Historical Events In September - 23

1922  Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator on this day in history.   

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

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

1925  On September - 23 barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)   

1926  Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title on September - 23.   

1926  On this day in history gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title   

1926  On this day in history john Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight)   

1928  On September - 23 robert Helps, composer   

1929  Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster on September - 23.   

1929  Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1930  On September - 23 the birth of Ray Charles, American singer   

1930  On September - 23 jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62   

1932  Kingdom of Hejaz andNejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   

1933  Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12 on this day in history.   

1936  Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins on September - 23.   

1937  Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit on this day in history.   

1937  On September - 23 caro Roma, composer, dies at 68   

1938  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) on September - 23.   

1938  On September - 23 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 this day in history sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83   

1940  On this day in history japanese troops enter IndoChina   

1940  On this day in history -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees   

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  On September - 23 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.   

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

1944  Colijn, Neth PM, buried on this day in history.   

1947  Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged on this day in history.   

1948  On September - 23 braves clinch NL pennant   

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

1949  On September - 23 indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant   

1950  Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open on September - 23.   

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1158  On September - 23 birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  On this day in history birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on this day in history.   

1434  On September - 23 birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

1555  On this day in history birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange   

1591  On September - 23 birth of michael Lohr, composer   

1596  Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher was born on September - 23.   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on September - 23.   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on September - 23.   

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

0918  On September - 23 koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42   

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on this day in history.   

1241  On September - 23 death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

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

1535  On September - 23 death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)   

1541  On September - 23 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47