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Aug. 22, 1922: Michael Collins, chairman of the Irish Free State and commander of the forces that defeated Britain in Ireland's War of Independence, is killed by the anti-Treaty IRA. The leader, 31, is felled by a single shot to the head in an ambush of his armed convoy. 1/8

Aug. 7, 1922: A Mexican army captain kills a woman while trying to impress her by "playing William Tell." Roberto Bravo demonstrates his marksmanship by shooting a glass out of Romelia de la Rosa's hand before she dons his cap and challenges him to shoot it off. He misses.

July 28, 1922: American-born Adele Grant, Countess of Essex, a leading light of English society and advocate of vegetarianism, is found dead in at 55 in the bathroom of her London home. A coroner's jury rules it to be a heart attack.

July 20, 1922: The League of Nations confirms the seizure of African colonies by Allied powers from Germany in the World War, voting to approve new mandates. Under so-called Class B mandates, the European nations are banned from military fortifications of the colonies. 1/2

July 9, 1922: The Chemical Foundation, set up during WWI to administer thousands of seized German patents in the dye industry, is subpoenaed by the Department of Justice. Attorney General Harry Dougherty is investigating claims the foundation abused power for private gain. 1/2

July 1, 1922: Katherine Speer Reed, screenplay writer for such recent movie successes as "Lorna Doone" and "Blind Youth," dies on her 41st birthday in Port Jefferson, N.Y. She was also a playwright and suffrage activist. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

June 22, 1922: Nineteen strikebreakers are killed by union militants in an infamous episode known as the Herrin Massacre. The savage bloodletting occurs outside Herrin, Ill., a strongly pro-union community, against the backdrop of a bitter national coal strike. 1/7

June 20, 1922: Spain's King Alfonso XIII begins a four-day visit to the rural, isolated Las Hurdes region, much of it on horseback and on foot because the regions lacks roads. He is so shocked by the poverty and disease there that he orders swamps drained and new schools built.

June 17, 1922: Portuguese aviators Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho complete an epic voyage from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, landing in the Brazilian capital after a 79-day trip. Their first crossing of the South Atlantic was marked by many stopovers and the loss of 2 seaplanes.

June 13, 1922: The wife of circus impresario "Honest John" Brunen, shot to death through his kitchen window in March, is charged with plotting the murder. Doris Brunen is accused of hiring her brother to plan the hit in Riverside, N.J., and opening the window as a signal. 1/2