Historical Events In September - 23

1922  On September - 23 philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator   

1923  On September - 23 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law   

1925  George Kaufman's "Butter & Egg Man," premieres in NYC on September - 23.   

1925  On September - 23 barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)   

1926  Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title on September - 23.   

1926  On this day in history gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title   

1926  John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight) on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history robert Helps, composer   

1929  On this day in history wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster   

1929  Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64 on September - 23.   

1930  The birth of Ray Charles, American singer on this day in history.   

1930  Jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1932  Kingdom of Hejaz andNejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on this day in history.   

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

1933  On this day in history yanks commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12   

1936  On this day in history giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins   

1937  Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit on September - 23.   

1937  On September - 23 caro Roma, composer, dies at 68   

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 September - 23.   

1938  On September - 23 british premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich   

1939  On September - 23 cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4   

1939  Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83 on September - 23.   

1940  Japanese troops enter IndoChina on September - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history general de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London   

1942  On this day in history 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.   

1942  On September - 23 auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions   

1944  Colijn, Neth PM, buried on this day in history.   

1947  Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged on September - 23.   

1948  On this day in history braves clinch NL pennant   

1949  Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation on September - 23.   

1949  On this day in history indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant   

1950  Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open on September - 23.   

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1158  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) was born on this day in history.   

1161  On this day in history birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on September - 23.   

1434  On this day in history birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on September - 23.   

1596  Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher was born on this day in history.   

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

0079  On September - 23 death of pope Linus   

0775  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on this day in history.   

0918  On this day in history koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42   

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on September - 23.   

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on this day in history.   

1390  On September - 23 death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  On this day in history death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)   

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on this day in history.