News from 1923 - 100 Years ago!

Here are some significant events that happened in the year 1923:

1. January 3 - US President Warren G. Harding makes the first radio broadcast from the White House.

2. January 10 - Lithuania severs diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

3. January 15 - The Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Japan, killing over 140,000 people.

4. March 2 - Time magazine publishes its first issue.

5. April 6 - The first-ever sound-on-film motion picture, "The Jazz Singer," premieres in New York City.

6. July 29 - The Treaty of Lausanne is signed, ending the Turkish War of Independence and defining the modern borders of Turkey.

7. October 29 - The stock market crash, also known as Black Tuesday, marks the start of the Great Depression in the United States.

8. November 8 - Adolf Hitler's failed "Beer Hall Putsch" takes place in Munich, Germany.

9. December 28 - The Irish Free State is established as a dominion within the British Commonwealth.

These are just a few of the many significant events that took place in 1923.