Page 5: Historical Events In September - 23

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

1923  On this day in history 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law   

1925  On September - 23 george Kaufman's "Butter & Egg Man," premieres in NYC   

1925  On this day in history barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)   

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  John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight) on September - 23.   

1928  On September - 23 robert Helps, composer   

1929  Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster on this day in history.   

1929  On September - 23 richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64   

1930  The birth of Ray Charles, American singer on this day in history.   

1930  Jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62 on September - 23.   

1932  On September - 23 kingdom of Hejaz andNejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   

1932  On September - 23 kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   

1933  On September - 23 yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12   

1936  On September - 23 giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins   

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

1937  On this day in history caro Roma, composer, dies at 68   

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  On September - 23 cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4   

1939  On September - 23 sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83   

1940  Japanese troops enter IndoChina on this day in history.   

1940  -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees on September - 23.   

1941  On this day in history first gassing experiments are made at Auschwitz.   

1941  General de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London on September - 23.   

1942  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 on September - 23.   

1942  Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions on this day in history.   

1944  On September - 23 colijn, Neth PM, buried   

1947  Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged on September - 23.   

1948  On this day in history braves clinch NL pennant   

1949  On September - 23 truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation   

1949  On this day in history indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant   

1950  On this day in history patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open   

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1158  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) was born on this day in history.   

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on September - 23.   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on September - 23.   

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.   

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on September - 23.   

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on September - 23.   

1596  Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher was born on this day in history.   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus   

0775  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on this day in history.   

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on September - 23.   

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on September - 23.   

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on September - 23.   

1535  On this day in history death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)   

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