What Happened In June 1923 In History

Historical Events for June, 1923

• 18th » Checker Taxi puts its first taxicab named taxi on the streets.
• 25th » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a Airco DH-4 or DH-4B biplane

Famous Birthdays on June in 1923

• 1st » Barry Till, English priest, author, and academic (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Lloyd Shapley, Amrican mathematician, Nobel Prize in Economics called Nobel Prize laureate
• 3rd » Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician and author
• 4th » Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author (d. 2007)
• 5th » Jorge Daponte, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1963)
• 5th » Roger Lebel, Canadian actor (d. 1994)
• 5th » Daniel Pinkham, American organist and composer (d. 2006)
• 6th » V. C. Andrews, American author (d. 1986)
• 6th » Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster (d. 2004)
• 7th » Jules Deschênes, Canadian judge (d. 2000)
• 8th » Malcolm Boyd, American priest and author
• 8th » Alice Coleman, English geographer and academic
• 10th » Paul Brunelle, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1994)
• 10th » Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (d. 1991)
• 12th » Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (d. 2007)
• 14th » Ivan Gubijan, Yugoslavian hammer thrower (d. 2009)
• 14th » Judith Kerr, German-English author and illustrator
• 14th » Green Wix Unthank, American judge (d. 2013)
• 15th » Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia
• 16th » Ron Flockhart (racing driver) or Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (d. 1962)
• 17th » Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)
• 17th » Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (d. 2014)
• 17th » Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian and educator (d. 1999)
• 18th » Jean Delumeau, French historian and academic
• 19th » Bob Hank, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
• 20th » Jerzy Nowak, Polish actor (d. 2013)
• 20th » Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Danish actor (d. 1998)
• 21st » Peter Flanigan, American banker and civil servant (d. 2013)
• 21st » Jacques Hébert (Canadian politician) or Jacques Hébert, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2007)
• 22nd » José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 23rd » Peter Corr, Irish Footballer (d. 2001)
• 23rd » Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Tedi Thurman, American model and actress (d. 2012)
• 23rd » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian activist (d. 1945)
• 24th » Margaret Olley, Australian painter (d. 2011)
• 25th » Sam Francis, American painter (d. 1994)
• 25th » Dorothy Gilman, American author (d. 2012)
• 25th » Nicholas Mosley, English author
• 26th » Franz-Paul Decker, German conductor
• 26th » Barbara Graham, American murderer (d. 1955)
• 27th » Jacques Berthier, French organist and composer (d. 1994)
• 27th » Beth Chatto, English gardener
• 27th » Elmo Hope, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
• 28th » Pete Candoli, American trumpet player (d. 2008)
• 28th » Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2012)
• 28th » Gaye Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2010)
• 29th » Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer and educator

Famous Deaths for June 1923

• 9th » Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (b. 1846)
• 10th » Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (b. 1850)

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