100 Years Ago Today

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25th May 1922

Pershing reviewing cavalry at Ft. Meyer.


"Members of an Irish National Army (aka the Irish Free State Army) band kneeling in prayer at a special Requiem Mass at the Pro Cathedral, Dublin, on the first anniversary of the Burning of the Custom House, in which five IRA volunteers were killed, 25th May 1922."


Ship Losses:

Rosyland (United States) During a voyage along the coast of Kodiak Island from Kodiak to Three Saints Bay carrying seven passengers, four crewmen, and a cargo of two tons of merchandise and lumber, the 42-gross register ton, 54.4-foot (16.6 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor during a gale in the Gulf of Alaska and was wrecked on a beach – since known locally as Rosyland Beach – in the first bight east of the entrance to Kalsin Bay (57°40′N 152°21′W) about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W). The vessel Erskin ( United States) rescued her passengers and crew.

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30th May 1922

The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated after 8 years of construction. In attendance was Robert Todd Lincoln, the only living relative of the 16th President.


Ship Losses:

Diamantino (Portugal) The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by Ymir ( Germany).

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31st May 1922

Herbert Armstrong, British solicitor, is hanged for the arsenic posioning murder of his wife 4 years prior. He is convicted after a rival solicitor was posioned by arsenic after visiting his home, leading to the exhumation of his wife's body.


Ship Losses:

Tuna (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground of the Fanjove Lighthouse, Zanzibar. She was refloated on 5 June.
Western Belle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship had an engine fire 16 nm NNW of the Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey Channel Islands and sank.

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1st June 1922

Ship Losses:

Wiltshire (United Kingdom) The cargo liner struck a reef and foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. All 103 crew were rescued.

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6th June 1922

The British Air Force awards Louis Brennan £50,000 for his successful helicopter prototype. It flew outdoors in May of 1924 after 40 years of research by Brennan.


Ship Losses:

Adam Smith (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Roscoff, Finistère, France.
Montcalm (United Kingdom) The ocean liner ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, at Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. All 848 passengers were taken off.

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8th June 1922

Opening of the trial of the revolutionary socialists in Moscow. On August 10, the Moscow court pronounced fifteen death sentences.


On this day 100 years ago, Alexander I, the King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes married Princess Maria of Romania. The best man was Prince Albert, the Duke of York - to be known later as King George VI




Ship Losses:

Weichsel (Danzig) The tug collided with Polonio ( Denmark) at Danzig and sank with the loss of a crew member.

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9th June 1922

Ship Losses:

Edward R. West (United States) The four-masted schooner was wrecked in the Windward Islands.

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13th June 1922

France grants Austria a loan of 55 million francs (about 148 billion marks) and at the same time speaks out decisively against the unification of Austria with the German Reich (from the New York Times, June 14th).


Ship Losses:

HMS Blue Sky (Royal Navy) The Admiralty-type drifter foundered in the North Sea off the Thames Estuary.

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15th June 1922

Miss Maupia Ju, only Chinese aviatrix, the daughter of General Ju, who was formerly in charge of the Aviation Corps of the South China army. Miss Ju learned aviation from an American instructor, and belongs to a class of military aviation students in China.


Ship Losses:

Kirstene (Norway) The three-masted auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.

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16th June 1922

"Guglielmo Marconi, in his radio room trying to listen in on planet Mars."


Ship Losses:

Avaré (Brazil) The cargo ship sank at Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated on 17 August.

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18th June 1922

Two English members of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1920, who had been marooned in Antarctica for more than a year, returned to Britain. Lester and Bagshawe had landed in December 1920 during the Antarctic summer.


Ship Losses:

Spyridon (Greece) The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (42°07′N 8°00′W). She came ashore on the Bendino Rocks off Vigo, Spain and sank. Her crew survived.

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19th June 1922

Ship Losses:

Cabo Mondego (Portugal) The sailing vessel foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 36°N 22°W). Her crew survived.

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23rd June 1922

Cantonese politician and leader Wu Tingfang dies of pneumonia at 79. Besides his political career, he was best known as an avid health nut, promoting vegetarianism, anti-smoking, and rigorous exercise throughout China.


Ship Losses:

Puritan The schooner ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and foundered with the loss of sixteen of her nineteen crew.

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24th June 1922

German Foreign Minister Walter Rathenau is assassinated in an anti-Semitic attack.

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25th June 1922

Berlin: demonstration in the Berlin Lustgarten after the murder of Walther Rathenau.