Historical Events In September - 23

1922  Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator on this day in history.  

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

1925  On September - 23 george Kaufman's "Butter & Egg Man," premieres in NYC  

1925  Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft) on this day in history.  

1926  On September - 23 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 September - 23 robert Helps, composer  

1929  On September - 23 wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster  

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

1930  On September - 23 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 September - 23.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1940  On this day in history japanese troops enter IndoChina  

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

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

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  On September - 23 auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions  

1944  On September - 23 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  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 September - 23.  

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

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

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

1434  On this day in history birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)  

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

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  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  On this day in history death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered  

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

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

1535  On this day in history 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 this day in history.