Page 9: Historical Events In 1923

Jun 11   Gerard Vaughn, MP (Conservative)   

Jun 12   Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC   

Jun 12   Harry Houdini frees himself from a straitjacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above the ground in NYC.   

Jun 12   Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor (Great spiral).   

Jun 14   Donald Smith, cricketer (uneventful England opening batsman 1957)   

Jun 14   Pres Harding is inaugural US president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore.   

Jun 14   Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)   

Jun 15   Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies   

Jun 15   Belgium's Theunis govt falls because of mine, post and railroad strike   

Jun 15   Erland Josephson, Stockholm Sweden, actor/dramatist (Utflykt)   

Jun 16   Ake Hermanson, composer   

Jun 16   Sun Yat Sen founds military academy.   

Jun 17   Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end (LA Rams).   

Jun 19   "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts.   

Jun 20   Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85   

Jun 20   Marcus Bakker, Dutch MP (CPN).   

Jun 21   Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud   

Jun 21   Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using the mail to defraud   

Jun 22   Jimmy Cameron, cricketer (brother of John WI batsman 1948-49).   

Jun 24   Jack Carter, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon)   

Jun 24   Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied.   

Jun 25   Dorothy Gilman, mystery writer   

Jun 26   David Haslam, British rear admiral (hydrographer).   

Jun 26   Edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies   

Jun 27   Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the inaugural ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane   

Jun 27   Paul F Conrad, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84)   

Jun 28   Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th.   

Jun 28   Lloyd Labeach, Panama City, 100m/200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1948)   

Jun 29   Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang)   

Jun 29   Fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73   

Jun 30   Claude Antoine Terrasse, composer, dies at 56   

Jun 30   In this year, New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica.   

Jun 30   In this year, NZ claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica.   

Jul 01   Constance Ford, actress (Ada Hobson-Another World).   

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Jan 01   Chalmers goodlin: Us test pilot (xs-1)   

Jan 01   Milton jackson: Us, vibraphonist (milt of bags)   

Jan 01   Daniel gorenstein: American mathematician   

Jan 03   Dragutin gostuski: Composer   

Jan 03   Jaroslav hasek: Czech writer (good soldier schweyk)   

Jan 03   Charles tingwell: Australian actor   

Jan 04   Flavio testi: Composer   

Jan 05   Robert l bernstein: Nyc, publisher (random house)   

Jan 02   Sam carter: Black resident of rosewood florida, lynched by kkk   

Jan 03   Jaroslav hasek: Czech writer (good soldier schweyk),    

Jan 09   Katherine mansfield: Nz/british writer (dove's nest),   

Jan 11   Constantine i: King of greece (1913-17, 20-22),   

Jan 14   Zübeyde hanım: Mother of mustafa kemal atatürk (b. 1857)   

Jan 18   Wallace reid: Actor (birth of a nation),    

Jan 23   Max nordau: Austrian author, philosopher, and zionist leader (b. 1849)   

Feb 06   Edward e barnard: Us astronomer (5th moon jupiter),