Page 5: Historical Events In September - 23

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

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

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

1925  On September - 23 barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)   

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 this day in history.   

1928  Robert Helps, composer on September - 23.   

1929  Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster on this day in history.   

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  Jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1937  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83   

1940  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 September - 23.   

1942  On September - 23 auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions   

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

1947  On this day in history nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged   

1948  On this day in history braves clinch NL pennant   

1949  On this day in history truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation   

1949  Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant on September - 23.   

1950  On this day in history patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open   

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

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

1215  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on this day in history.   

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on September - 23.