| January 1 | Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road |
| January 3 | 1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar |
| January 6 | Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments |
| January 9 | KQV-AM in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions |
| January 9 | Rotterdam metal strike ends |
| January 11 | Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada) |
| January 13 | Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement |
| January 13 | Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended |
| January 13 | WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions |
| January 15 | Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier |
| January 18 | Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin |
| January 19 | Geological survey says U.S. oil supply would be depleted in 20 years |
| January 20 | Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris |
| January 21 | 1st slalom ski race run, Murren, Switzerland |
| January 24 | -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record) |
| January 24 | Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo) |
| January 24 | Lehman Caves National Monument established |
| January 26 | Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony," premieres in London |
| January 28 | American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" |
| January 28 | J. E. Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL |
| January 29 | Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved |
| January 30 | Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over NSW |
| January 30 | World Law Day, 1st celebrated |
| February 2 | It was 2:22:22 on 2/2/22 |
| February 2 | James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies) |
| February 4 | WGY-AM in Schenectady New York begins radio transmissions |
| February 5 | Reader's Digest magazine 1st published |
| February 6 | Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI |
| February 6 | U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation |
| February 7 | John Willard's "Cat and the Canary," premieres in New York City |
| February 8 | Radio arrives at the White House |
| February 9 | Italian government of Bonomi falls |
| February 9 | Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii |
| February 11 | "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1 |
| February 11 | U.S. intervention army leaves Honduras |
| February 15 | Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex |
| February 18 | Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball |
| February 18 | WOC-AM in Davenport, Iowa begins radio transmissions |
| February 19 | Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer |
| February 20 | Marc Connelly and George Kaufman's "To the Ladies," premieres in New York City |
| February 20 | Vilinus, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland |
| February 20 | WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions |
| February 21 | Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die |
| February 21 | Great Britain grants Egypt independence |
| February 21 | WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions |
| February 22 | Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin |
| February 27 | Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference |
| February 27 | G. B. Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh I/II," premieres in New York City |
| February 27 | Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote |
| February 28 | Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain |
| February 28 | English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles |
| February 28 | KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions |
| March 2 | WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting |
| March 2 | WLW-AM in Cincinnati OH begins radio transmissions |
| March 3 | Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka |
| March 3 | WWJ-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions |
| March 5 | "Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin |
| March 6 | Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract |
| March 6 | GB Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh III/IV," premieres in New York City |
| March 7 | U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard |
| March 7 | U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger |
| March 9 | Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape," premieres in New York City |
| March 9 | KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions |
| March 10 | KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions |
| March 10 | State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa |
| March 11 | Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games |
| March 13 | George Bernard Shaws "Back to Methusaleh V," premieres in New York City |
| March 13 | NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto St. Pats, 5 to 4, in 2 games |
| March 13 | WRR-AM in Dallas Texas begins radio transmissions |
| March 14 | KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions |
| March 14 | KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions |
| March 14 | WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions |
| March 15 | 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) |
| March 16 | Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt |
| March 16 | WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions |
| March 18 | 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) |
| March 18 | British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K. Gandhi to 6 years in prison for disobedience |
| March 18 | WBT-AM in Charlotte North Carolina begins radio transmissions |
| March 20 | USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier |
| March 20 | WIP-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions |
| March 21 | KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions |
| March 22 | British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison |
| March 23 | 1st airplane lands at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. |
| March 23 | KMJ-AM in Fresno California begins radio transmissions |
| March 23 | WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions |
| March 24 | Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish |
| March 28 | 1st microfilm device introduced |
| March 28 | Stanley Cup: Toronto St. Pats (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2 |
| March 30 | KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions |
| March 30 | WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions |
| March 31 | KFI-AM in Los Angeles California begins radio transmissions |
| March 31 | Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam |
| April 3 | Stalin appointed General Secretary of Communist Party |
| April 4 | WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls |
| April 5 | KOB-AM in Albuquerque, New Mexico begins radio transmissions |
| April 5 | WDZ-AM in Decatur, Illinois begins radio transmissions |
| April 7 | Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair |
| April 14 | Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin |
| April 15 | Banting, MacLeod and Best discover insulin |
| April 15 | Poodle Dog Restaurant closes |
| April 16 | Annie Oakley sets record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row |
| April 16 | German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized |
| April 18 | Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0 |
| April 19 | 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10 |
| April 22 | South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR |
| April 27 | Fritz Langs "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin |
| April 27 | Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR |
| April 28 | WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station |
| April 29 | 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia) |
| April 30 | Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0 |
| May 1 | Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game |
| May 2 | WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft. Worth Texas |
| May 3 | Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium |
| May 3 | Salt layer find at Winterswijk |
| May 4 | KNX-AM in Los Angeles, California begins radio transmissions |
| May 5 | Construction begins on Yankee Stadium |
| May 7 | Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2 |
| May 7 | New York Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0 |
| May 10 | Dr. Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar |
| May 10 | WHB-AM in Kansas City Missouri begins radio transmissions |
| May 13 | 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6 |
| May 13 | 48th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6 |
| May 16 | White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage |
| May 18 | Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours) |
| May 20 | Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless |
| May 20 | "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine," killing 90 |
| May 21 | "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize |
| May 21 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie) |
| May 23 | "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances |
| May 23 | Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat |
| May 23 | Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films |
| May 24 | Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6 degrees C) |
| May 24 | Russian-Italian trade agreement signed |
| May 25 | Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump |
| May 26 | Lenin suffers a stroke |
| May 29 | Ecuador becomes independent |
| May 29 | U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws |
| May 30 | Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day |
| May 30 | Latvia and Vatican sign accord |
| May 30 | Lincoln Memorial dedicated |
| June 2 | Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances |
| June 10 | 54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory wins in 2:18.8 |
| June 12 | German Reich president Friedrich Ebert visits Munich |
| June 12 | St. Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times |
| June 12 | St. Louis gets record 10 hits in a row and beats Phillies 14-8 |
| June 13 | Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops |
| June 14 | 5th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa |
| June 14 | Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament |
| June 14 | President Harding is 1st U.S. president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore |
| June 16 | Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics |
| June 19 | Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2) |
| June 23 | 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St. George |
| June 24 | AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears |
| June 27 | Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon) |
| July 5 | 1st general election in Netherlands |
| July 5 | Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro |
| July 5 | Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win |
| July 6 | Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy |
| July 8 | 35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60) |
| July 9 | Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute |
| July 15 | 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in U.S., at New York zoo |
| July 15 | 26th U.S. Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 288 at Skokie CC in Ill |
| July 17 | Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto |
| July 17 | Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year |
| July 20 | Togo made a mandate of League of Nations |
| July 22 | Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St. Louis teams are on top |
| July 25 | AT&T begins broadcasting on WBAY (NYC-later WEAF, WNBC, WRCA and WFAN) |
| July 27 | International Geographical Union forms in Brussels |
| July 31 | 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn) |
| July 31 | Italy's general strike against fascist violence |
| August 1 | Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard |
| August 2 | China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die |
| August 4 | Female 1st baseman Lizzie Murphy plays on AL all-star team |
| August 8 | Italian general strike broken by fascist terror |
| August 8 | Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies) |
| August 12 | Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Washington D.C. as national shrine |
| August 14 | 1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta) |
| August 16 | AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (New York City) |
| August 19 | 36th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61) |
| August 20 | 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris |
| August 21 | Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise |
| August 24 | 1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams) |
| August 25 | Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game |
| August 26 | Japanese cruiser Niitaka leaves in storm at Kamchatka, 300 killed |
| August 27 | Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6) |
| August 28 | 1st Walker Cup: U.S. beats England 8-4 |
| August 28 | Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical premieres in New York City |
| August 28 | WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio commercia, Queensboro Realty, $100 for 10 minutes |
| August 30 | Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922 |
| September 1 | New York City law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billiards" |
| September 2 | President Ebert declares "Deutschland uber alas" as German national anthem |
| September 4 | Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3) |
| September 5 | 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1) |
| September 5 | Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years) |
| September 6 | 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston 46 36 62 63 64 |
| September 9 | St. Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0 |
| September 9 | Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens |
| September 9 | William T. Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins |
| September 10 | Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive home runs |
| September 11 | British mandate of Palestine begins |
| September 11 | Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader |
| September 12 | Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4) |
| September 13 | 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record) |
| September 15 | Catcher Butch Henline is 1st NLer to hit 3 home runs in a game since 1897 |
| September 16 | 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W M Johnston (46 36 62 63 64) |
| September 16 | Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia |
| September 17 | Bicyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ |
| September 17 | Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) |
| September 18 | 2nd government of Ruys de Beerenbrouck installed in Netherlands |
| September 18 | Browns George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush |
| September 18 | Hungary admitted to League of Nations |
| September 19 | Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech |
| September 20 | Goodman and Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City |
| September 20 | Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games |
| September 21 | President Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine |
| September 23 | B Brechts "Drum in the Night," premieres in Germany |
| September 24 | Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky |
| September 24 | Roger Hornsby sets NL home run mark at 42 |
| September 25 | Giants beat St. Louis, to clinch John McGraw's 8th pennant |
| September 27 | King Constantine I of Greece abdicates |
| September 28 | Mussolini marches on Rome |
| September 29 | Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program |
| September 30 | Government of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece |
| September 30 | New York Yankees clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1 |
| October 1 | Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0 |
| October 1 | Rogers Hornsby's 3-for-5 ups avg to .401 |
| October 3 | 1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C. |
| October 3 | Rebecca Felton of Georgia becomes 1st woman in Senate |
| October 4 | For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ and WGY) |
| October 4 | Protocol of Genevia signed: Austria gains independence |
| October 5 | Yankees and Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie World Series game |
| October 6 | Schwebla replaces Benes government in Czechoslovakia |
| October 7 | 1st radio link, WNJ (Newark) and WGY (Senectady) link for World Series |
| October 7 | Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain |
| October 7 | Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm's of Austria |
| October 8 | New York Giants beat Yankees, 4 games to 0, with a tie in 19th World Series |
| October 11 | 1st woman FBI "special investigator" appointed (Alaska Davidson) |
| October 11 | Turkey and Greece sign cease fire |
| October 14 | 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in New York City |
| October 14 | 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue New York City |
| October 17 | Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London |
| October 18 | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms |
| October 20 | Kennelworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place |
| October 22 | Lucerne Street in Bronx named |
| October 22 | Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagner's Opera |
| October 23 | Channing Pollock's "Fool," premieres in New York City |
| October 23 | Conservative A Bonar forms new government in England |
| October 24 | German parliament mandates Ebert president until July 1925 |
| October 24 | Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State |
| October 26 | Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists and Benito Mussolini |
| October 27 | 1st commemoration of Navy Day |
| October 27 | Dutch 2nd Chamber votes for child labor laws |
| October 28 | 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game |
| October 28 | Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government |
| October 30 | Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the New York Giants pay $65,000 and 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 and is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922) |
| October 30 | Mussolini forms government in Italy |
| October 31 | Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy |
| October 31 | Karel and Josef Capek's "World We Live In," premieres in New York City |
| November 1 | Ottoman Empire abolished |
| November 1 | Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam |
| November 2 | Allies deliberate over German mark |
| November 2 | Australian Qantas airways begins service |
| November 3 | Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life |
| November 5 | Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent |
| November 6 | King George V proclaims Irish Free state |
| November 11 | Largest U.S. flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90') |
| November 13 | Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY |
| November 13 | George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly," premieres in New York City |
| November 13 | Marc Connelly/George Kaufman's "'49ers," premieres in New York City |
| November 14 | BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House |
| November 14 | German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends |
| November 15 | British Conservative wins election/Labour 2nd party |
| November 16 | Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite |
| November 16 | Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help |
| November 17 | Turkish sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship |
| November 18 | Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief |
| November 19 | Demonstration for a French Language University in Ghent |
| November 20 | Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in New York City |
| November 21 | Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator |
| November 22 | British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader |
| November 22 | Library Ave in Bronx named |
| November 22 | Wilhelm Cuno forms new German government |
| November 24 | Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" |
| November 25 | Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent |
| November 28 | 6 old minsters in Greece, executed |
| November 28 | Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (New York City) Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called |
| November 30 | 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho |
| November 30 | Hitler speaks to 50,000 national-socialists in Munich |
| December 1 | 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Captain Turner, RAF |
| December 1 | Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns |
| December 2 | 10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1 |
| December 3 | 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City |
| December 4 | Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman Legation Secretary-U.S. foreign service |
| December 6 | 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation |
| December 6 | 1st electric power line commercial carrier in U.S., Utica, New York |
| December 9 | Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president |
| December 10 | Nobel awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein |
| December 10 | Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards |
| December 13 | Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps |
| December 15 | IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague |
| December 16 | Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes |
| December 16 | NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket |
| December 17 | Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate |
| December 19 | Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times |
| December 20 | 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (U.S.S.R.) |
| December 20 | Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president |
| December 22 | Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent |
| December 23 | BBC Radio began daily newscasts |
| December 23 | Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano |
| December 24 | BBC sends 1st British radio play "Truth about Father Christmas" |
| December 24 | London Coloseum opens |
| December 25 | Lenin dictates his "Political testament" |
| December 29 | Dutch Constitution proclaimed |
| December 29 | Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage |
| December 30 | Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SSR |