Page 5: 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 September - 23.   

1925  On this day in history george Kaufman's "Butter & Egg Man," premieres in NYC   

1925  On this day in history barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft)   

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

1926  Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history john Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight)   

1928  On this day in history robert Helps, composer   

1929  Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster on September - 23.   

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

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 September - 23.   

1932  On this day in history kingdom of Hejaz andNejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   

1932  On this day in history kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   

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

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  On this day in history british premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich   

1939  Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4 on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83   

1940  On this day in history japanese troops enter IndoChina   

1940  -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees on September - 23.   

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

1941  On this day in history 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  On this day in history auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions   

1944  On September - 23 colijn, Neth PM, buried   

1947  On September - 23 nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged   

1948  On this day in history braves clinch NL pennant   

1949  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)   

1434  On September - 23 birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)   

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

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

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

1598  On this day in history birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)   

0079  Death of Pope Linus on September - 23.   

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

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on September - 23.   

0965  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on this day in history.   

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on September - 23.   

1390  On this day in history death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)   

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on September - 23.   

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on September - 23.