In history, year 1923 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1923.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1923:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 09 january | Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebelled against the League of Nations decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control. |
| 11 january | Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr Area to force the German Weimar Republic to pay its reparations in the aftermath of World War I. |
| 05 february | Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score. |
| 16 february | English archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter unsealedthe burial chamber of Tutankhamun, an Egyptian Pharaohof the eighteenth dynasty. |
| 18 april | The New York Yankees of Major League Baseball began playing their games in the newly constructed Yankee Stadium. |
| 28 april | London's Wembley Stadium, then known as Empire Stadium, wasopened to the public for the first time and held the 1923 FA Cup Finalbetween Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United football clubs. |
| 01 may | Since May 1, 1923 Labour Day, also known as Worker’s Day, has been celebrated in India. Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan organized Labour Day celebration on this day for the first time in Chennai at the beach opposite to the Madras High Court and at the Triplicane Beach. Most of the countries from all over the world celebrate Labour Day as Official Holiday on 1st May to promote the importance of working classes. |
| 26 may | The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world and is often called the "Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency". |
| 09 june | Bulgarian armed forces overthrew the government of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union headed by Aleksandar Stamboliyski and replaced it with one under Aleksandar Tsankov. |
| 18 june | Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets. Motorized taxi cabs began to appear on the streets of major cities beginning in the early 1900s. Particularly in Chicago, where numerous railroads had terminals, there was considerable need for on-demand, point-to-point chauffeur-driven transportation. |
| 13 july | The Hollywoodland Sign was officially dedicated as anadvertisement for a new housing development in the hills aboveHollywood, California. |
| 24 july | The Treaty of Lausanne was signed to settle the Anatolian partof the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, establishing the boundariesof modern Turkey. |
| 02 august | Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United Statesafter Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack. |
| 01 september | The Great Kanto earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richterscale, struck the Kanto region of Japan, devastating Tokyo andYokohama, and killing over an estimated 100,000 people. |
| 29 september | The British Mandate for Palestine came into effect, officially creating the protectorates of Palestine (to include a Jewish homeland)under British administration and Transjordan as a separate emirate under Abdullah I. |
| 16 october | Roy and Walt Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studioin Hollywood that eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. |
| 08 november | Adolf Hitler endeavored to acquire power in Munich. However, his failure to do so led to his arrest and him being charged with treachery. |
| 08 december | Many Italians in Rome were rendered homeless and had to run for the hills as a result of severe flooding. The Tiber River is at a record high. |
| 21 december | Nepal and the United Kingdom signed a treaty, the first to define the international status of Nepal as an independent and sovereign nation. |
| 01 May | The celebration of May Day in India started in Chennai in 1923. At that time it was recognized as Madras Day. It was started by Comrade Singaravelu Chettiar, leader of the Bharati Mazdoor Kisan Party. This day is celebrated on May 1 in almost 80 countries of the world including India. |
| 20 May | Stanley Baldwin became Prime Minister of Britain. |
| 06 July | Soviet Socialist Republic was established. |
| 13 July | \ 'Hollywood \' was written to promote land prices near Mount Hills in the California city of Los Angeles. 1929 |
| 15 July | The Parliament of Italy adopted the new constitution. |
| 03 September | Pandit Kishan Maharaj, the legendary tabla player of the country, was born. |
| 07 September | Interpol was founded in Vienna, the capital of Austria. |
| 26 September | Bollywood actor Devanand was born in Punjab, Pakistan). |
| 15 October | The fifth tropical storm of the year came north of Leeward Island. |
| 05 August | Henry Sullivan became the first American to cross the English Channel. |
| 08 December | The Treaty of Friendship was signed between Germany and America. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1923:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 04 December | Charles Keating / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 04 March | Russell Freeburg / Author / United States of America |
| 05 September | Ken Meuleman / Cricketer / Australia |
| 09 March | Walter Kohn / Academic / United States of America |
| 09 September | Daniel Carleton Gajdusek / Physician / United States of America |
| 10 December | Harold Gould / Actor / United States of America |
| 12 July | René Favaloro / Surgeon / Argentina |
| 13 April | Stanley Tanger / Actor / United States of America |
| 14 October | Joel Barnett / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 15 February | Yelena Bonner / Activist / Russia |
| 19 July | Joseph Hansen / Poet / United States of America |
| 20 June | Jerzy Nowak / Actor / Poland |
| 20 March | Shaukat Siddiqui / Journalist / Pakistan |
| 21 May | Armand Borel / Academic / United States of America |
| 23 May | Alicia de Larrocha / Pianist / Spain |
| 23 August | Edgar F. Codd / Scientist / United States of America |
| 25 August | Álvaro Mutis / Poet / Mexico |
| 25 July | Edgar Gilbert / Mathematician / United States of America |
| 27 August | Jimmy Greenhalgh / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 30 October | Gloria Oden / Poet / United States of America |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1923:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 04 September | Ram Kishore Shukla / Politician / India |
| 02 February | Lalit Narayan Mishra / Politician / India |
| 23 August | Bal Ram Jakhar / Politician / India |
| 23 October | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat / Politician / India |
| 28 May | N. T. Rama Rao / Politician / India |
| 18 August | A. B. Tarapore / Soldier / India |
| 11 October | Harishchandra / Scientist / India |
| NA NA | J.F.R. Jacob / Soldier / India |
| 14 May | Mrinal Sen / Producer / India |
| 16 July | Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao / Soldier / India |
| 23 October | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat / Politician / India |
| 01 July | Brijmohan Lall Munjal / Industrialist / India |
| 31 January | Major Somnath Sharma / Soldier / India |
| 30 November | Janaki Ramachandran / Actress / India |
| 20 September | Akkineni Nageswara Rao / Actor / India |
| 11 July | Uma Devi Khatri (Tun Tun) / Actress / India |
| 26 November | V. K. Murthy / Cinematographer / India |
| 20 October | V. S. Achuthanandan / Politician / India |
| 04 December | Shripati Mishra / Politician / India |
| 26 September | Dev Anand / Actor / India |
