Tuesday, March 07, 2023

News from 1923 - 100 Years ago!

1923

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.

2 comments:

  1. Very interesting, Wizard. I love reading little factoids like this.

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  2. Very interesting list, Wizard. I love reading little factoids like this.

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