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Births on December 30

1922Dec, 30

Jane Langton

Jane Langton, American author and illustrator
Jane Gillson Langton (December 30, 1922 – December 22, 2018) was an American author of children's literature and mystery novels. She also illustrated her novels.

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Events on 1922

  • 11Jan

    Diabetes mellitus

    First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
  • 2Feb

    James Joyce

    Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
  • 13Sep

    Great Fire of Smyrna

    The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
  • 4Nov

    Tutankhamun

    In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
  • 24Nov

    Executions during the Irish Civil War

    Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Robert Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.