What is 1922?
{{Year nav|1922}} {{Year in various calendars|1922}} '''1922''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXXII]]) was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. The Julian calendar remained in localized use until the following year (1923). 1922 was the final year to be in the public domain under the 1976 Copyright Act. It entered the public domain in 1998. == Events == *[[February 28]] – [[Egypt]] becomes an independent [[country]]. *Most of [[Ireland]] stopped being part of the [[United Kingdom]]. *Collapse of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. *Tomb of [[Tutankhamun]] discovered by [[Howard Carter]] * [[Archibald Hill]], [[United Kingdom|English]] [[mathematician]], and [[Otto Fritz Meyerhof]], [[Germany|German]] [[Medical doctor|doctor]], won the 1922 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * Declaration of the foundation of the Soviet Union. * Assassination of [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]]. == Births == === January === [[File:Ahmed Sékou Touré (1982).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Ahmed Sékou Touré]]]] [[File:Luis Echeverría CAC CC 001 18 13 0000 1280 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Luis Echeverría]]]] [[File:Betty White 1989 Emmy Awards (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Betty White]]]] [[File:Paul Scofield Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Paul Scofield]]]] [[File:Telly Savalas Kojak 1973.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Telly Savalas]]]] * [[January 9]] – [[Ahmed Sékou Touré]], [[President of Guinea]] (d. [[1984]]) * [[January 17]] – [[Luis Echeverría]], 57th [[President of Mexico]] (d. [[2022]]) * [[January 17]] - [[Betty White]], American actress and comedian (d. [[2021]]) * [[January 20]] – [[Ray Anthony]], American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor * [[January 21]] – [[Paul Scofield]], English actor (b. [[2008]]) * [[January 21]] – [[Telly Savalas]], American actor (d. [[1994]]) * [[January 24]] – [[Miguel Gustavo]], Brazilian journalist, radio personality and composer (d. [[1972]]) === February === [[File:AwerbakhYuri2002 (cropped).jpg|thumb