Video: '30th December 1922: Foundation of the USSR'

(Saturday, December 30, 1922; during the Russian Civil War, part of the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I) — The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (referred to alternatively as the USSR or the Soviet Union) was created today as a new nation  2,215 delegates of the First All-Union Congress of Soviets ratified the Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Continue reading Soviet Union established as Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is ratified in Moscow 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 30 1922) →

Video: '1920s Radio Broadcasting'

(Saturday, December 9, 1922, shortly after midnight EST) — The American radio station WJZ in Newark, New Jersey, (now WABC-AM in New York City) today became the first broadcasting station confirmed to have been heard in Europe. Continue reading American radio station WJZ makes first broadcast that could be heard across the Atlantic Ocean 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1922) →

Video: '26th November 1922: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon enter the tomb of Tutankhamun'

(Saturday, November 4, 1922; during the Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun) — British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discovered the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun, ancient Egypt’s child-king, today in the Valley of the Kings near Al-Uqsur (Luxor) in southern Egypt. Continue reading British archaeologist Howard Carter discovers entrance to King Tutankhamen’s tomb in southern Egypt 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 4 1922) →

Video: '31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally comes to power'

(Tuesday, October 31, 1922) — Fascism came to Italy today as the cabinet of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini took the oath of office and formally assumed control of the government. Continue reading Fascism comes to Italy as Benito Mussolini is appointed prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III following Il Duce’s ‘March on Rome’ 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1922) →

Video: 'The First Radio Commerical'

(Monday, August 28, 1922, 5:15 p.m. EDT) — WEAF (now WFAN) of New York City, owned by the Western Electric subsidiary of AT&T, made the first-ever broadcast of an advertisement today — a radio commercial for a newly opened Queensboro Apartments complex in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, near the just-completed #7 subway line. Continue reading WEAF in New York City makes first-ever broadcast of a radio commercial 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 28 1922) →

Video: 'IRELAND: IRA leader Michael Collins killed in ambush (1922)'

(Tuesday, August 22, 1922, as Collins’ convoy approached Béal na Bláth between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. Irish Standard Time; during the Irish Civil War, part of the Irish revolutionary period) — Michael Collins, a founder of the Irish Republican Army and a key figure in Ireland’s independence movement, was shot to death today in an ambush at Béal na Bláth in County Cork, Ireland, apparently by Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed. Continue reading Irish revolutionary Michael Collins shot to death in ambush by anti-Treaty forces 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 22 1922) →

Video: 'The Hollywood Bowl celebrates 100 years'

(Tuesday, July 11, 1922, 8:15 p.m. PDT) — The Hollywood Bowl, a natural amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, officially opened tonight as conductor Alfred Hertz and the Los Angeles Philharmonic inaugurated the first season of music under the stars. Continue reading The Hollywood Bowl amphitheater officially opens in Los Angeles 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 11 1922) →