Page 5: Historical Events In September - 23

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

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  Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft) on September - 23.   

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

1926  On September - 23 gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title   

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 September - 23.   

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

1930  On September - 23 jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62   

1932  On September - 23 kingdom of Hejaz andNejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   

1932  Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on this day in history.   

1933  Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12 on this day in history.   

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

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

1937  Caro Roma, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1938  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) on September - 23.   

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

1939  On September - 23 cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4   

1939  On this day in history sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83   

1940  Japanese troops enter IndoChina on September - 23.   

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  On this day in history general de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London   

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  Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions on this day in history.   

1944  Colijn, Neth PM, buried on this day in history.   

1947  On September - 23 nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged   

1948  Braves clinch NL pennant on this day in history.   

1949  Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation on September - 23.   

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

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

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1158  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) was born on September - 23.   

1161  On this day in history birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

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 this day in history.   

1591  On September - 23 birth of michael Lohr, composer   

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

1598  On this day in history birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on September - 23.   

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

0918  On September - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

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  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on September - 23.