Page 5: Historical Events In September - 23

1922  On this day in history philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator   

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 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  On this day in history john Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight)   

1928  Robert Helps, composer on this day in history.   

1929  On September - 23 wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster   

1929  On this day in history richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64   

1930  On September - 23 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  Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on September - 23.   

1933  Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12 on September - 23.   

1936  Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins on September - 23.   

1937  On this day in history yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit   

1937  Caro Roma, composer, dies at 68 on September - 23.   

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 this day in history 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  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  General de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London on September - 23.   

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 September - 23.   

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

1947  Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged on this day in history.   

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 September - 23.   

1950  Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open on September - 23.   

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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 September - 23.   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on this day in history.   

1434  On September - 23 birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

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 this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history 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 September - 23.   

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on September - 23.   

0965  On September - 23 death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered   

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 September - 23.   

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