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United States 6/27/1922 First Newbury Medal Given The American Library Association awarded the first Newbery Medal for the best children’s book to The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon. American President Warren G Harding (3/4/1921-8/2/1923) Argentine President Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (10/12/1922-10/12/1928) Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes (2/17/1917-2/9/1923) Austrian President Michael Hainisch (12/9/1920-12/10/1928) Belgian Prime Minister Georges Theunis (12/16/1921-5/13/1925) Brazilian President Arthur Bernardes (11/15/1922-11/14/1926) British Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law (10/23/1922-5/20/1923) Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (12/29/1921-6/28/1926) German President Friedrich Ebert (2/11/1919-2/28/1925) Japanese Prime Minister Kato Tomosaburo (6/12/1922-8/24/1923)