19 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks October 19 Beierse government refuses to prohibit NSDAP newspaper Volkischer Beobachter October 21 1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich October 23 Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform October 23 Giants defeat Baltimore Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day October 24 General Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship October 25 Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal October 26 Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote) October 26 Govt-Ruijs de Beerenbrouck resigns October 29 Army move SPD/KPD-government to German part of Saxon October 29 Gibbs/Grey/Wood's revue "Runnin' Wild," premieres in New York City October 29 "Runnin' Wild" (introducing Charleston) opens on Broadway October 29 Textile strike in Enschede, Netherlands, against lower wages, begins October 29 Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire) November 1 Bruno E. Lucander forms Aero E/Y (Finnair) November 2 Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists November 2 Bloody street fights in Aken (pro-French separatists driven) November 2 Stresemann's SPD-ministers in Germany, step down November 6 Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver November 6 U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks" November 8 Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munchen (Munich) November 9 Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees November 10 German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany November 11 Eternal flame lit for tomb of unknown solder, Arc de Triumph November 12 In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power November 19 Bela Bartok's "Tancsuite," premieres November 20 Garrett Morgan invents and patents traffic signal November 22 Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death November 23 German army commander General Von Seeckt bans NSDAP and KPD November 23 Germany's Stresemann government falls to SPD November 24 Radio Belgium's 1st transmission November 30 Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms December 1 CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto December 3 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington D.C.) December 4 Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres December 4 WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show) December 8 German - U.S friendship treaty signed December 8 Labour/Liberals win British parliament December 8 Salary and price freeze in Germany December 10 Polish government of Grabski, forms December 14 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings) December 17 Greek king George II overthrown by army/republic December 18 International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco December 21 Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation December 22 Bill Ponsford and Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict December 23 Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000 December 25 Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St. New York City December 27 Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan December 28 George Bernard Shaw's "St. Joan," premieres in New York City December 31 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester December 31 BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID December 31 H Tierney/J McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots," premieres in New York City
