Historical Events in December 1922

Event of Interest

Dec 1 Polish state Chief Marshal Józef Piłsudski resigns

Statesman and First Marshall Józef Piłsudski — Statesman and First Marshall
Józef Piłsudski

Dec 2 CFL Grey Cup, Richardson Stadium, Kingston: Queen's University win first of 3 straight titles; defeat Edmonton Elks, 13-1
Dec 4 Lucille Atcherson, becomes first woman legation sect-US foreign service
Dec 6 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation
Dec 6 1st electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica, NY
Dec 9 Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president
Dec 9 1st Australasian Championships Women's Tennis, Sydney: Margaret Molesworth wins inaugural title; beats fellow Australian Esna Boyd 6-3, 10-8
Dec 9 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Sydney: James Anderson wins 1st of 3 Australasian titles; beats fellow Australian Gerald Patterson 6-0, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Dec 10 Nobel prizes awarded to Niels Bohr (Physics), Francis William Aston (Chemistry) and Fridtjof Nansen (Peace)
Dec 10 Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards

Nobel Prize

Dec 10 Danish physicist Niels Bohr awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, for work on the structure of atoms, at a ceremony in Copehagen

Dec 10 1st National Football League Championship: undefeated Canton Bulldogs (10-0-2) named inaugural champions
Dec 13 Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps
Dec 15 IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague
Dec 16 Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes

Dec 16 NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket
Dec 17 Last British troops leave Irish Free State
Dec 19 Theresa Vaughn, 24, confesses in court in Sheffield, England, to being married 61 times over 5 years in 50 cities in three countries
Dec 20 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR)
Dec 20 Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president
Dec 22 Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent
Dec 23 BBC Radio began daily newscasts

Catholic Encyclical

Dec 23 Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano

Dec 24 BBC broadcasts first British radio play "The Truth about Father Christmas"
Dec 24 London Coloseum opens

Event of Interest

Dec 25 -Dec 26] Lenin dictates his "Political testament"

Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader Vladimir Lenin — Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader
Vladimir Lenin

Dec 29 Dutch Constitution proclaimed
Dec 29 Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage

Soviet Union Founded

Dec 30 Creation of the USSR formally proclaimed in Moscow from the Bolshoi Theatre, Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SSR

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