Historical Events In September - 23

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

1923  On September - 23 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 September - 23.  

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

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 September - 23 wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster  

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

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 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  On September - 23 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  Japanese troops enter IndoChina on this day in history.  

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

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

1941  General de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London on this day in history.  

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  Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions on this day in history.  

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

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

1948  Braves clinch NL pennant on September - 23.  

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

1949  On September - 23 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  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on September - 23.  

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

1555  On this day in history birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange  

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on September - 23.  

1596  On September - 23 birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher  

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  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on this day in history.  

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 September - 23.  

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  On September - 23 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47