Page 5: Historical Events In September - 23

1922  Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator on September - 23.   

1923  On this day in history 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 September - 23 barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)   

1926  Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1926  Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title on September - 23.   

1926  John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight) on September - 23.   

1928  On this day in history robert Helps, composer   

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

1929  Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1930  The birth of Ray Charles, American singer on this day in history.   

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  Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on September - 23.   

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

1936  On this day in history giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins   

1937  Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit on this day in history.   

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

1938  On this day in history 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  On September - 23 british premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich   

1939  Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4 on September - 23.   

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

1940  On September - 23 japanese troops enter IndoChina   

1940  -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history first gassing experiments are made at Auschwitz.   

1941  General de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London on September - 23.   

1942  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 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history braves clinch NL pennant   

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

1949  On September - 23 indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant   

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

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1158  On September - 23 birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  On September - 23 birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

1215  On September - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

1596  Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher was born on this day in history.   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

0079  On September - 23 death of pope Linus   

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

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 September - 23.   

1241  On this day in history death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on this day in history.   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on September - 23.   

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on this day in history.