What Happened in Feb 1922

Ernest Hemingway is Introduced to Gertrude Stein

In the 1920s, her salon at 27 Rue de Fleurus, with walls covered by avant-garde paintings, attracted many of the great writers of the time,... Read more

Ernest Hemingway Meets Ezra Pound

At the end of 1921, Ezra Pound rented a ground-floor apartment at 70 bis Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs (southwest of the Luxembourg Gardens). Hemingway... Read more

Nationalist Mob Sets Fire to a Police Station in Chauri Chaura Incident, Prompting Mahatma Gandhi to Call Off the Non-Cooperation Movement

On February 4, 1922, around 2,000 protesters gathered for picketing of the liquor shop at the local market in Chauri Chaura. Sensing the trouble,... Read more

The First Edition of 'Ulysses' is Published in Paris

The court claimed the content of Ulysses to be pornographic based on the characters preoccupation with sex and their colorful language. Soon after... Read more

Ambrogio Ratti (Pius XI) elected Pope

Pope Pius XI (Latin: Pius PP. XI; Italian: Pio XI; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February... Read more