WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1922
Find out what all happened June to December 1922

March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government. (28. October 1922)

One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded. (11. September 1922)

Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'. (9. July 1922)

A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people. (2. August 1922)

The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service. (18. October 1922)

In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. (4. November 1922)

The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia. (11. September 1922)

General election in the Irish Free State: the pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority. (16. June 1922)

Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy. (30. October 1922)

The Hollywood Bowl opens. (11. July 1922)

Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates. (1. November 1922)

President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw. (16. December 1922)

Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks. (27. August 1922)

In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation. (7. September 1922)

British Conservative MPs meeting at the Carlton Club vote to break off the Coalition Government with David Lloyd George of the Liberal Party. (19. October 1922)

Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy. (17. November 1922)

Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan. (15. July 1922)

Over 1,000 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (15. November 1922)

A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union. (27. October 1922)

Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations. (18. September 1922)

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