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2220th C.
1922
The 20th Century Almanac · The Twenties

1922

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Mussolini's Blackshirts marched on Rome, bringing Fascism to power in Italy, while the Soviet Union was formally established. Howard Carter opened Tutankhamun's tomb, the Irish Free State came into being, and the Ottoman sultanate was abolished by Ataturk's nationalists.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Nobel · Literature
Benavente
World Series
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1922

Champions

US OpenWinner: Gene Sarazen Score: 288 Course: Skokie Location: Glencoe, IL World Series Champs: New York Giants vs. NY Yankees Series: 4-0-1

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
ASTON, FRANCIS WILLIAM, Great Britain, Cambridge University, b. 1877, d. 1945: "for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number ru
Literature
BENAVENTE, JACINTO, Spain, b. 1866, d. 1954: "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama"
Peace
NANSEN, FRIDTJOF, Norway. b. 1861, d. 1930: Scientist. Explorer. Norwegian Delegate to SociŽtŽ des Nations (League of Nations). Originator of the Nansen passports (for refugees)
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was divided equally between: HILL, Sir ARCHIBALD VIVIAN, Great Britain, London University, b. 1886, d. 1977: "for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle"; and MEYERHOF, OTTO FRITZ, Germany, Kiel University,
Physics
BOHR, NIELS, Denmark, Copenhagen University, b. 1885, d. 1962: "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them" (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); © 1996-2025