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What Happened In March 1922 In History

Historical Events for March, 1922

  • 10th » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
  • 12th » Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan formed The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
  • 15th » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I of Egypt or Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
  • 18th » In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He serves only 2 years.
  • 20th » The USS named Langley or CV-1 is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
  • 24th » Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, Northern Ireland known as Northern Irish policemen break into the home of a Catholic family and McMahon murders called shoot all eight males inside.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1922

  • 1st » William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
  • 1st » Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
  • 2nd » Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American saxophonist (d. 1986)
  • 2nd » Bill Quackenbush, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
  • 3rd » Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
  • 4th » Richard E. Cunha, American director and cinematographer (d. 2005)
  • 4th » Dina Pathak, Indian actress and director (d. 2002)
  • 5th » James Noble (actor) named James Noble, American actor
  • 5th » Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1975)
  • 7th » Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 2004)
  • 7th » Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian author and journalist (d. 2004)
  • 8th » Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey
  • 8th » Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
  • 8th » Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)
  • 8th » Yevgeny Matveyev, Russian actor and director (d. 2003)
  • 8th » Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator
  • 11th » Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (d. 1997)
  • 11th » José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor and director (d. 2009)
  • 11th » Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1976)
  • 12th » Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (d. 1969)
  • 12th » Lane Kirkland, American union leader (d. 1999)
  • 14th » Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
  • 14th » China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (d. 2014)
  • 15th » Nino Bibbia, Italian bobsledder (d. 2013)
  • 16th » Harding Lemay, American screenwriter and playwright
  • 18th » Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
  • 18th » Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist (d. 2006)
  • 18th » Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (d. 2011)
  • 19th » Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (d. 2014)
  • 20th » Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader
  • 20th » Ray Goulding, American actor (d. 1990)
  • 20th » Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 21st » Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
  • 22nd » John J. Gilligan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (d. 2013)
  • 23rd » Marty Allen, American comedian and actor
  • 23rd » Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
  • 24th » T. M. Soundararajan, Indian singer (d. 2013)
  • 24th » Onna White, Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2005)
  • 25th » Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014)
  • 26th » Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist (d. 2010)
  • 27th » Alex Agase, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
  • 27th » Barnaby Conrad, American author (d. 2013)
  • 27th » Dick King-Smith English author (d. 2011)
  • 27th » Dan Kurzman, American journalist and author (d. 2010)
  • 27th » Murray Olderman, American illustrator
  • 27th » Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
  • 27th » Stefan Wul, French author (d. 2003)
  • 28th » Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
  • 28th » Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 1990)
  • 28th » Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
  • 28th » B. Neminathan, Sri Lankan politician
  • 30th » Turhan Bey, Austrian-American actor (d. 2012)
  • 31st » Richard Kiley, American actor (d. 1999)

Famous Deaths for March 1922

  • 1st » Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
  • 4th » Bert Williams, American actor and singer (b. 1874)

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