Today in History for July 1923

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 29 of 29

1st - 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF NY & WMAF Mass)
3rd - Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
4th - Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
6th - 36th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats K McKane (62 62)
6th - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics form
7th - 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61)
7th - Cleve Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning
7th - University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
8th - Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
8th - Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
10th - 2-pound hailstones kill 23 & many cattle (Rostov, Russia)
10th - All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy
11th - Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M
13th - Draft law passes
13th - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
15th - 27th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 296 at Inwood CC in NY
15th - Italian parliament accepts new constitution
17th - Carl Mays gave up 13 runs & 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians
18th - England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey 19th - WRC-AM in Washington DC begins radio transmissions
20th - Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2
21st - Phillies score 12 in 6th & beat Cubs 17-4
22nd - Walter Johnson becomes 1st to strikeout 3,000 (en route to 3,508)
24th - Allied Powers & Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne
25th - German mark devalued to 600,000 Dmark=$1
29th - Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin
29th - KPD holds struggle day against fascism, in Germany
30th - New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
31st - Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 49 of 49

1st - Constance Ford, actress (Ada Hobson-Another World)
2nd - Wislawa Szymborska, Prowent, Poland, poet referred to as the 'Mozart of Poetry' (Nobel 1996), (d. 2012)
3rd - Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled
3rd - Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist
3rd - William Mills, painter
4th - Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor
5th - John McKay, WV, football coach (USC, Tampa Bay, 5X Rose Bowl champ)
6th - Cathy O'Donnell, Siluria AL, actress (Miniver Story, Man from Laramie)
6th - Marie McDonald, Burgin KY, singer/actress (Promises Promises)
6th - Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general/pres (1989-90)
7th - Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
7th - Roberto Caamano, composer
8th - Harrison Dillard, Cleve, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1948, 52)
10th - Jean Kerr, Scranton Pa, novelist (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
10th - G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (d. 1987)
10th - John Bradley, United States Navy corpsman, one of six who raised flag on top of Mt. Suribachi(see Iwo Jima) (d. 1994)
13th - Sudie Bond, Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising)
14th - Dale Robertson, Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty)
14th - Frances Lear, Larchmont NY, Woman's magazine publisher (Lears)
14th - Willie Steele, American Olympic gold medalist (d. 1989)
16th - Reginald Prentice, British government minister
16th - Chris Argyris, American educator
17th - John Cooper, English race car designer (d. 2000)
18th - Hector Tosar, composer
18th - Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (d. 1997)
19th - Pat Hingle, Denver Colo, actor (Baby Boom, Norma Rae, Bloody Mama)
19th - William A. Rusher, American columnist
20th - Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)
21st - Henny Alma, [Hendrika den Broek], Dutch actress (Soldier of Orange)
22nd - Robert J Dole, (Sen-R Kansas, 1969-95)/presidential candidate (R-1996)
22nd - Bob Dole, American politician
22nd - Lillian Ellison, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
22nd - Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976)
23rd - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)
23rd - Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (d. 1958)
23rd - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (d. 2001)
25th - Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (d. 2007)
26th - Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI)
26th - [James] Hoyt Wilhelm, knuckleball pitcher (Orioles)
26th - Jan Berenstain, American author, (d. 2012)
27th - Masutatsu Oyama, Japanese Kyokushin founder (d. 1994)
28th - Kent L Lee, US vice-admiral (WW II-Marianas/Palau)
28th - Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, secretary of state
28th - Michio Watanabe, politician
29th - Gordon Mitchell, American actor (d. 2003)
30th - Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian communist/leader of PKI (1951-65)
30th - John Richard Brinsley Norton, landowner
31st - Ahmet Ertegun, CEO (Atlantic Records)
31st - Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach and father of Chris Evert

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

4th - Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67
13th - Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], German(?) composer, dies at 80
14th - Louis Ganne, composer, dies at 61
16th - Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
20th - Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55