Page 5: Historical Events In September - 23

1922  On this day in history philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator   

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

1925  George Kaufman's "Butter & Egg Man," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1925  Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft) on this day in history.   

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

1926  On September - 23 gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title   

1926  On September - 23 john Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight)   

1928  On this day in history robert Helps, composer   

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

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

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  Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins on September - 23.   

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

1937  On this day in history caro Roma, composer, dies at 68   

1938  On this day in history 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)   

1938  British premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich on September - 23.   

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

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

1940  Japanese troops enter IndoChina on this day in history.   

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

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

1941  General de Gaulle forms govt in exile in London on September - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1942  Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions on this day in history.   

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

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

1948  Braves clinch NL pennant on this day in history.   

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

1949  Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant on September - 23.   

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  On September - 23 birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)   

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

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  Michael Lohr, composer was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher   

1598  On September - 23 birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)   

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus   

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 September - 23.   

0965  On this day in history death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered   

1241  On September - 23 death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)   

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.