1923 (MCMXXIII ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1923rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 923rd year of the 2nd millennium , the 23rd year of the 20th century , and the 4th year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1923, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was relegated that February to use only by churches after Greece adopted the Gregorian calendar.
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In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February (Julian Calendar) was followed by Thursday, 1 March (Gregorian Calendar). [1]
January–February
January 5 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area , to force Germany to make reparation payments.
January 17 (or 9) – First flight of the first rotorcraft , Juan de la Cierva 's Cierva C.4 autogyro , in Spain. (It is first demonstrated to the military on January 31.)
February 5 – Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class cricket score for the first time in his third match at this level, at Melbourne Cricket Ground , giving the Victoria cricket team an innings total of 1,059.
February 9 – Billy Hughes , having resigned as Prime Minister of Australia , after the Country Party refuses to govern in coalition with him as the leader of the Nationalist Party , is succeeded by Stanley Bruce . A Liberal–National Coalition will persist in the politics of Australia for at least 100 years.
March–April
March 1 – Eskom , the largest electricity producer in Africa, is established in South Africa .
March 3 – The first issue of TIME magazine is published.
March 6 – The Egyptian Feminist Union (Arabic : الاتحاد النسائي المصري), the first nationwide feminist movement in Egypt , is founded at the home of activist Huda Sha'arawi .[2] [3] [4]
March 9 – Vladimir Lenin suffers his third stroke, which renders him bedridden and unable to speak; consequently he retires from his position as Chairman of the Soviet government.
March 17 – Dobrolyot is formed as the first Soviet civil aviation service; it will become part of flag carrier Aeroflot .[ citation needed ]
March 28 – Regia Aeronautica , the air force of Fascist Italy, is founded.
April 6 – The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed, in Victoria Institution , Federated Malay States .
April 12 – The Kandersteg International Scout Centre comes into existence in Switzerland.
April 19
April 23 – The Gdynia seaport is inaugurated, on the Polish Corridor .
April 26 – Wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon : The future King George VI of the United Kingdom marries the future Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in Westminster Abbey .[6]
April 28 – The original Wembley Stadium in London, England, opens its doors to the public for the first time, staging the FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United .
September–October
September 1
The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama , killing more than 100,000 people.[8]
The Kantō Massacre begins and continues for several weeks. Ethnic Koreans are killed by lynch mobs based on rumors that Koreans are committing crimes and plotting to overthrow the government. The death toll (and even the occurrence of) the massacre is disputed, with figures ranging from a few dozen to over 6,000 deaths. Most of the deaths were of Korean people, although it is said that other ethnic minorities and even Japanese people with unusual dialects were also killed.[9] [10] [11]
September 4 – The United States Navy 's first home-built rigid airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) makes her first flight at Naval Air Station Lakehurst (New Jersey); she contains most of the world's extracted reserves of helium at this time.[12]
September 6 – The Fukuda Village Incident occurs as a part of the larger Kantō Massacre. Nine Japanese people, including a pregnant woman and children, are killed based on false beliefs that they are ethnic Koreans.[13] [14] [15]
September 7 – At the International Police Conference in Vienna, the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC), better known as Interpol , is set up.
September 8 – Honda Point disaster : Nine United States Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast.
September 9 – Turkish head of state Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founds the Republican People's Party (CHP).
September 10 – The Irish Free State joins the League of Nations .
September 11 – Struggling for a foothold in southern China, Sun Yat-sen decides to ally his Nationalist Kuomintang party with the Comintern and the Chinese Communist Party.
September 13 – Military coup in Spain: Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship . Trade unions are prohibited for 10 years.
September 17 – 1923 Berkeley fire : A major fire in Berkeley, California , erupts, consuming some 640 structures, including 584 homes in the densely built neighborhoods north of the campus of the University of California .
September 18 –26 – Newspaper printers strike in New York City.
September 24 – Atlantic hurricane season : The second major hurricane strikes north of Hispaniola .
September 26 – In Bavaria , Gustav Ritter von Kahr takes dictatorial powers.
September 29
September 30 – Küstrin Putsch : Outside Berlin, Major Ernst Buchrucker , a leader of the Black Reichswehr , attempts a putsch by seizing several forts.
October 1 – The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens to public traffic.
October 2 – Küstrin Putsch : After two days of siege, Major Buchrucker and his men surrender.
October 6 – The Occupation of Constantinople ends when the great powers of World War I withdraw.
October 13
October 14 – The fourth tropical storm of the year forms just north of Panama .
October 15 – The fifth tropical storm of the year forms north of the Leeward Islands .
October 16
October 23 – Hamburg Uprising : In Germany, the Communists attempt a putsch in Hamburg, which results in street battles in that city for the next two days, when it ends unsuccessfully.
October 27 – In Germany, General Hans von Seeckt orders the Reichswehr to dissolve the Social Democratic-Communist government of Saxony, which is refusing to accept the authority of the Reich government.
October 28 – In Qajar dynasty Persia, Reza Khan becomes Ahmad Shah Qajar 's prime minister.
October 29 – Turkey becomes a republic , following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ; Kemal Atatürk is elected as first president.
October 30 – İsmet İnönü is appointed as the first prime minister of Turkey.
November–December
November 1
November 8 – Beer Hall Putsch : In Munich , Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government; police and troops crush the attempt the next day. 20 people die as a result of associated violence.
November 11 – Adolf Hitler is arrested for his leading role in the Beer Hall Putsch .
November 12 – Her Highness Princess Maud of Fife marries Captain Charles Alexander Carnegie, in Wellington Barracks, London.
November 15 – Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic : Hyperinflation in Germany reaches its height. One United States dollar is worth 4,200,000,000,000 Papiermark [18] (4.2 trillion on the short scale ). Gustav Stresemann abolishes the old currency and replaces it with the Rentenmark , at an exchange rate of one Rentenmark to 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion on the short scale) Papiermark (effective November 20).
November 23 – Gustav Stresemann 's coalition government collapses in Germany.
December 1 – In Italy , the Gleno Dam on the Gleno River, in the Valle di Scalve in the northern province of Bergamo bursts, killing at least 356 people.
December 6
December 21 – The Nepal–Britain Treaty is the first to define the international status of Nepal as an independent sovereign country.
December 27 – Toranomon Incident : In Tokyo , Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan survives an assassination attempt by communist student Daisuke Nanba .
December 29 – Vladimir K. Zworykin files his first patent (in the United States) for "television systems".
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January
Norman Kirk
Lola Flores
Arvid Carlsson
Sante Spessotto
Norman Mailer
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January 15 – Lee Teng-hui , Taiwanese politician, 4th President of the Republic of China (d. 2020 )
January 16
January 17 – Francesc Badia Batalla , Spanish-born Andorran Bishop, Episcopal Véguier (d. 2020 )
January 18 – Jan Ruff O'Herne , Dutch-Australian human rights activist (d. 2019 )
January 19 – Jean Stapleton , American actress (All in the Family ) (d. 2013 )
January 20
January 21 – Prince Andrew Romanov , Russian-American artist and author (d. 2021 )
January 22 – Diana Douglas , British-born American actress, mother of actor/producer Michael Douglas (d. 2015 )
January 23
January 24 – Geneviève Asse , French painter (d. 2021 )
January 25
January 26 – Anne Jeffreys , American actress, singer (d. 2017 )
January 27 – Enrico Braggiotti , Monegasque banker (d. 2019 )
January 28
January 29
January 31 – Norman Mailer , American novelist, journalist and dramatist (d. 2007 )[20]
February
Belisario Betancur
Fatmawati
Gyula Lóránt
Brendan Behan
Franco Zeffirelli
February 1
February 2
February 3 – Edith Barney , American female professional baseball player (d. 2010 )
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February 5
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February 7
February 8 – Urpo Korhonen , Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (d. 2009 )
February 9 – Brendan Behan , Irish author (d. 1964 )
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February 13
February 15
February 16 – Samuel Willenberg , Polish-born Israeli sculptor, painter and last surviving member of the Treblinka extermination camp revolt (d. 2016 )
February 17 – Jun Fukuda , Japanese film director (d. 2000 )
February 18 – Allan Melvin , American actor (d. 2008 )
February 20
February 21
February 22 – Norman Smith , English singer, record producer (d. 2008 )
February 23
February 24 – David Soyer , American cellist (d. 2010 )
February 27
February 28
April
Ann Miller
Albert King
April 2
April 4
April 5 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu , President of South Vietnam (d. 2001 )
April 8
April 10 – John Watkins , South African cricketer (d. 2021 )
April 12 – Ann Miller , American actress and dancer (d. 2004 )
April 13 – Don Adams , American actor, comedian (Get Smart ) (d. 2005 )
April 14
April 15 – Douglas Wass , British civil servant (d. 2017 )
April 17 – Étienne Bally , French sprinter (d. 2018 )
April 19 – Sen Sōshitsu XV , Japanese hereditary master
April 20
April 22
April 23 – Dolph Briscoe , Governor of Texas (d. 2010 )
April 24
April 25
April 27 – Lloyd F. Wheat , American lawyer and politician (d. 2004 )
April 29 – Walter Deutsch , Austrian musicologist
April 30
June
Yuriko
Ninian Stephen
June 2
June 3
June 4
June 5 – Peggy Stewart , American actress (d. 2019 )
June 6
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June 9
June 10
June 11 – Bernard F. Grabowski , American politician (d. 2019 )
June 12
June 13 – Lloyd Conover , American scientist (d. 2017 )
June 14
June 15
June 16 – Wanda Janicka , Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (d. 2023 )[23]
June 17
William G. Adams , 9th mayor of St. John's, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (d. 2005 )
Enrique Angelelli , Argentine bishop (d. 1976 )
Anthony Bevilacqua , American Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 2012 )
Sukh Dev , Indian organic chemist, academic and researcher (d. 2024 )
W. M. Gorman , Irish economist, academic (d. 2003 )
Arnold S. Relman , American internist (d. 2014 )
Jan Veselý , Czech cyclist (d. 2003 )
June 18
June 19
June 20
June 21 – Johann Eyfells , Icelandic artist (d. 2019 )
June 22
John Oldham , American college player, athletic director and basketball coach (d. 2020 )
Felo Ramírez , Cuban-American Spanish-language radio voice of the Miami Marlins (d. 2017 )
June 23
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June 29
June 30
August
Shimon Peres
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
Richard Attenborough
August 2
August 3
August 4
August 5
August 6
August 7 – Ramesh Mehta , Indian playwright, director and actor (d. 2012 )
August 8
August 9 – John Stephenson , American actor and voice actor (d. 2015 )
August 10
August 11
August 12
August 14
Kuldip Nayar , Indian journalist, human rights activist and politician (d. 2018 )
Ivan Uzlov , Soviet-born Ukrainian scientist and metallurgist
August 15
August 16
August 17 – Carlos Cruz-Diez , Venezuelan artist (d. 2019 )
August 19 – Esmeralda Agoglia , Argentinian ballerina (d. 2014 )
August 20
August 21 – Larry Grayson , English comedian, game show host (d. 1995 )
August 22
August 23
August 24
August 25 – Luis Abanto Morales , Peruvian singer, composer (d. 2017 )
August 26
August 27
August 28
August 29
August 30
August 31 – Emilinha Borba , popular Brazilian singer (d. 2005 )
November
Loriot
Alan Shepard
Nadine Gordimer
Gloria Grahame
November 1
November 2
November 3
November 4
November 5
November 6 – Nizoramo Zaripova , Soviet politician and women's rights activist
November 8
November 9 – Elizabeth Hawley , American journalist (d. 2018 )
November 11
November 12 – Loriot , German actor (d. 2011 )
November 13 – Linda Christian , Mexican film actress (d. 2011 )
November 14
November 15
November 17
November 18
November 19 – Robert Harlow , Canadian writer and academic
November 20 – Nadine Gordimer , South African fiction writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014 )
November 22
November 23
November 24 – Octavio Lepage , Venezuelan politician, Acting President of Venezuela (d. 2017 )
November 25 – Mauno Koivisto , 2-Time Prime Minister of Finland and 9th President of Finland (d. 2017 )
November 26
November 28
November 29 – Augusto Lauro , Italian prelate (d. 2023 )
December
Maria Callas
Ted Knight
Bob Barker
Freeman Dyson
René Girard
December 1
December 2 – Maria Callas , Greek soprano (d. 1977 )
December 3
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December 5
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December 15
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December 17
December 18
December 19 – Gordon Jackson , Scottish actor (d. 1990 )
December 20 – Ambalavaner Sivanandan , Sri Lankan novelist (d. 2018 )
December 21 – Wat Misaka , American baseball player (d. 2019 )
December 22 – Peregrine Worsthorne , English journalist, writer and broadcaster (d. 2020 )
December 23
December 24
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December 26
December 27 – Lucas Mangope , President of Bophuthatswana Bantustan (d. 2018 )
December 28
December 29
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat , French mathematician and physicist
Cheikh Anta Diop , Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician (d. 1986 )
Lily Ebert , Hungarian-born English Holocaust survivor (d. 2024 )
David Teacher , British RAF veteran (d. 2024 )
Dina Merrill , American actress, heiress, socialite and philanthropist (d. 2017 )
Mike Nussbaum , American actor and director (d. 2023 )
December 30 – Carl-Göran Ekerwald , Swedish novelist, literary critic and teacher
December 31 – Balbir Singh Sr. , Indian hockey player (d. 2020 )
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January
King Constantine I of Greece
Alexandre Ribot
January 1 – Willie Keeler , American baseball player, MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1872 )
January 2
January 3 – Jaroslav Hašek , Czech writer (b. 1883 )
January 8 – Shimamura Hayao , Japanese admiral (b. 1858 )
January 9
January 11 – Constantine I , abdicated king of Greece (b. 1868 )
January 12 – Herbert Silberer , Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1882 )
January 13 – Alexandre Ribot , French statesman, 46th Prime Minister of France (b. 1842 )
January 16 – Abdul Kerim Pasha , Ottoman general (b. 1872 )
January 18 – Wallace Reid , American actor (b. 1891 )
January 19 – Amalia Eriksson , Swedish businesswoman (b. 1824 )
January 23 – Max Nordau , Hungarian author, philosopher and Zionist leader (b. 1849 )
January 27 – Carolina Santocanale , Italian Roman Catholic nun and blessed (b. 1852 )
January 30 – Columba Marmion , Irish Benedictine and Roman Catholic monk and blessed (b. 1858 )
January 31 – Eligiusz Niewiadomski , Polish artist, political activist and assassin (executed) (b. 1869 )
February
Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
Wilhelm Röntgen
February 1
February 3 – Count Kuroki Tamemoto , Japanese general (b. 1844 )
February 4
February 5 – Count Erich Kielmansegg , former Prime Minister of Austria (b. 1847 )
February 6
February 8 – Bernard Bosanquet , English philosopher and political theorist (b. 1848 )
February 10 – Wilhelm Röntgen , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845 )
February 14 – Bartolomeo Bacilieri , Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1842 )
February 19 – Gerónimo Giménez , Spanish conductor, composer (b. 1854 )
February 21 – Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu (b. 1878 )
February 22
February 24 – Edward W. Morley , American physicist, chemist (b. 1838 )
February 26 – Walter B. Barrows , American naturalist (b. 1855 )
March
Sarah Bernhardt
March 1 – Rui Barbosa , Brazilian polymath, diplomat, writer, jurist and politician (b. 1849 )
March 3 – Melancthon J. Briggs , American lawyer, politician (b. 1846 )
March 6 – Joseph McDermott , American actor (b. 1878 )
March 8
March 11 – Júlia da Silva Bruhns , Brazilian merchant (b. 1851 )
March 15 – Goat Anderson , American baseball player (b. 1880 )
March 16 – George Bean , English cricketer (b. 1864 )
March 25 – Inokuchi Ariya , Japanese technologist, professor (b. 1856 )
March 26 – Sarah Bernhardt , French actress (b. 1844 )
March 27 – Sir James Dewar , British chemist (b. 1842 )
March 28 – Michel-Joseph Maunoury , French general (b. 1847 )
March 31 – Konstantin Budkevich , Soviet Roman Catholic priest and servant of God (executed) (b. 1867 )
July
Warren G. Harding
Kato Tomosaburo
Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
Stephanos Dragoumis
Stojan Protić
Gustave Eiffel
July 9 – William R. Day , American lawyer and diplomat, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1849 )
July 10 – Albert Chevalier , British music hall comedian (b. 1861 )
July 12 – Ernst Otto Beckmann , German pharmacist, chemist (b. 1853 )
July 15 – Janey Sevilla Callander , British producer (b. 1846 )
July 17 – Theodor Rosetti , 16th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1837 )
July 19 – Auguste Bouché-Leclercq , French historian (b. 1842 )
July 20 – Pancho Villa , Mexican revolutionary (assassinated) (b. 1878 )
July 23 – Charles Dupuy , French statesman, Prime Minister of France (b. 1851 )
July 30 – Sir Charles Hawtrey , British actor (b. 1858 )
August
August 1 – Pierre Brizon , French teacher, deputy and pacifist (b. 1878 )
August 2 – Warren G. Harding , American politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865 )
August 5 – Vatroslav Jagić , Croatian scholar (b. 1838 )
August 9 – Victor II, Duke of Ratibor (b. 1847 )
August 10 – Joaquín Sorolla , Spanish painter (b. 1863 )
August 15 – Marty Hogan , English baseball player (b. 1869 )
August 19 – Vilfredo Pareto , Italian economist (b. 1848 )
August 21 – Sir William Meredith , Canadian politician and judge (b. 1840 )
August 23
August 24
August 26 – Hertha Ayrton , English engineer, mathematician and inventor (b. 1854 )
August 27 – Edward Hill , American painter (b. 1843 )
August 29 – Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark (b. 1878 )
September
September 6 – Pedro José Escalón , Salvadorian military officer, 21st President of El Salvador (b. 1847 )
September 9 – Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca , Brazilian soldier and politician, 8th President of Brazil (b. 1855 )
September 14 – Nemesio Canales , Puerto Rican essayist, novelist, playwright, journalist, activist and politician (b. 1878 )
September 17 – Stefanos Dragoumis , Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842 )
September 19 – Sophus Andersen , Danish composer (b. 1859 )
September 23
September 25 – Elbazduko Britayev , Russian playwright, author (b. 1881 )
September 26 – Luigi Tezza , Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1841 )
December
December 2 – Tomás Bretón , Spanish composer (b. 1850 )
December 4 – Maurice Barres , French novelist, journalist and politician (b. 1862 )[32]
December 9 – Meggie Albanesi , British actress (b. 1899 )
December 10 – Thomas George Bonney , English geologist (b. 1833 )
December 11 – Kata Dalström , Swedish politician (b. 1858 )
December 13 – Théophile Steinlen , Swiss painter (b. 1859 )
December 14 – Giuseppe Gallignani , Italian composer, conductor and teacher (b. 1851 )
December 22 – Georg Luger , German firearms designer (b. 1849 )
December 25 – William Ludwig , Irish opera singer (b. 1847 )
December 26 – Rafael Valentín Errázuriz , Chilean politician, diplomat (b. 1861 )
December 27
December 28 – Frank Hayes , American actor (b. 1871 )
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