Page 5: Historical Events In September - 23

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

1923  On September - 23 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law   

1925  On this day in history george Kaufman's "Butter & Egg Man," premieres in NYC   

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

1926  Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title on September - 23.   

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

1926  On this day in history john Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight)   

1928  Robert Helps, composer on September - 23.   

1929  On this day in history wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster   

1929  Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64 on September - 23.   

1930  On this day in history the birth of Ray Charles, American singer   

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  Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12 on September - 23.   

1936  Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins on this day in history.   

1937  Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit on September - 23.   

1937  Caro Roma, composer, dies at 68 on September - 23.   

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  On this day in history cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4   

1939  On September - 23 sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83   

1940  On September - 23 japanese troops enter IndoChina   

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

1941  First gassing experiments are made at Auschwitz on September - 23.   

1941  On September - 23 general de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London   

1942  On September - 23 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 this day in history auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions   

1944  On this day in history colijn, Neth PM, buried   

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

1948  Braves clinch NL pennant on September - 23.   

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

1949  On this day in history indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant   

1950  On September - 23 patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open   

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1158  On this day in history birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on this day in history.   

1215  On this day in history birth of kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)   

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.   

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on September - 23.   

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on September - 23.   

0775  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on September - 23.   

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on this day in history.   

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on this day in history.   

1390  On this day in history death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

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

1541  On this day in history philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47