Historical Events In September - 23

1922  On September - 23 philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator   

1923  On this day in history 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law   

1925  George Kaufman's "Butter & Egg Man," premieres in NYC on September - 23.   

1925  On this day in history barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)   

1926  On this day in history gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title   

1926  Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1926  John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight) on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history robert Helps, composer   

1929  Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster on September - 23.   

1929  On September - 23 richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64   

1930  The birth of Ray Charles, American singer on September - 23.   

1930  On this day in history jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62   

1932  Kingdom of Hejaz andNejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on this day in history.   

1932  On September - 23 kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   

1933  On September - 23 yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12   

1936  On September - 23 giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins   

1937  On September - 23 yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit   

1937  On September - 23 caro Roma, composer, dies at 68   

1938  On September - 23 time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in NYC (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm)   

1938  British premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich on September - 23.   

1939  Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4 on this day in history.   

1939  Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1940  Japanese troops enter IndoChina on this day in history.   

1940  -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees on September - 23.   

1941  First gassing experiments are made at Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1941  General de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history hMAS VOYAGER (RAN),lost in the East Indies, south coast of Timor ran aground, possibly bombed by Japanese aircraft (sources vary) and destroyed by own forces.   

1942  On September - 23 auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions   

1944  Colijn, Neth PM, buried on September - 23.   

1947  Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged on September - 23.   

1948  Braves clinch NL pennant on this day in history.   

1949  Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation on this day in history.   

1949  Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant on this day in history.   

1950  Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open on this day in history.   

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1158  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) was born on this day in history.   

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on September - 23.   

1215  On September - 23 birth of kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)   

1434  On September - 23 birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

1555  On September - 23 birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange   

1591  On September - 23 birth of michael Lohr, composer   

1596  Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher was born on September - 23.   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on September - 23.   

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus   

0775  On September - 23 constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies   

0918  On this day in history koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42   

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on September - 23.   

1241  On September - 23 death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on September - 23.   

1535  On September - 23 death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)   

1541  On September - 23 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47