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March 7 – Andy Phillip, American basketball player and coach (d. 2001) March 8 Ralph H. Baer, German-born American inventor (d. 2014) [19] Cyd Charisse, American actress, dancer (d. 2008) [20] March 9 Herb Douglas, athlete (d. 2023) Floyd McKissick, lawyer and civil rights activist (d. 1991) March 12 Jack Kerouac, novelist and poet (d. 1969) [21]
1922 – Fordney–McCumber Tariff; 1922 – Lincoln Memorial is dedicated; 1922 – The Nine Power Treaty; The Early 1920s – Hollywood becomes the center of the movie industry. 1923 – Teapot Dome scandal; August 2, 1923 – President Harding dies; Vice President Coolidge becomes the 30th president
1922 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1922nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 922nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 22nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1922, the ...
At least ten strikers or family members were killed during the work stoppage. The collective action of some 400,000 workers in the summer of 1922 was the largest railroad strike since the American Railway Union's Pullman Strike of 1894 and the biggest American strike of any kind since the Great Steel Strike of 1919.
The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill was re-introduced in subsequent sessions of United States Congress and passed, 230 to 119, [3] by the House of Representatives on January 26, 1922, [4] but its passage was halted in the United States Senate by a filibuster by Southern Democrats, who formed a powerful block. Southern Democrats justified their ...
The Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922 was a law that raised American tariffs on many imported goods to protect factories and farms. [1] [2] The US Congress displayed a pro-business attitude in passing the tariff and in promoting foreign trade by providing huge loans to Europe.
A 1922 High-Relief Proof Coin to be exact. A coin expert told Rick and the seller that it's, "one of the rarest coins in American ... "one of the rarest coins in American history ... and the coin ...
Elections were held on November 7, 1922. The election took place during Republican President Warren G. Harding's term. The Republican Party lost seats in both chambers of Congress, but retained their majority in the House and Senate.