What Happened In December 1922 In History

Historical Events for December, 1922

• 6th » One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
• 9th » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
• 27th » Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
• 30th » The Soviet Union e.g Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Treaty on the Creation of the USSR or is formed.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1922

• 1st » Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (d. 1979)
• 1st » Paul Picerni, American actor (d. 2011)
• 2nd » Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
• 3rd » Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic (d. 1992)
• 3rd » Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer (d. 2006)
• 4th » Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959)
• 6th » John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
• 6th » Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician
• 8th » Lucian Freud, German-English painter (d. 2011)
• 8th » Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter
• 9th » Redd Foxx, American actor and singer (d. 1991)
• 10th » Lucía Hiriart, Chilean wife of Augusto Pinochet, 30th First Lady of Chile
• 10th » Agnes Nixon, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 11th » Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 11th » Pauline Jewett, Canadian academic and politician (d. 1992)
• 11th » Dilip Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 11th » Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 11th » Grace Paley, American author and poet (d. 2007)
• 12th » Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1979)
• 14th » Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
• 14th » Don Hewitt, American journalist and producer, created '60 Minutes' (d. 2009)
• 14th » Junior J. Spurrier, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1984)
• 16th » Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008)
• 17th » Alan Voorhees, American engineer (d. 2005)
• 18th » Jack Brooks (politician) e.g Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
• 19th » Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (d. 1987)
• 20th » George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 20th » Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter
• 21st » Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (d. 1989)
• 21st » Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist and voice actor (d. 2005)
• 22nd » Mike Banks (mountaineer) called Mike Banks, English mountaineer (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Ruth Roman, American actress and singer (d. 1999)
• 23rd » Micheline Ostermeyer, French discus thrower, shot putter, and pianist (d. 2001)
• 24th » Ava Gardner, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
• 25th » William Demby, American author (d. 2013)
• 26th » Richard Mayes, English actor (d. 2006)
• 28th » Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor
• 29th » Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 29th » William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998)
• 30th » Jane Langton, American author and illustrator
• 31st » Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (d. 2014)
• 31st » Luis Zuloaga, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for December 1922

• 10th » Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist (b. 1852)
• 13th » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861)
• 16th » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian-Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 18th » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)

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