What Happened In January 1923 In History

Historical Events for January, 1923

• 9th » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
• 10th » Lithuania seizes and annexes Klaipėda e.g Memel.
• 11th » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1923

• 1st » Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
• 1st » Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)
• 1st » Milt Jackson, American vibraphonist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1999)
• 2nd » Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author
• 3rd » Bud Adams, American businessman (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Hank Stram, American football player and coach (d. 2005)
• 3rd » Bud Tingwell, Australian actor (d. 2009)
• 5th » Glenn Boyer, American historian and author (d. 2013)
• 6th » Norman Kirk, New Zealand politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1974)
• 6th » Jacobo Timerman, Argentine journalist and author (d. 1999)
• 7th » Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic (d. 2003)
• 8th » Larry Storch, American actor
• 8th » Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer (d. 2011)
• 8th » Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985)
• 8th » Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author (d. 2008)
• 11th » Jerome Bixby, American author and scriptwriter (d. 1998)
• 11th » Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher
• 11th » Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, designer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (d. 2012)
• 12th » Ira Hayes, American marine, who Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima called raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1955)
• 13th » Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
• 13th » Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (d. 2003)
• 14th » Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author
• 15th » Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (d. 2006)
• 15th » Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (d. 1978)
• 15th » Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese-Chinese politician, 4th President of the Republic of China
• 15th » Arthur Quinlan, Irish journalist (d. 2012)
• 16th » Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (d. 2014)
• 16th » Gene Feist, American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company (d. 2014)
• 16th » Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
• 16th » Keith Shackleton, English painter
• 17th » Rangeya Raghav, Indian author (d. 1962)
• 17th » Carol Raye, English-Australian actress
• 19th » Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 19th » Markus Wolf, German spy (d. 2006)
• 20th » Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer
• 20th » Slim Whitman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 21st » Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1995)
• 22nd » Diana Dill, Bermudian actress
• 23rd » Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Walter M. Miller, Jr., American author (d. 1996)
• 24th » Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter and director (d. 2004)
• 25th » Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 25th » Rusty Draper, American singer (d. 2003)
• 25th » Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (d. 1998)
• 25th » Sally Starr (TV hostess) e.g Sally Starr, American actress and television host (d. 2013)
• 25th » Jean Taittinger, French politician (d. 2012)
• 25th » Tom Tipps, American soldier and politician (d. 2013)
• 26th » Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (d. 2014)
• 26th » Patricia Hughes, English radio host (d. 2013)
• 26th » Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer
• 29th » Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 29th » Ivo Robić, Croatian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
• 30th » Walt Dropo, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 30th » Marianne Ferber, American feminist economist (d. 2013)
• 31st » Norman Mailer, American journalist and author (d. 2007)

Famous Deaths for January 1923

• 3rd » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech author (b. 1883)
• 9th » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand author (b. 1888)
• 13th » Alexandre Ribot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 14th » Zübeyde Hanım, Greek mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857)
• 14th » Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter (b. 1864)
• 18th » Wallace Reid, American actor (b. 1891)
• 23rd » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 31st » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)

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