What Happened on October 7, 1922

Historical Events

  • First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series

World Series Played in the Rain

MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain

  • Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm's of Austria

Famous Birthdays

  • Grady Hatton, American baseball player, (d. 2013)
  • Martha Stewart [Haworth], American actress (In A Lonely Place; Daisy Kenyon: Doll Face), born in Bardwell, Kentucky (d. 2021)
  • Reina Prinsen Geerligs, Dutch aspiring poet who became an anti-fascist resistance fighter, born in Semarang, Dutch East Indies (d. 1943)

Famous Deaths

  • Marie Lloyd [Mathilda Wood], English music-hall performer ("Oh Mr Porter What Shall I Do"), dies of heart and kidney failure at 52
Died in 1922 1922 Highlights

About October 7, 1922

Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 101 years, 6 months and 12 days
Leap Year: No

Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Sign: Libra