1923

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Years:	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

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**1923 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1923 MCMXXIII
Ab urbe condita	2676
Armenian calendar	1372 ԹՎ ՌՅՀԲ
Chinese calendar	4559/4619-11-15 (壬戌年十一月十五日) — to — 4560/4620-11-24 (癸亥年十一月廿四日)
Ethiopian calendar	1915 – 1916
Hebrew calendar	5683 – 5684
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1978 – 1979
- Shaka Samvat	1845 – 1846
- Kali Yuga	5024 – 5025
Iranian calendar	1301 – 1302
Islamic calendar	1342 – 1343
Japanese calendar	Taishō 12 (大正12年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2583 (皇紀2583年)
- Jōmon Era	11923
Thai solar calendar	2466

1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar).

[edit] Events

[edit] January

January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies
January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel
January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments
January 17 - Juan de la Cierva invents the autogyro, a rotary-winged aircraft with an unpowered rotor.
January 18 - Elon College's campus is destroyed by a fire.[1]

[edit] February

February 29 - Barcelona (Catalonia): Albert Einstein visits the city, invited by the scientist Esteban Terradas i Illa, as part of the monografics course of High Studies and Exchange organized by the Mancomunitat de Catalunya and conducted by Rafael de Campalans.

[edit] March

March - Antigone by Jean Cocteau appears on a Paris stage. Settings by Pablo Picasso, music by Arthur Honegger, and costumes by Gabrielle Chanel. Antonin Artaud played the part of Tiresias.
March 1 - USS Connecticut decommissioned
March 1 - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar.
March 2 - Time Magazine hits newsstands for the first time
March 9 - Vladimir Lenin suffers a stroke, his third, which renders him bedridden and unable to speak; consequently he retires his position as Chairman of the Soviet government.
March 28 - Regia Aeronautica, air force of Fascist Italy, is founded.

[edit] April

April - End of Irish Civil War
April 12 - Kandersteg International Scout Centre came into existence.
April 23 - Ceremonial inauguration of Gdynia Seaport
April 26 - Wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in Westminster Abbey

[edit] May

May 23 - Launch of Belgium's SABENA Airlines
May 27 - Ku Klux Klan defies law requiring publication of its members

[edit] June

June 9 - Military coup in Bulgaria - prime minister Aleksandar Stamboliyski is ousted (he is killed June 14)
June 18 - Etna volcano erupts - 60.000 made homeless
June 25 - Rapid Bucureşti is formed on the initiative of the Griviţa railroad workers. The name given at the time was CFR Bucureşti.

[edit] July

July 10 - Large hailstones kill 23 in Rostow, Soviet Union
July 19-20 night - Assassination of Pancho Villa
July 24 - The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in the First World War

[edit] August

August 2 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, (1921 - 1923) dies in office and is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929).
August 13 - First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia, newly constructed Polish seaport
August 13 - Gustav Stresemann is named chancellor and founds a coalition government in Weimar Republic Germany

[edit] September

September 1 - Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing an estimated 142,807 people
September 4 - In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the first American airship, the USS Shenandoah, takes to the sky for the first time
September 6 - Italian navy occupies Corfu in retaliation of murder of an Italian officer. League of Nations protests and they leave September 29
September 8 - Honda Point Disaster: Seven US Navy destroyers ran aground off the California coast.
September 9 - Atatürk founded the CHP.
September 10 - Ireland joins League of Nations.
September 13 - Military coup in Spain - Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
September 18 - 26 - Newspaper printers strike in New York
September 26 - In Bayern, Gustav Ritter von Kahr declares independence from Berlin

[edit] October

October 13 - Ankara replaces Constantinople as the capital of Turkey.
October 16 - The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy.
October 26 - in Persia, Reza Khan became Ahmad Shah Qajar's prime minister.
October 29 - Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire

[edit] November

November 8 - Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government. Police and troops crush the attempt the next day
November 12- Her Highness Princess Maud of Fife marries Captain Charles Alexander Carnegie in Wellington Barracks, London.
November 15 - The hyperinflation in Germany reaches its height. One United States dollar is worth 4,200,000,000,000,000 Papiermark (4.2 quadrillion). Gustav Stresemann abolishes the old currency
November 23 - Gustav Stresemann's coalition government collapses

[edit] December

December 12 - Po river dam bursts - 600 dead
December 27 - Assassination attempt against the crown prince of Japan in Tokyo

[edit] Unknown dates

Finnish flag carrier Finnair airline is started in Aero Oy.
Interpol is set up.
International Police Conference in Vienna
Hoda Cha'arawi Association (formerly The Egyptian Feminist Union) is established in Egypt.
Trade unions banned in Spain for 10 years.
Police strike in Australia
American Law Institute established
Moderation League of New York became part of movement for repeal of prohibition in United States.

[edit] Ongoing events

Pontic Greek Genocide (1916–1923)

[edit] Births

[edit] January

January 1 - Vulo Radev, Bulgarian film director (d. 2001)
January 1 - Roméo Sabourin, Canadian World War II spy (d. 1944)
January 5 - Sam Phillips, American record producer (d. 2003)
January 6 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
January 7 - Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (d. 2003)
January 8 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985)
January 16 - Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
January 19 - Jean Stapleton, American actress
January 23 - Stephanie Kwolek, Inventor of Kevlar fibers
January 25 - Arvid Carlsson, Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
January 26 - Anne Jeffreys, American actress
January 29 - Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (d. 1981)
January 31 - Norman Mailer, American writer and journalist

[edit] February

February 2 - James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
February 2 - Liz Smith, American gossip columnist
February 9 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964)
February 10 - Cesare Siepi, Italian opera singer
February 12 - Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director
February 13 - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (d. 2003)
February 13 - Chuck Yeager, American pilot and NASA official
February 20 - Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (d. 1985)
February 24 - David Soyer, American cellist
February 27 - Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophone player (d. 1990)

[edit] March

March 4 - Sir Patrick Moore, British astronomer and broadcaster
March 6 - Ed McMahon, American television personality
March 9 - Walter Kohn, Austrian-born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
March 10 - Val Logsdon Fitch, American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
March 12 - Wally Schirra, astronaut
March 21 - Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava, Indian founder of Sahaja Yoga
March 22 - Marcel Marceau, French Mime
March 25 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)
March 26 - Bob Elliott, American comedian
March 27 - Louis Simpson, Jamaican-born poet
March 30 - Milton Acorn, Canadian writer (d. 1986)

[edit] April

April 2 - G. Spencer-Brown, British mathematician
April 6 - Ramon Valdes, Mexican comedian (d. 1988)
April 8 - George Fisher, American political cartoonist (d. 2003)
April 8 - Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (d. 1997)
April 13 - Don Adams, American actor and comedian (d. 2005)
April 20 - Mother Angelica, American founder of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
April 22 - Bettie Page, American model
April 22 - Aaron Spelling, American television producer and writer (d. 2006)
April 23 - Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas
April 25 - Albert King, American musician (d. 1992)
April 30 - Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)

[edit] May

May 1 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999)
May 2 - Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland
May 3 - Ralph Hall, American politician
May 5 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
May 7 - Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)
May 10 - Verne Gagne, American professional wrestler
May 13 - Bea Arthur, American actress
May 15 - John Lanchbery, English composer (d. 2003)
May 16 - Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
May 18 - Hugh Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004)
May 21 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003)
May 21 - Dorothy Hewett, writer (d. 2002)
May 21 - Ara Parseghian, American football coach
May 26 - James Arness, American actor
May 27 - Henry Kissinger, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
May 28 - György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006)
May 31 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005)

[edit] June

June 10 - Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born media entrepreneur (d. 1991)
June 15 - Johnny Most, American basketball radio announcer (d. 1993)
June 24 - Jack Carter, American comedian
June 27 - Gus Zernial, American baseball player

[edit] July

July 2 - Wislawa Szymborska, Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
July 4 - Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor
July 8 - Harrison Dillard, American athlete
July 18 - Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (d. 1997)
July 20 - Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)
July 21 - Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
July 22 - Bob Dole, American politician and Presidential candidate
July 22 - Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
July 23 - Witto Aloma, Cuban Major League Baseball player (d. 1997)
July 23 - Norma Zimmer, American singer
July 23 - Estelle Getty, American actress

[edit] August

August 5 - Devan Nair, third President of Singapore (d. 2005)
August 16 - Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian cartoonist and playwright
August 20 - Jim Reeves, American singer (d. 1964)
August 21 - Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
August 21 - Larry Grayson, British comedian and game show host (d. 1995)
August 24 - Arthur Jensen, American educational psychologist
August 26 - Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist

[edit] September

September 1 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
September 1 - Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (d. 2006)
September 3 - Mort Walker, American cartoonist
September 6 - King Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970)
September 7 - Madeleine Dring, British composer and actress
September 9 - Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
September 11 - Dharmsamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda, Indian guru (d. 2003)
September 16 - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore
September 17 - Hank Williams, American country musician (d. 1953)
September 18 - Queen Anne of Romania
September 20 - Geraldine Clinton Little, Irish-born poet (d. 1997)
September 22 - Dannie Abse, Welsh poet
September 26 - Dev Anand, Indian actor

[edit] October

October 3 - Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (d. 2004)
October 5 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic professional football player and politician (d. 1994)
October 5 - Glynis Johns, British actress
October 13 - Faas Wilkes, Dutch football (soccer) player
October 15 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer (d. 1985)
October 17 - Charles McClendon, Hall of Fame college football coach (d. 2001)
October 23 - Frank Sutton, American actor (d. 1974)
October 23 - Sir Robin Day, British political broadcaster (d. 2000)
October 24 - Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d. 1997)

Assi Rahbani, Lebanon, genius musician, songwriter and author

[edit] Deaths

Michel-Joseph Maunoury, French general (b. 1847)
Carl L. Boeckmann Norwegian-American artist
January 9 - Katherine Mansfield, British novelist (b. 1888)
January 23 - Max Nordau, Hungarian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849)
February 10 - Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
February 23 - Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (b. 1852)
March 8 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
March 26 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (b. 1844)
March 27 - Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)
April 4 - John Venn, British mathematician (b. 1834)
April 5 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (b. 1866)
June 9 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (b. 1846)
July 23 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1878)
August 2 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
August 24 - Kato Tomosaburo, 21st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1861)
October 30 - Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1858)
December 12 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (b. 1903)
December 13 - Théophile Steinlen, Swiss painter (b. 1859)

[edit] Nobel prizes

Physics - Robert Andrews Millikan
Chemistry - Fritz Pregl
Physiology or Medicine - Frederick Grant Banting, John James Richard Macleod
Literature - William Butler Yeats
Peace - Not awarded

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[edit] May

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[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

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[edit] December

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