1922League of Nations Confirms British Mandate for PalestineMandate terms are formally approvedThe League of Nations Council approved the terms of the British Mandate for Palestine on 24 July 1922, incorporating the 1917 Balfour Declaration's support for a Jewish national home. The mandate also covered Transjordan, administered separately. It took effect the following September and shaped the region's politics for the next quarter century.
1922 – 2000Jason Robards (1922-2000)Died 26 December 2000, aged 78Jason Robards was an American actor closely identified with the plays of Eugene O'Neill, especially Long Day's Journey into Night and The Iceman Cometh. He won consecutive Academy Awards for All the President's Men and Julia, playing editor Ben Bradlee and the writer Dashiell Hammett. He survived a near-fatal car crash in 1972.