What Happened in December 1923

Historical Events

Historic Communication

Dec 6 1st US Presidential address broadcast on radio by President Calvin Coolidge

30th US President Calvin Coolidge — 30th US President
Calvin Coolidge

Dec 8 German-US friendship treaty signed
Dec 8 Labour/Liberals win British parliament
Dec 8 Salary & price freeze in Germany
Dec 10 Polish government of Grabski forms
Dec 14 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings)
Dec 17 Greek king George II overthrown by army/republic
Dec 18 International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco
Dec 21 Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation
Dec 22 Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict
Dec 23 Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000
Dec 25 Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St NYC

Assassination Attempt

Dec 27 Emperor Hirohito of Japan narrowly evades an assassination attempt by a Korean independence activist, Lee Bong-chang

Emperor of Japan Hirohito — Emperor of Japan
Hirohito

Event of Interest

Dec 28 George Bernard Shaw's "St Joan" premieres in NYC

Playwright George Bernard Shaw — Playwright
George Bernard Shaw

Dec 31 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester
Dec 31 BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID
Dec 31 Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots," premieres in New York City

Famous Birthdays

Dec 1 Stansfield Turner, American admiral and CIA director (1977-81), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 2018)
Dec 1 Morris, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke) (d. 2001)
Dec 2 Maria M Callas, American soprano (Carmen), born in NYC, New York
Dec 2 Meshulam Riklis, husband of Pia Zadora
Dec 3 Tom Fears, NFL end (LA Rams)
Dec 3 Trevor Bailey, England, cricket all-rounder (batted & ran)
Dec 4 Charles Keating, district attorney (Los Angeles California)
Dec 4 John Krish, British documentary filmmaker (Let My People Go), born in London (d. 2016)
Dec 5 Vladimir Tendryakov, Russian writer (Three, Seven, Ace), born in Makarovskaya, Vologda Oblast (d. 1984)
Dec 5 Johnny Pate, American jazz bassist (Chicago soul), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois
Dec 7 Ted Knight [Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka], American actor (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort), born in Terryville, Connecticut (d. 1986)
Dec 8 Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist
Dec 10 Abelardo Quinteros, composer
Dec 10 Harold Gould, American character actor (The Sting, The Golden Girls, Rhoda, Big Bus), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 2010)
Dec 10 Jorge Semprun, French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z)
Dec 11 Betsy Blair [Elizabeth Boger], American actress (Marty, A Double Life), born in Cliffside Park, New Jersey (d. 2009)
Dec 12 Bob Barker, American TV game show host (The Price is Right, Truth or Consequences), born in Darrington, Washington
Dec 12 Ken Kavanagh, Australian racing driver
Dec 13 Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP)
Dec 13 Antoni Tapies, painter, sculptor, and theorist (Dau al Set), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2012)
Dec 13 Frankie Fraser, English gangster who spent 42 years in jail, born in London, England (d. 2012)
Dec 14 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings, Dear Guys)
Dec 14 Leonardus S van Egeraat, Dutch travel expert
Dec 14 Irving "Sully" Boyar, American actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Car Wash), born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (d. 2001)
Dec 15 Freeman Dyson, English-born American physicist
Dec 15 Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (d. 2002)
Dec 15 Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and statesman
Dec 16 Tip [Silvio A] Marugg, Antillian writer (Weekend pilgrimage)
Dec 16 Werner Haentjes, composer
Dec 17 Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (d. 2006)
Dec 18 Lotti [Charlotte] van der Gaag, Dutch sculptor/painter
Dec 19 Luigi Innocenti, designer
Dec 19 Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, The Professionals, The Great Escape), born in Glasgow, Scotland(d. 1990)
Dec 21 Intizar Hussain, Urdu writer and columnist, born in Dibai, Bulandshahr (d. 2016) (approx. date)
Dec 22 Heinz Bernhard [Löwenstein], German-born British actor and director (Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof), born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1994)
Dec 23 James Stockdale, admiral (Vietnam)/Ross Perot's 1992 running mate
Dec 23 Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster
Dec 23 Leonard Stern, American producer/TV writer (Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart), born in NYC, New York
Dec 23 Lucas M Mangope, 1st president of Bophuthatswana (1977-94)
Dec 23 Milt Okun, American music producer and arranger (John Denver, Peter, Paul and Mary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)
Dec 23 Ruth Roman, American actress (Strangers on a Train, Knots Landing, Dallas), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
Dec 23 Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist
Dec 23 Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor
Dec 23 Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (d. 1954)
Dec 24 Wilton S Mkwayi, South African ANC leader
Dec 24 George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)
Dec 24 Michael DiBiase, American wrestler (d. 1969)
Dec 25 Louis Lane, Eagle Pass Texas, conductor (Oere Orch 1968-73)
Dec 28 Andrew Duggan, American character actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1988)
Dec 30 Sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi)

Famous Divorces

Divorce of Interest

Dec 18 Jazz musician Louis Armstrong (22) divorces Daisy Parker after 5 years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Dec 1 Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (b. 1836)
Dec 2 Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72
Dec 8 Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88
Dec 12 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20
Dec 14 Giuseppi Gallignani, composer, dies at 72
Dec 16 Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50
Dec 22 Arthur H. Bird, American composer, dies at 67
Dec 26 Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)

Gustave Eiffel

Dec 27 Gustave Eiffel [Alexandre], engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91

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