Historical Events in May 1923

Event of Interest

May 1 Adolf Hitler and Ernst Rohm attempt to break up socialist May Day demonstrates, inviting Nazis from as far away as Nuremberg to take part in the violence

Sports History

May 2 MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0

May 3 1st nonstop north American transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
May 4 Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist & police in Vienna
May 4 New York state revokes its Mullan-Gage Act Prohibition law; federal Volstead Act still in place
May 7 Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad

Cricket History

May 8 England Test opening batsman Jack Hobbs scores his 100th 1st-class cricket 100 with 116 not out for Surry v Somerset at Bath

May 11 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cardinals at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia
May 12 48th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
May 13 Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter for "One of Ours"
May 15 Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms
May 17 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School, South Carolina

49th Kentucky Derby

May 19 49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande wins aboard Zev for his first Derby success

May 19 KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies
May 23 Launch of Belgium's SABENA airline: first flight from Brussels to Lympne, England

Event of Interest

May 24 Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British Prime Minister

May 25 Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader
May 26 Inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for cars starts through public roads around Le Mans, France; inaugural winners: André Lagache and René Léonard (France) for Chenard & Walcker
May 26 Socialist Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg
May 28 US Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere

Hansen's Nordic Premieres

May 30 Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic" premieres

May 30 Indianapolis 500: 1921 champion Tommy Milton becomes first multiple race winner; Howdy Wilcox drives relief for laps 103-151 as Milton's hands are bandaged due to blisters
May 31 China & USSR exchange diplomats
May 31 The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) forms in Durban, South Africa, with Omar Hajee Amod Jhaveri as President