November 1922 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1922 Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam
• 02 Nov 1922 Allies deliberate over German mark
• 03 Nov 1922 Greek parliament bans Prince Andreas for life
• 04 Nov 1922 Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt
• 05 Nov 1922 Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent
• 06 Nov 1922 King George V proclaims Irish Free state
• 13 Nov 1922 Black Renaissance begins Harlem, New York
• 14 Nov 1922 BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
• 15 Nov 1922 British Conservative wins election / Labour 2nd party
• 16 Nov 1922 Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite
• 17 Nov 1922 Turkish Sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship
• 19 Nov 1922 Demonstration for a French Language University in Ghent
• 21 Nov 1922 Rebecca L Felton (Ga) sworn in as 1st female US Senator
• 22 Nov 1922 British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader
• 24 Nov 1922 Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers for 1 year
• 25 Nov 1922 Japanese crown Prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent
• 28 Nov 1922 6 old minsters in Greece, executed
• 30 Nov 1922 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho

Famous Birthday

• Dorothy Dandridge

  American entertainer and actress, accomplished as a singer and actress on stage, film and TV.

• Charles Schulz

  American cartoonist, the creator of "Peanuts" comic strip, which made its debut on 2 October 1950.

• Kurt Vonnegut

  American writer, a master of science-fiction.

• Raymond Devos

  Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown.

• Veronica Lake

  Movie Actress.

• Christiaan Barnard

  British-South African surgeon who made medical history when he performed the first human heart transplant on 12/03/1967.

• José Saramago

  Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature.

• Alice O Howell
• Maria Casarès
• Salvatore Giuliano

  Italian bandit chief, one of the most romantic figures of the 20th century, a strikingly handsome mixture of Robin Hood and Pancho Villa,...

• Annick de Souzenelle
• Kim Hunter

  American actress with a screen debut in "The Seventh Victim," 1943.

• Gloria Lasso

  French-born Spanish singer (d. 2005).

• Suzy Carrier

  France Actor.

• Oskar Werner

  Film actor / director (Shoes of the Fisherman, Das Ekel).

• Manuel Fraga Iribarne

  Spanish politician, diplomat and economist.

• Jean Monneret

  Chalon sur Saéne Painters.

• Michel Crozier

  French sociologist and member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques since 1999.

• Marie R Deleone
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali

  Egyptian politician and diplomat 6th Secretary General of the United Nations.

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Famous Deaths

• William Baines

  Composer, dies at 23.

• Carl Michael Ziehrer

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Georgios Hatzianestis

  Greek General (Born 1863).

• Petros Protopapadakis

  Greek politician (Born 1854).

• Nikolaos Stratos

  Greek politician (Born 1872).

• Ricardo Flores Magon

  A noted Mexican anarchist and social reform activist.

• Marcel Proust

  French writer classified as one of the greatest French novelists of the 1900's.

• Sam Thompson

  American baseball player (Born 1860).

• Dimitrios Gounaris

  Greek lawyer and politician 94th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1922).

• Max Abraham

  Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922).

• Robert Comtesse

  Swiss lawyer and politician President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1922).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Henry Burr - My Buddy
2. Benson Orchestra of Chicago - Say it While Dancing
3. Ben Selvin & His Orchestra - Chicago
4. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Three O'clock in the Morning
5. Ted Lewis & His Band - Georgette