January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of marriage December 22, 1921
The temperature on December 22, 1921 was between 6.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
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