U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal. Date: April 15, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day…
Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms. Date: April 7, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated. Date: April 5, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: April 3, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings. Date: April 1, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland. Date: March 26, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
The McMahon killings take place in Belfast. Six Catholic civilians are shot dead, two others wounded and a female family member assaulted. Police were suspected as being responsible, but no one was prosecuted. Date: March 24, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 1922…
The USS Langley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier. Date: March 20, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two. Date: March 18, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)
After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt. Date: March 15, 1922 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1922 📅 On This Day (Today)