Today in History for May 1923

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 24 of 24

2nd - Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
3rd - 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
4th - Bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna
4th - NY state revokes Prohibition law
7th - Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad
8th - Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* v Somerset at Bath
11th - 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cards
12th - 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
13th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)
15th - Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms
17th - Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC)
19th - 49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4
19th - KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies
20th - Stanley Baldwin, becomes PM of UK
22nd - Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier
23rd - 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain
23rd - Launch of Belgium's SABENA airline.
25th - Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader
26th - 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run
26th - Socialist Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg
28th - Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
28th - US unemployment has nearly ended
30th - Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres
31st - China & USSR exchange diplomats

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 57 of 57

1st - Joseph Heller, Bkln NY, novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award)
2nd - Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer
3rd - Ralph M Hall, (Rep-D-TX, 1981- )
3rd - George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist and conductor
4th - Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)
4th - Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author
5th - Godfrey Quigley, actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney)
5th - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003)
6th - Elizabeth Sellars, Glasgow Scotland, actress (Chalk Garden)
6th - Guiseppe Martelli, physicist
6th - Vladimir Etush, Russian actor
7th - Anne Baxter, Mich City Ind, actr (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel)
7th - Pete V Domenici, (Sen-R-NM, 1973- )
9th - Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008)
10th - John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop)
10th - Heydar Aliyev, Ex-President and Leader of Azerbaijan Republic (d. 2003)
11th - Joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir (Army Nursing Services)
11th - Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire
11th - Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon
12th - Ewart G Abner, record company executive
12th - Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
12th - Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire
14th - Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar)
14th - Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician
15th - Richard Avedon, US, photographer (1957 ASMP award)
15th - John Lanchbery, English composer (d. 2003)
15th - Johnny Walker, Indian actor (d. 2003)
16th - Merton Miller, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
17th - Michael Beetham, Marshal (RAF)
17th - Miles Wingate, deputy master (Trinity House)
17th - Peter Mennin[i], Erie Pennsylvania, composer (Moby Dick)
18th - Liam Sullivan, Jacksonville Ill, actor (Mapoy-Monroes)
20th - Edith Fellows, Boston, actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets)
20th - Hugh Beach, British General
20th - Samuel Selvon, author
21st - Bettye Danoff, LPGA golfer
21st - Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter
21st - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003)
23rd - Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica)
23rd - Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52)
24th - Paul Bramley, oral surgeon
24th - Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan)
25th - John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places)
26th - Horst Tapper, German director/actor (Derrick)
26th - James Arness, Minneapolis MN, actor (Matt Dillon-Gunsmoke, Thing)
26th - Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of National Farmers Organization (1955-79)
26th - Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor (Wizard)
27th - Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (1973)
27th - Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff
27th - Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur
28th - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star (Patala Bhairavi)
28th - György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006)
29th - Earl of Morley, Lord Lt (Devon)
29th - Richard Worsley, quarter master General
30th - Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)
31st - Clint Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949- )
31st - Wolfgang Lesser, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

10th - Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated
14th - Charles de Freycinet, French prime minister (b. 1828)
20th - Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies
30th - Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63
30th - Charles Fichardt, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 2 Tests 1892-96), dies