August 1922 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1922 Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard
• 02 Aug 1922 China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die
• 04 Aug 1922 Female 1st baseman Lizzie Murphy plays on AL all-star team
• 08 Aug 1922 Italian general strike broken by fascist terror
• 14 Aug 1922 1st old time musicians broadcasted on radio
• 16 Aug 1922 AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF
• 19 Aug 1922 36th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody
• 20 Aug 1922 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris
• 21 Aug 1922 Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise.
• 22 Aug 1922 General Michael Collins is assassinated in West Cork.
• 24 Aug 1922 1st Phillie to hit for cycle
• 26 Aug 1922 Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed
• 27 Aug 1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m
• 28 Aug 1922 1st Walker Cup: US beats England 8-4
• 30 Aug 1922 Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922

Famous Birthday

• Alain Robbe-Grillet

  French novelist, screenwriter and director.

• Roland Dumas

  French politician, a Minister of Foregin Affairs under President Mitterrand, from 1984-1986 and again from 1988 to 1993.

• Micheline Presle

  French stage/film/tv actress, onscreen 1939.

• René Lévesque

  Canadian politician, the 23rd premier of Quebec.

• Howard Zinn

  American historian author and activist (d. 2010).

• Maria Candido

  French soprano singer.

• Ivry Gitlis
• Rory Calhoun

  American actor on-screen from 1944 in feature films, including "River of No Return" and "Black Spurs.

• John Eisenhower

  American writer, diplomat, noted family, the second son of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower.

• André Ruellan
• Frédéric Rossif
• Fulton MacKay

  Scottish actor and playwright, best known for his role as prison officer Mr.

• Richard Blackwell

  American critic known as "Mr.

• Sandro Paternostro

  Italian TV journalist and newscaster, a famous talk-show host.

• Emanuele Rocco

  Italian TV journalist and newscaster.

• Freddie Laker

  English businessman founded Laker Airways (d. 2006).

• John McCormick

  American astrologer and humorist, a part time pro.

• Roger Rudigoz

  France Writer.

• Daniel Walker
• Donald MacCrimmon MacKay
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Famous Deaths

• [Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman

  Dutch Author / feminist, dies at 82.

• Alexander Graham Bell

  Scottish-born Canadian inventor of the first practical telephone (Born 1847).

• Vaclav Juda Novotny

  Composer, dies at 72.

• Enver Pasa

  Turkish politician, dies at 40.

• Alfred CW Harmsworth

  1st viscount Northcliffe / newspaper magnate.

• Carl Fuchs

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Louis PMFG of Orleans

  Earl of Eu / Brazil, dies at 80.

• Michael Collins

  Irish hero in the nation's struggle for independence, best remembered for his daring strategy during the campaign of guerilla warfare during...

• Felipe Pedrell

  Spanish Catalan composer.

• Arthur Griffith

  Irish journalist and politician 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (d. 1922).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

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2. Billy Jones & Ernest Hare - Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean
3. Ray Miller & His Orchestra - Stumbling
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