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 this day in history george Kaufman's "Butter & Egg Man," premieres in NYC   

1925  Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft) on September - 23.   

1926  On September - 23 gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title   

1926  Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title on September - 23.   

1926  John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight) on September - 23.   

1928  On September - 23 robert Helps, composer   

1929  Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster on this day in history.   

1929  On September - 23 richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64   

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 September - 23.   

1932  Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on this day in history.   

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

1936  On September - 23 giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins   

1937  On this day in history yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit   

1937  Caro Roma, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  On September - 23 sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83   

1940  On September - 23 japanese troops enter IndoChina   

1940  -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees on this day in history.   

1941  First gassing experiments are made at Auschwitz on September - 23.   

1941  On September - 23 general de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London   

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  Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions on September - 23.   

1944  On this day in history colijn, Neth PM, buried   

1947  On this day in history nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged   

1948  Braves clinch NL pennant on this day in history.   

1949  On September - 23 truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation   

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 September - 23.   

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1158  On September - 23 birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)   

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on this day in history.   

1215  On September - 23 birth of kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)   

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.   

1555  On September - 23 birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange   

1591  On this day in history birth of michael Lohr, composer   

1596  Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher was born on September - 23.   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on September - 23.   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on this day in history.   

0775  On September - 23 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  On September - 23 death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered   

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 September - 23.   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on this day in history.   

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