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1922 in the United States

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1922
in
the United States

Decades:
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Events from the year 1922 in the United States.

Incumbents

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Events

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January–March

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April–June

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May 30: Lincoln Memorial dedicated

July–September

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  • July 11 – The Hollywood Bowl open-air music venue opens.
  • July 25 – The United States recognizes Albania as a country.[3]
  • July 28 – The United States recognizes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as countries.[4][5]
  • July 30 – Radio station WMT (AM) begins broadcasting as WJAM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
  • August – The California grizzly bear is hunted to extinction.

October–December

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  • October 3 – Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia becomes the first female United States Senator, when the governor of Georgia gives her a temporary appointment, pending the election of a replacement for Senator Thomas Watson, who has died suddenly. She will not take office till November 21, and will thus serve for only one day.
  • October 5 – Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society is founded by six nursing students at the Indiana Training School for Nurses (Now Indiana University School of Nursing) in Indianapolis, Indiana.[6]
  • November 7 – William W. Brandon is elected the 37th governor of Alabama defeating Oliver D. Street.
  • November 12 – Sigma Gamma Rho (ΣΓΡ) Sorority, Incorporated is founded by 7 educators in Indianapolis, Indiana. The group becomes an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter is granted to the Alpha Chapter at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Undated

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Ongoing

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Births

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George McGovern

Deaths

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See also

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References

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  3. ^ "Albania - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. ^ "Estonia - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  5. ^ "Latvia - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. ^ "The Creation of Sigma Theta Tau: Nursing Honor Society – Voices from the IU Bicentennial".
  7. ^ Waltz, Robert B. "This Train". Fresno State Ballad Index. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  8. ^ "Steffy Goldner – America & The New York Philharmonic (1921–1932)". New York Philharmonic Archives.
  9. ^ "The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Volstead Act | History, Definition, & Significance | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  11. ^ Hicks, Brian; Kropf, Schuyler (April 6, 2019). "Former SC Governor, U.S. Senator Ernest F. 'Fritz' Hollings dies at 97". The Post and Courier. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  12. ^ "Obituary: Betty White, Golden Girls star who had a remarkably long and successful career". HeraldScotland. January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  13. ^ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 15. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
  14. ^ Margenau, Henry (1992). Cosmos, bios, theos : scientists reflect on science, God, and the origins of the universe, life, and homo sapiens. La Salle, Ill: Open Court. p. 179. ISBN 9780812691863.
  15. ^ Thomas, Bob (2010-02-18). "Music legend Kathryn Grayson dies at 88". Associated Press via USA Today. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  16. ^ Clymer, Adam (December 4, 2017). "John Anderson, Who Ran Against Reagan and Carter in 1980, Is Dead at 95". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  17. ^ "Helen Gurley Brown". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. August 14, 2012. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  18. ^ Porter, David L. (2000). Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 1709. ISBN 978-0-313-29884-4.
  19. ^ "Ralph H. Baer". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  20. ^ Ronald Bergan (2008-06-18). "Obituary: Cyd Charisse". The Guardian. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  21. ^ Ann Charters, Samuel Charters, Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation, University Press of Mississippi, 2010, p. 113
  22. ^ Houck, Davis W.; Dixon, David E., eds. (2006). Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-1965. Waco: Baylor University Press. p. 250. ISBN 1932792546. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  23. ^ Goldstein, Richard (June 11, 2020). "Murray Olderman, Who Both Wrote and Drew About Sports, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  24. ^ Vallance, Tom (March 11, 1999). "Obituary: Richard Kiley". The Independent. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  25. ^ "William Manchester [Obituary]". Daily Telegraph. June 3, 2004.
  26. ^ Michael Freedland (19 August 2004). "Elmer Bernstein - Prolific Hollywood composer whose scores ranged from The Magnificent Seven to Far From Heaven". The Guardian.
  27. ^ William M. Ellinghaus Dies at 99; Presided Over AT&T Breakup
  28. ^ Roberts, Sam (January 31, 2015). "Rose Marie McCoy, a Songwriter for Rock, Pop and Jazz Legends, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  29. ^ Mcfadden, Robert D. (2015-02-25). "Eugenie Clark, Scholar of the Life Aquatic, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  30. ^ Risling, Greg (February 26, 2006). "Actor Darren McGavin Dies at 83". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  31. ^ Martin, Douglas (August 10, 2010). "Paul Milstein, City Real Estate Titan, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  32. ^ "Judy Garland | Biography, Movies, Songs, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  33. ^ Alexander Bird (2004). "Thomas Kuhn". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University – via plato.stanford.edu.
  34. ^ Dean Caswell, Austin veteran and WWII Marine flying ace, has died
  35. ^ Powell, Michael (28 January 2010). "Howard Zinn, Historian, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  36. ^ Gloria Dea, First Magician to Perform on the Las Vegas Strip, Dead at 100: 'She Started It All'
  37. ^ Martha Stewart, Actress in 'Daisy Kenyon' and 'In a Lonely Place,' Dies at 98
  38. ^ Women's Art Museum Founder Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, 1922-2021
  39. ^ "Coleen Gray obituary". The Guardian. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  40. ^ "Ruby Dee marks 90th birthday with new documentary about her illustrious life with late husband Ossie Davis". New York Daily News. November 13, 2012.
  41. ^ Gadsden, R. (2005). Tony Vaccaro: The Formative Years. Vienna: Praesens Verlag. ISBN 3-7069-0345-8.[page needed]
  42. ^ Rivera, Joshua. "Stan Lee, Marvel Comics Mastermind, Dies at 95". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  43. ^ Lyman, Darryl (2005). Great African-American Women. New York: J David. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-82460-459-2.
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