Page 5: 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 this day in history.   

1926  On September - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1933  Yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12 on September - 23.   

1936  On this day in history giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins   

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

1937  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1938  British premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich on this day in history.   

1939  On September - 23 cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4   

1939  Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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  First gassing experiments are made at Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1941  General de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London on this day in history.   

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  On September - 23 auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions   

1944  On September - 23 colijn, Neth PM, buried   

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

1948  Braves clinch NL pennant on September - 23.   

1949  Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation on September - 23.   

1949  Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant on this day in history.   

1950  Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

1161  On September - 23 birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

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

1434  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)   

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus   

0775  On this day in history constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1241  On this day in history death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on this day in history.   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on September - 23.   

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