Historical Events In 1923

Jun 09   55th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:19 on this day in history.  

Jun 10   Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 11   In the year 1923 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 12   On this day in history marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor (Great spiral)  

Jun 14   Donald Smith, cricketer (uneventful England opening batsman 1957) in the year 1923.  

Jun 14   Pres Harding is first US president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore in the year 1923.  

Jun 14   On this day in history recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)  

Jun 15   Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies in the year 1923.  

Jun 15   Belgium's Theunis govt falls because of mine, post & railroad strike on this day in history.  

Jun 15   Erland Josephson, Stockholm Sweden, actor/dramatist (Utflykt) in the year 1923.  

Jun 16   Ake Hermanson, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 16   In the year 1923 sun Yat Sen founds military academy  

Jun 17   Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end (LA Rams) in the year 1923.  

Jun 19   In the year 1923 "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts  

Jun 20   Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1923.  

Jun 20   On this day in history marcus Bakker, Dutch MP (CPN)  

Jun 21   In the year 1923 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 on this day in history.  

Jun 22   On this day in history jimmy Cameron, cricketer (brother of John WI batsman 1948-49)  

Jun 24   Jack Carter, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Amazing Dobermans, Octagon) on this day in history.  

Jun 24   Pope Pius XI speaks against allies occupying Ruhrgebied on this day in history.  

Jun 25   On this day in history dorothy Gilman, mystery writer  

Jun 26   In the year 1923 david Haslam, British rear admiral (hydrographer)  

Jun 26   In the year 1923 edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies  

Jun 27   On this day in history capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane  

Jun 27   Paul F Conrad, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84) on this day in history.  

Jun 28   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

Jun 29   Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang) in the year 1923.  

Jun 29   In the year 1923 fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73  

Jun 30   On this day in history claude Antoine Terrasse, composer, dies at 56  

Jun 30   New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica in the year 1923.  

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Jan 01   Chalmers Goodlin, US test pilot (XS-1) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1923 birth of milton Jackson, US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)  

Jan 03   Dragutin Gostuski, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1923 birth of jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk)  

Jan 03   Charles Tingwell, Australian actor was born in the year 1923.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of flavio Testi, composer  

Jan 05   In the year 1923 birth of robert L Bernstein, NYC, publisher (Random House)  

Jan 02   Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK died on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1923 jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39  

Jan 09   Katherine Mansfield, NZ/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54  

Jan 14   On this day in history death of zübeyde Hanım, Mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857)  

Jan 18   On this day in history wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31  

Jan 23   On this day in history death of max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849)  

Feb 06   On this day in history edward E Barnard, US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65