What Happened in June 1922

Historical Events

Mussolini Threatens Revolt

Jun 1 Over 50,000 Fascists gather for a meeting in Bologna where Mussolini warns that he will lead a full-scale revolt against a government favoring 'anti-Fascist reaction'

Jun 1 Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded
Jun 1 Zoel Parenteau and André Picard's musical "Kiki" closes at the Belasco Theatre, NYC, after for 233 performances
Jun 2 MLB first baseman Stuffy McInnis ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances, while playing for the Boston red Sox (1921) and Cleveland Indians (1922)
Jun 5 The Banker's committee of the Reparations Commission refuses an international loan to Germany
Jun 9 First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University
Jun 10 54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory wins in 2:18.8

Pruett Strikes Out Ruth

Jun 12 Browns pitcher Hub Pruett strikes out future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth 3 consecutive times as St. Louis beats New York Yankees, 7 - 1 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis

Jun 12 German Reich president Friedrich Ebert visits Munich
Jun 12 St Louis Cardinals make MLB record 10 straight hits in 6th inning of a 14-8 win over the Phillies at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia
Jun 13 Longest recorded attack of hiccups begins: Charlie Osborne gets the hiccups and continues for 68 years, dies 11 months after it stops
Jun 14 Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament

1st US President on the Radio

Jun 14 US President Warren G. Harding is 1st US President to use radio, dedicates the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore

Jun 16 Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics
Jun 16 Irish republicans are beaten in a national election; the vote is in favor of the Treaty of London, which leaves the Irish Free State as a dominion within the British Commonwealth
Jun 17 First flight across the South Atlantic Ocean arrives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, piloted by Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral. First use of the sextant in air navigation.

5000m World Record

Jun 19 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2)

Runner nicknamed the Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi

Jun 22 Herrin massacre, 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.

57th British Men's Open

Jun 23 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Walter Hagen becomes first American-born winner of the Open Championship, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Barnes and George Duncan

Hitler Starts Prison Sentence

Jun 24 Adolf Hitler begins a month long prison sentence for paramilitary operations; he rails against the 'Jewish sell-out' of Germany to the Bolsheviks

Jun 24 American Professional Football Association renamed the National Football League

Chicago Bears Renamed

Jun 24 Charter NFL club Chicago Staleys renamed Chicago Bears by team founder, owner and head coach George Halas

American Football Coach and Team Owner George Halas

Jun 26 The emergency decrees under Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution are invoked by the government to deal with deteriorating economic conditions
Jun 27 Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon)
Jun 28 The Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty republicans in Dublin
Jun 29 France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes."

Events in 1922

Famous Birthdays

Jun 1 Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (My Favorite Husband), born in West Orange, New Jersey (d. 1991)
Jun 1 Joan Copeland, American film and TV soap actress ("Roseland"; "Search for Tomorrow"), born in New York City (d. 2022)
Jun 1 Lala Abdul Rashid, Pakistani field hockey goalkeeper (Olympic gold 1960), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (d. 1988)
Jun 1 Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (d. 2007)
Jun 2 Carmen Silvera, Canadian-born British actress ('Allo 'Allo!), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2002)

Charlie Sifford (1922-2015)

Jun 2 American golfer (first African-American to join PGA Tour, 2 titles), born in Charlotte North Carolina

Jun 2 Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2002)
Jun 3 Alain Resnais, French director (Muriel, Hiroshima mon amour), born in Brittany, France (d. 2014)
Jun 3 Iván Patachich, Hungarian contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1993)
Jun 4 Irwin Bazelon, American composer (Duo for Viola), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 1995)
Jun 4 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr., American naval officer, First African American fleet commander, born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 2004)
Jun 5 Gordon "Specs" Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), born in New York City (d. 2007)
Jun 6 Ian Hamilton, Scottish composer, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2000)
Jun 7 Beryl Booker, American swing and cool jazz pianist (Dinah Washington), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1978)
Jun 7 Hubert Du Plessis, South African pianist and composer, born in Malmesbury, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (d. 2011)
Jun 8 Myron Healey, American actor (The Lone Ranger, Wyatt Earp), born in Petaluma, Sonoma County California (d. 2005)
Jun 9 Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist - Radio and TV animator (d. 1988)
Jun 9 George Axelrod, American playwright (Breakfast at Tiffany, Bus Stop), born in New York City (d. 2003)
Jun 9 John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)
Jun 9 Peter Beazley, British politician (C) (European Parliament), born in Chale, Isle of Wight (d. 2004)
Jun 10 Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor (Hancock's Half Hour), born in Cape Town (d. 2014)

Judy Garland (1922-1969)

Jun 10 American actress (The Wizard of Oz; Meet Me In St. Louis; Easter Parade), and singer ("Over The Rainbow"; "The Man That Got Away"), born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Jun 10 Rose Mofford, American politician, 1st female Governor of Arizona (1988-1991), born in Globe, Arizona (d. 2016)
Jun 11 Erving Goffman, American sociologist (presentation of self in everyday life), born in Mannville, Alberta, Canada (d. 1982)
Jun 11 Michael Cacoyannis, Greek film director (Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women), born in Limassol, Cyprus (d. 2011)
Jun 11 Tony Charmoli, American dancer, choreographer, and director (Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye), born in Mountain Iron, Minnesota (d. 2020)
Jun 12 Leif Thybo, Danish composer and organist, born in Holstebro, Denmark (d. 2001)
Jun 13 Mel Parnell, American MLB pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1947-56), coach, and broadcaster, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2012)
Jun 14 Arthur Jacobs, English musicologist (Penguin Dictionary of Music), born in Manchester (d. 1996)
Jun 14 Kevin Roche, Irish architect (Pritzker Prize - 1982), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2019)
Jun 15 Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist (Charlie Mingus), saxophonist, drummer, composer, arranger, and educator, born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
Jun 15 John Veale, English composer, born in Bromley, Kent (d. 2006)
Jun 15 [Morris] Mo Udall, American politician (Rep-D-AZ, 1961-91), born in St Johns, Arizona (d. 1998)
Jun 17 Jerry Fielding, American jazz musician and composer (Lively Ones, Hogan's Heroes), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
Jun 17 Kelsey Jones, Canadian composer, born in South Norwalk, Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 2004)
Jun 18 Claude Helffer, French classical pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 2004)
Jun 18 Donald Keene, American Japanese translator and critic, born in New York City (d. 2019)
Jun 20 Tommy Mont, American football quarterback (Washington Redskins) and coach (University of Maryland 1956-58, DePauw University 1959-76), born in Mount Savage, Maryland (d. 2012)
Jun 21 Jim McConnon, English cricketer (England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954), born in Burnopfield, England (d. 2003)
Jun 22 Bill Blass, American fashion designer (dressed Nancy Reagan), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 2002)
Jun 23 Francis Thorne, American composer (Fortuna; Elegy), born in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York (d. 2017)
Jun 23 Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
Jun 24 Jack Carter [Chakrin], American comedian and actor, born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2015)
Jun 24 Roy Elihu Travis, American composer (Passion of Oedipus), born in New York City (d. 2013)
Jun 24 Tata Giacobetti, Italian jazz singer (Quartetto Cetra), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1988)
Jun 25 Johnny Smith, American cool jazz guitarist ("Moonlight In Vermont"; "Walk, Don't Run"), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2013)
Jun 26 Alan T. Peacock, British economist, born in Ryton, England (d. 2014)
Jun 26 Campbell Adamson, British industrialist and CEO (Abbey National Pictures), born in Perth, Scotland (d. 2000)
Jun 26 Eleanor Parker, American actress (Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker), born in Cedarville, Ohio (d. 2013)
Jun 26 Frances Rafferty, American WWII pin-up girl, dancer and actress (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 2004)
Jun 27 George Theophilus Walker, African-American pianist, composer and teacher (Lilacs; In Praise Of Folly), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2018)
Jun 27 Herbert Ziergiebel, German writer, born in Nordhorn, Germany (d. 1988)
Jun 28 Erik Bauersfeld, American voice actor (Star Wars' Admiral Ackbar "Its a trap"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)
Jun 28 Michael Vale, American actor known for being Dunkin' Donuts mascot "Fred the Baker", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2005)
Jun 28 Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset), born in Magerøya, Finnmark, Norway (d. 2010)
Jun 29 Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia-Serbian poet (Heaven is a Side Issue), born in Grebenac, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (d. 1991)

Born in 1922

Famous Deaths

Jun 4 William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies
Jun 6 Lillian Russell, American actress and operetta singer, dies at about 60
Jun 9 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter and etcher, dies at 56
Jun 12 Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp putsch 1920), dies at 63
Jun 18 John Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (studied the Milky Way), dies at 71
Jun 19 Johannes Cornelius Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71
Jun 20 Vittorio Monti, composer, dies at 54
Jun 22 Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
Jun 24 Mary Florence Potts, American businesswoman and inventor of the cold-handle sad iron, dies at 71 [1]
Jun 24 Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, killed by anti-semites at 54
Jun 26 Albert H K, monarch of Monaco (1889-1922), dies at 73
Jun 28 Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright, dies at 36

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