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1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar).
Events
January-June
July-September
July 6 - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics establishedJuly 10 - Large hailstones kill 23 in Rostow , Soviet Russia July 19 a href="July_20.html" title="July 20">20 night - Assassination of Pancho Villa July 24 - The Treaty of Lausanne , settling the boundaries of modern Turkey , is signed in Switzerland by Greece , Bulgaria and other countries that fought in the First World War August 2 - Warren G. Harding , 29th President of the United States (1921 - 1923) dies in office and is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929 ).August 13 - First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia , newly constructed Polish seaportAugust 13 - Gustav Stresemann is named chancellor and founds a coalition government in Weimar Republic Germany September 1 - Great Kanto earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama killing 142.807 peopleSeptember 4 - In Lakehurst, New Jersey , the first American airship , the "USS Shenandoah , takes to the sky for the first timeSeptember 6 - Italian navy occupies Corfu in retaliation of murder of an Italian officer. League of Nations protests and they leave September 29 September 8 - Honda Point Disaster : Seven US Navy destroyers ran aground off the California coast.September 9 - Atatürk founded the CHP .September 13 - Military coup in Spain - Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship .September 18 a href="September_26.html" title="September 26">26 - Newspaper printers strike in New YorkSeptember 26 - In Bayern , Gustav von Kuhr declares independence from Berlin
October-December
Unknown dates
Births
January-February
January 1 - Roméo Sabourin , Canadian World War II spy (d. 1944 )January 5 - Sam Phillips , American record producer (d. 2003 )January 6 - Jacobo Timerman , Argentine writer (d. 1999 )January 7 - Hugh Kenner , Canadian literary critic (d. 2003 )January 8 - Johnny Wardle , English cricketer (d. 1985 )January 16 - Anthony Hecht , American poet (d. 2004 )January 19 - Jean Stapleton , American actressJanuary 25 - Arvid Carlsson , Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine January 26 - Anne Jeffreys , American actressJanuary 29 - Paddy Chayefsky , American writer (d. 1981 )January 31 - Norman Mailer , American writer and journalistFebruary 2 - James Dickey , American poet and author (d. 1997 )February 2 - Liz Smith , American gossip columnist
February 9 - Brendan Behan , Irish author (d. 1964 )February 12 - Franco Zeffirelli , Italian film and opera directorFebruary 13 - Yfrah Neaman , Lebanese-born violinist (d. 2003 )February 13 - Chuck Yeager , American pilot and NASA official
February 24 - David Soyer , American cellistFebruary 27 - Dexter Gordon , American jazz saxophone player (d. 1990 )
March-April
March 6 - Ed McMahon , American television personalityMarch 9 - Walter Kohn , Austrian-born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry March 10 - Val Logsdon Fitch , American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureateMarch 12 - Wally Schirra , astronautMarch 21 - Shri Mataji Nirmala Shrivastava , Indian founder of Sahaja YogaMarch 25 - Wim van Est , Dutch cyclist (d. 2003 )March 26 - Bob Elliott , American comedianMarch 27 - Louis Simpson , Jamaican-born poetMarch 30 - Milton Acorn , Canadian writer (d. 1986 )April 2 - G. Spencer-Brown , British mathematicianApril 8 - George Fisher , American political cartoonist (d. 2003 )April 8 - Edward Mulhare , Irish actor (d. 1997 )April 13 - Don Adams , American actor and comedian (d. 2005 )April 20 - Mother Angelica , American founder of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)April 22 - Bettie Page , American modelApril 22 - Aaron Spelling , American television producer and writer
April 23 - Dolph Briscoe , Governor of Texas
May-August
May 1 - Joseph Heller , American novelist (d. 1999 )May 2 - Patrick Hillery , President of Ireland May 3 - Ralph Hall , American politicianMay 5 - Richard Wollheim , British philosopher (d. 2003 )May 7 - Anne Baxter , American actress (d. 1985 )May 13 - Bea Arthur , American actressMay 15 - John Lanchbery , English composer (d. 2003 )May 16 - Merton Miller , American economist, Nobel Prize laureateMay 18 - Hugh Shearer , Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004 )May 21 - Armand Borel , Swiss mathematician (d. 2003 )May 21 - Dorothy Hewett , writer (d. 2002 )
May 21 - Ara Parseghian , American football coach
May 27 - Henry Kissinger , United States Secretary of State , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize May 28 - György Ligeti , Hungarian composerMay 31 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005 )July 2 - Wislawa Szymborska , Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureateJuly 4 - Rudolf Friedrich , Swiss Federal CouncilorJuly 8 - Harrison Dillard , American athleteJuly 18 - Jerome H. Lemelson , American inventor (d. 1997 )July 20 - Stanisław Albinowski , Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005 )July 21 - Rudolph A. Marcus , Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureateJuly 22 - Robert Joseph Dole , American politician and Presidential candidateJuly 22 - Mukesh , Indian singer (d. 1976 )
July 23 - Witto Aloma , Cuban Major League Baseball player (d. 1997 )August 20 - Jim Reeves , American singer (d. 1964 )August 21 - Shimon Peres , Prime Minister of Israel , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize August 24 - Arthur Jensen , American educational psychologistAugust 26 - Wolfgang Sawallisch , German conductor and pianist
September-December
September 1 - Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet , Canadian businessman and art collectorSeptember 1 - Rocky Marciano , American boxer (d. 1969 )
September 3 - Mort Walker , American cartoonistSeptember 6 - King Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970 )September 9 - Daniel Carleton Gajdusek , American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine September 11 - Dharmsamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda , Indian guru (d. 2003 )September 17 - Hank Williams , American country musician (d. 1953 )September 20 - Geraldine Clinton Little , Irish-born poet (D. 1997 September 22 - Dannie Abse , Welsh poetSeptember 26 - Dev Anand , Indian actorOctober 3 - Edward Oliver LeBlanc , Dominican politician (d. 2004 )October 5 - Glynis Johns , British actressOctober 13 - Faas Wilkes , Dutch football (soccer) playerOctober 15 - Italo Calvino , Italian writer (d. 1985 )October 23 - Frank Sutton , American actor (d. 1974 )November 1 - Victoria de los Angeles , Catalan soprano (d. 2005 )November 1 - Gordon R. Dickson , Canadian author (d. 2001 )
November 8 - Jack Kilby , American electrical engineer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2005 )November 20 - Nadine Gordimer , South African writer, Nobel Prize laureateNovember 22 - Arthur Hiller , Canadian film directorNovember 23 - Billy Haughton , American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986 )November 25 - Mauno Koivisto , President of Finland December 2 - Maria Callas , Greek soprano (d. 1977 )December 12 - Bob Barker , American game show hostDecember 13 - Philip Warren Anderson , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureateDecember 13 - Larry Doby , baseball player (d. 2003 )
December 13 - Antoni Tàpies , Catalan painter
December 14 - Gerard Reve , Dutch writerDecember 15 - Freeman Dyson , English-born physicistDecember 23 - Claudio Scimone , Italian conductorDecember 23 - James Stockdale , U.S. Navy admiral
December 24 - George Patton IV , American general (d. 2004 )December 25 - Sonia Olschanezky , World War II heroine (d. 1944 )
Deaths
Michel-Joseph Maunoury , French general (b. 1847 )January 9 - Katherine Mansfield, British novelist (b. 1888)January 23 - Max Nordau , Hungarian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849 )February 10 - Wilhelm Röntgen , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845 )February 23 - Théophile Delcassé , French statesman (b. 1852 )March 8 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837 )March 26 - Sarah Bernhardt , French actress (b. 1844 )March 27 - Sir James Dewar , Scottish chemist (b. 1842 )April 4 - John Venn , British mathematician (b. 1834 )April 5 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon , English financier of Egyptian excavations (b. 1866 )June 9 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (b. 1846 )August 2 - Warren G. Harding , 29th President of the United States (b. 1865 )October 30 - Andrew Bonar Law , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1858)December 12 - Raymond Radiguet , French author (b. 1903 )December 13 - Théophile Steinlen , Swiss painter (b. 1859 )
Nobel Prizes
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