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

    1923
        Events
            January
            February
            March
            April
            May
            June
            July
            August
            September
            October
            November
            December
            Unknown dates
            January
            February
            March
            April
            May
            June
            July
            August
            September
            October
            November
            December
            Unknown date
        Deaths
        Nobel prizes

Events

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.

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.

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.

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

May

May 23 - Launch of Belgium's SABENA Airlines

May 27 - Ku Klux Klan defies law requiring publication of its members

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.

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

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

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

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

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

December

December 12 - Po river dam bursts - 600 dead

December 27 - Assassination attempt against the crown prince of Japan in Tokyo

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.

Elon College's campus is destroyed by a fire

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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 - Robert Joseph 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

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

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

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 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)

November

November 1 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (d. 2005)

November 1 - Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author (d. 2001)

November 3 - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1990)

November 8 - Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2005)

November 18 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)

November 20 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer, Nobel Prize laureate

November 22 - Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director

November 23 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986)

November 25 - Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland

December

December 2 - Maria Callas, Greek soprano (d. 1977)

December 12 - Bob Barker, American game show host

December 13 - Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

December 13 - Larry Doby, baseball player (d. 2003)

December 13 - Antoni Tàpies, Catalan painter

December 14 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (d. 2006)

December 14 - Sully Boyar, American actor (d. 2001)

December 15 - Freeman Dyson, English-born physicist

December 17 - Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian

December 23 - Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor

December 23 - James Stockdale, U.S. Navy admiral

December 24 - George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)

December 25 - Sonia Olschanezky, World War II heroine (d. 1944)

Unknown date

Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith, English/Canadian geologist and glaciologist

Assi Rahbani, Lebanon, genius musician, songwriter and author

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)

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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