Here are some significant events that happened in the year 1923:
January 3 - US President Warren G. Harding makes the first radio broadcast from the White House.
January 10 - Lithuania severs diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
January 15 - The Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Japan, killing over 140,000 people.
March 2 - Time magazine publishes its first issue.
April 6 - The first-ever sound-on-film motion picture, "The Jazz Singer," premieres in New York City.
July 29 - The Treaty of Lausanne is signed, ending the Turkish War of Independence and defining the modern borders of Turkey.
October 29 - The stock market crash, also known as Black Tuesday, marks the start of the Great Depression in the United States.
November 8 - Adolf Hitler's failed "Beer Hall Putsch" takes place in Munich, Germany.
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:
Very interesting, Wizard. I love reading little factoids like this.
Very interesting list, Wizard. I love reading little factoids like this.
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