April 1922 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1922 Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten-to-death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• 03 Apr 1922 Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 04 Apr 1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge Louisiana) becomes first US radio station with "W" calls.
• 05 Apr 1922 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions
• 07 Apr 1922 Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming.
• 10 Apr 1922 The historic Genoa Conference commences in Genoa. The representatives of 34 countries convene to speak about monetary economics in the wake of World War I.
• 13 Apr 1922 The State of Massachusetts opens all public offices to women.
• 14 Apr 1922 Republic rebels occupies four government courts in Dublin.
• 15 Apr 1922 Banting, MacLeod and Best discover insulin
• 16 Apr 1922 German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized.
• 18 Apr 1922 Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0.
• 19 Apr 1922 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:18 10.
• 20 Apr 1922 The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
• 21 Apr 1922 The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year.
• 22 Apr 1922 South Ossetian Autonomous Region is established in Georgian SSR.
• 24 Apr 1922 In Barnegat, New Jersey, USA an overhead explosion of comet fragment rocks buildings, shatters windows, and releases clouds of noxious gas.
• 27 Apr 1922 Fritz Langs "Dr Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin.
• 30 Apr 1922 Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0.

Famous Birthday

• Doris Day

  American actress and singer; on-screen from 1948 and known from Texas to Tibet, world beloved as everybody's favorite virgin.

• Susanna Agnelli

  Italian noted family, the sister of Gianni Agnelli and the granddaughter of Giovanni, the founder of Fiat, the daughter of Edoardo who died...

• Charles Mingus

  American jazz musician, bandleader, composer, genius and legend who elevated bass into a solo melodic instrument.

• Sophie Desmarets

  Paris 16éme Actor.

• Harold Washington

  American politician, the first black Mayor of Chicago in 1983 despite admitted troubles with the law in the '70s when he was a practicing...

• Erich Hartmann

  German ace pilot with the Luffwaffe in WW II credited with shooting down over 300 planes; his technique was to close in on the target before...

• Boby Lapointe

  French singer-songwriter, actor and playwright, noted for his humorous texts, alliterations and plays on words.

• Valérie André

  French neurosurgeon, aviator and the first female member of the military to achieve the rank of General Officer, in 1976, as Physician...

• Jack Klugman

  TV Actor.

• Gale Storm

  American actress and wholesome leading lady of minor films in the '40s.

• Raoul Lévy

  French film producer, writer and director best known for a series of movies he made starring Brigitte Bardot.

• Toots Thielemans

  Belgian musician of jazz; guitar and harmonica, he began playing accordion at age 3. Hooked on jazz during the German occupation of Belgium...

• Alistair MacLean

  Scottish noted writer of adventure-thrillers whose novels have sold in the millions.

• Leo Tindemans

  Belgian Christian Democratic politician and one of the major driving forces in the integration of the European Union.

• Antoine Blondin

  French writer belonging to the literary group called the Hussards, and also a sports columnist in L'Équipe.

• Martin Gray (Holocaust survivor)
• Armand Jammot

  French television producer who produced a number of shows, most notably Les Dossiers de l'Écran, and in 1965, he created Des chiffres et des...

• Annemarie Schimmel

  German numerologist and scholar of Muslim culture.

• Marques de Araciel
• Jean-Claude Renard

  French poet who entered the world of poetry, publishing "Juan" in 1945, his first book.

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Famous Deaths

• Emperor Karl

  I of Austria (Born 1887).

• Richard Batka composer

  dies at age 53.

• Hans Sommer composer

  dies at age 84.

• Charles F A Woeste Belgian count/minister of Justice

  dies at age 85.

• Frantisek Ondricek composer

  dies at age 64.

• David M Chumaceiro Cura?aos poet

  dies.

• Alessandro Moreschi

  Italian castrato singer of the late 19th century, who was the only castrato to have made sound recordings.

• Hermann Rorschach

  Swiss psychiatrist, the designer of the ink-blot test that bears his name.

• Charles I

  Emperor (Austria) / King of Hungary (V).

• Hans Fruhstorfer

  German entomologist and explorer (d. 1922).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Elsie Baker - Ka-Lu-A
2. Al Jolson - Give Me My Mammy
3. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - They Call it Dancing
4. Ernest Hare - April Showers
5. Lucy Isabelle Marsh - The Song of Love