May 1922 in History

Events in History

Stellar Classification

May 9 The International Astronomical Union formally adopt Annie Jump Cannon's stellar classification system, which with only minor changes, is still used today

May 10 Dr Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar
May 10 The United States annexes the Kingman Reef in n the North Pacific Ocean
May 10 WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
May 15 Germany turns over the Upper Silesia region to Poland under Allied pressure and despite a plebiscite in favor of merging with Germany
May 16 White Star Liner Majestic completes 5½ day maiden voyage, from Southampton, England to New York City
May 18 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
May 20 "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine" killing 90

Event of Interest

May 21 Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill for his play "Anna Christie"

May 24 Record temperature in Netherlands for May recorded: 35.6°C (96°F)
May 24 Russian-Italian trade agreement signed

Lenin's Stroke

May 26 Vladimir Lenin suffers a stroke

Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial

May 30 Completed Lincoln Memorial dedicated by US Chief Justice William Howard Taft in front of 50,000

May 30 Latvia & Vatican sign accord

Birthdays in History

May 2 A. M. Rosenthal, American journalist and newspaper editor (NY Times), born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada (d. 2006)
May 4 John Paul Hammerschmidt, American politician (Rep-R-AR, 1967-93), born in Harrison, Arkansas (d. 2015)
May 6 Alan Ross, British poet and editor (London Magazine), born in Calcutta, India (d. 2001)
May 6 Camille Laurin, Quebec psychiatrist and politician (Parti Québécois), born in Charlemagne, Quebec (d. 1999)
May 6 Carlos Moorhead, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2011)
May 6 John Ernest, American constructionist artist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
May 7 Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer and photojournalist, born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
May 10 David Orr, deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever)
May 11 Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
May 12 Barend Busnac, Dutch office clerk and resistance fighter (d. 1944)
May 12 Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
May 14 Agha Hasan Abedi, banker

Franjo Tuđman (1922-1999)

May 14 Croatian politician and President of Croatia (1990-1999), born in Veliko Trgovišće, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

May 15 Enrico Berlinguer, Italian communist/Secretary-General (CPI) [or May 25]
May 15 Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
May 15 Selma Engel [Saartje Wijnberg], Dutch born Jew, the first to tell of Nazi Sobibor extermination camp, born in Groningen, the Netherlands (d. 2018)
May 16 Colin Cole, Principal King of Arms
May 16 Russell Wood, treasurer (Queen Elizabeth)
May 18 Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (d. 2005)
May 18 GMcC Kitson, British principal (Central School of Speech/Drama)
May 20 Clifford Butler, vice chancellor (Loughborough Univ of Technology)
May 27 Sidney AK Keyes, English poet (Iron Laurel)
May 28 Barney Rosset, publisher and free speech advocate (publisher of Tropic for Cancer), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
May 28 John Alderson, chief constable (Devon & Cornwall UK)
May 30 Hal Clement [Harry Clement Stubbs], American sci-fi writer (Mission of Gravity; Needle), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
May 31 Elisabeth, Arch Duchess of Austria, Princess of Liechtenstein

Deaths in History

May 2 Richard T. Greener, African-American pioneering scholar and diplomat who was Harvard College's 1st Black graduate, University of South Carolina 1st Black professor and America's 1st Black diplomat to a white country, dies of natural causes at 78 [1]
May 4 Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)
May 18 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1907), dies at 76
May 19 Heinrich Quincke, German internist and surgeon (postural drainage), dies at 79
May 28 John Munro Longyear, American capitalist and developer of timber and mineral lands, dies at 72
May 29 Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Armenian-Russian theatrical director of the Moscow Art Theatre (Vakhtangov Theatre), dies of cancer at 39
May 30 David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45