April 1922 in History

Events in History

Appointment of Interest

Apr 3 Joseph Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party by an ailing Vladimir Lenin

Apr 4 WAAB (Baton Rouge La) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls
Apr 5 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions
Apr 5 WDZ-AM in Decatur IL begins radio transmissions

Event of Interest

Apr 7 Warren G. Harding's Interior Secretary, Albert B. Fall, leases the Teapot Dome oil reserves to Harry Sinclair, setting in motion the Teapot Dome scandals

Founder of Sinclair Oil Harry Ford Sinclair

Apr 14 Irish Republican Army rebels occupy the Four Courts (government buildings) in Dublin
Apr 15 The legendary Poodle Dog Restaurant closes in San Francisco

Event of Interest

Apr 16 Annie Oakley sets women's record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row

Apr 16 Treaty of Rapallo between the German Republic and Soviet Union a is signed in Italy, normalizing diplomatic relations with each side renouncing their territorial and financial claims against the other
Apr 21 The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Aggies who had died in the previous year
Apr 22 South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR
Apr 27 Fritz Lang's "Dr Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin
Apr 27 Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR
Apr 28 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station

Birthdays in History

Apr 1 William Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President)
Apr 2 Nicolay G. Basov, Soviet physicist who specialized in quantum electronics (laser, maser) and 1964 Nobel laureate, born in Usman, Russia (d. 2001)
Apr 9 Carl Amery [Christian Anton Mayer], German writer, born in Munich (d. 2005)
Apr 9 Gerald Moverley, first Bishop of the Diocese of Hallam in Yorkshire, born in Bradford, England (d. 1996)
Apr 9 Michael Palliser, head of British diplomatic service, born in Reigate, Surrey (d. 2012)
Apr 11 Antoine Blondin, French writer (L'Europe buissonnière), born in Paris (d. 1991)
Apr 13 John Braine, English novelist (Life at the Top), born in Bradford, Yorkshire (d. 1986)
Apr 13 Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician and 1st President of Tanzania (1964-1985), born in Butiama, Tanganyika (d. 1999)

Harold Washington (1922-1987)

Apr 15 1st African American Mayor of Chicago (Democrat: 1983-87), born in Chicago, Illinois

Apr 16 Christopher Samuel Youd, British sci-fi author (Tripods Trilogy), born in Huyton, Lancashire, England (d. 2012)
Apr 16 Kingsley Amis, English novelist (Lucky Jim, James Bond Dossier), born in London, England (d. 1995)
Apr 16 Leo Tindemans, Belgian statesman, Prime Minister of Belgium (1974-78), born in Zwijndrecht, Belgium (d. 2014)
Apr 19 Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircraft), born in Weissach, Württemberg, Weimar Republic (d. 1993)
Apr 19 Luigi Barbarito, Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, born in Atripalda, Italy (d. 2017)
Apr 22 Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (Ocean Park Paintings), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1993)
Apr 23 Boy Ecury [Segundo Jorge Adelberto Ecury], member of the Dutch Resistance in World War II, born in Oranjestad, Aruba (d. 1944)
Apr 23 Diarmuid Downs, British automotive engineer, born in London (d. 2014)
Apr 26 J. C. Holt, English medieval historian, born in Yorkshire, England (d. 2014)
Apr 26 Jeanne Sauvé, 23rd Governor-General of Canada (1984-90), born in Prud'homme, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 1993)
Apr 27 Martin Gray, Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2016)
Apr 28 Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (The Guns of Navarone), born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1987)
Apr 28 William Broomfield, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), born in Royal Oak, Michigan (d. 2019)
Apr 29 Parren Mitchell, American politician (Rep-D-MD, 1971-87), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2007)

Deaths in History

Apr 1 Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies
Apr 1 Jane Bunford, Britain's tallest-ever person measuring 2.41 metres (7 ft 11 in) at the time of her death, dies at 26
Apr 2 Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (inkblot test - Rorschach test), dies at 37
Apr 5 Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85
Apr 9 Patrick Manson, Scottish physician and parasitologist (Father of tropical medicine), dies at 77
Apr 21 Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)