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List of events
Events from the year 1923 in the United States .
Incumbents
Governors and
lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama :
Thomas Kilby (
Democratic ) (until January 15),
William W. Brandon (
Democratic ) (starting January 15)
Governor of Arizona :
Thomas Edward Campbell (
Republican ) (until January 1),
George W. P. Hunt (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Arkansas :
Thomas Chipman McRae (
Democratic )
Governor of California :
William Stephens (
Republican ) (until January 9),
Friend Richardson (
Republican ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Colorado :
Oliver Henry Shoup (
Republican ) (until January 9),
William Ellery Sweet (
Democratic ) (starting January 9)
Governor of Connecticut :
Everett J. Lake (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Charles A. Templeton (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Delaware :
William D. Denney (
Republican )
Governor of Florida :
Cary A. Hardee (
Democratic )
Governor of Georgia :
Thomas W. Hardwick (
Democratic ) (until June 30),
Clifford Walker (
Democratic ) (starting June 30)
Governor of Idaho :
D. W. Davis (
Republican ) (until January 1),
Charles C. Moore (
Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Illinois :
Len Small (
Republican )
Governor of Indiana :
Warren T. McCray (
Republican )
Governor of Iowa :
Nathan E. Kendall (
Republican )
Governor of Kansas :
Henry J. Allen (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Jonathan M. Davis (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Kentucky :
Edwin P. Morrow (
Republican ) (until December 11),
William J. Fields (
Democratic ) (starting December 11)
Governor of Louisiana :
John M. Parker (
Democratic )
Governor of Maine :
Percival Proctor Baxter (
Republican )
Governor of Maryland :
Albert C. Ritchie (
Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts :
Channing H. Cox (
Republican )
Governor of Michigan :
Alex Groesbeck (
Republican )
Governor of Minnesota :
J. A. O. Preus (
Republican )
Governor of Mississippi :
Lee M. Russell (
Democratic )
Governor of Missouri :
Arthur M. Hyde (
Republican )
Governor of Montana :
Joseph M. Dixon (
Republican )
Governor of Nebraska :
Samuel R. McKelvie (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Charles W. Bryan (
Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Nevada :
Emmet D. Boyle (
Democratic ) (until January 1),
James G. Scrugham (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New Hampshire :
Albert O. Brown (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Fred H. Brown (
Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of New Jersey :
Edward I. Edwards (
Democratic ) (until January 15),
George Sebastian Silzer (
Democratic ) (starting January 15)
Governor of New Mexico :
Merritt C. Mechem (
Republican ) (until January 1),
James F. Hinkle (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New York :
Al Smith (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of North Carolina :
Cameron Morrison (
Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota :
Ragnvald A. Nestos (
Republican )
Governor of Ohio :
Harry L. Davis (
Republican ) (until January 8),
A. Victor Donahey (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Oklahoma :
Governor of Oregon :
Ben W. Olcott (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Walter M. Pierce (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Governor of Pennsylvania :
William Cameron Sproul (
Republican ) (until January 16),
Gifford Pinchot (
Republican ) (starting January 16)
Governor of Rhode Island :
Emery J. San Souci (
Republican ) (until January 2),
William S. Flynn (
Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Governor of South Carolina :
Wilson Godfrey Harvey (
Democratic ) (until January 16),
Thomas Gordon McLeod (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Governor of South Dakota :
William H. McMaster (
Republican )
Governor of Tennessee :
Alfred A. Taylor (
Republican ) (until January 16),
Austin Peay (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Governor of Texas :
Pat Morris Neff (
Democratic )
Governor of Utah :
Charles R. Mabey (
Republican )
Governor of Vermont :
James Hartness (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Redfield Proctor, Jr. (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Virginia :
Elbert Lee Trinkle (
Democratic )
Governor of Washington :
Louis Folwell Hart (
Republican )
Governor of West Virginia :
Ephraim F. Morgan (
Republican )
Governor of Wisconsin :
John J. Blaine (
Republican )
Governor of Wyoming :
Robert D. Carey (
Republican ) (until January 1),
William B. Ross (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama :
Nathan Lee Miller (
Democratic ) (until January 15),
Charles S. McDowell (
Democratic ) (starting January 15)
Lieutenant Governor of California :
Clement Calhoun Young (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado :
Earl Cooley (
Republican ) (until January 9),
Robert F. Rockwell (
Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut :
Charles A. Templeton (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Hiram Bingham (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware :
J. Danforth Bush (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho :
Charles C. Moore (
Republican ) (until January 1),
H. C. Baldridge (
Republican ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois :
Fred E. Sterling (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana :
Emmett Forrest Branch (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa :
John Hammill (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas :
Charles S. Huffman (
Republican ) (until January 9),
Ben Sanford Paulen (
Republican ) (starting January 9)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky :
S. Thruston Ballard (
Republican ) (until December 11),
Henry Denhardt (
Democratic ) (starting December 11)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana :
Hewitt Bouanchaud (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts :
Alvan T. Fuller (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan :
Thomas Read (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota :
Louis L. Collins (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi :
Homer H. Casteel (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri :
Hiram Lloyd (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana :
Nelson Story Jr. (political party unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska :
Pelham A. Barrows (
Republican ) (until January 3),
Fred G. Johnson (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada :
Maurice J. Sullivan (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : William H. Duckworth (
Republican ) (until January 1), Jose A. Baca (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of New York :
George R. Lunn (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina :
William B. Cooper (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota :
Howard R. Wood (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Frank H. Hyland (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio :
Clarence J. Brown Sr. (
Republican ) (until January 8),
Earl D. Bloom (
Democratic ) (starting January 8)
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma :
Martin E. Trapp (
Democratic ) (until November 19), vacant (starting November 19)
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania :
Edward E. Beidleman (
Republican ) (until January 20),
David J. Davis (
Republican ) (starting January 20)
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Harold Gross (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Felix A. Toupin (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : vacant (until January 16), E. B. Jackson (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota :
Carl Gunderson (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee :
William West Bond (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Eugene J. Bryan (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Texas : Lynch Davidson (
Democratic ) (until January 16),
Thomas Whitfield Davidson (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont :
Abram W. Foote (
Republican ) (until January 4),
Franklin S. Billings (
Republican ) (starting January 4)
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia :
Junius Edgar West (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington :
William J. Coyle (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin :
George F. Comings (
Republican )
Events
August 2: Vice President
Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th U.S. president following the death of President
Warren G. Harding
January–March
April–June
April 1 –
Safety Last! , a silent romantic comedy film starring
Harold Lloyd , is released.
April 4 –
Warner Bros. Film Studio is formally incorporated in the United States, as Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., by
Jack L. Warner ,
Harry Warner ,
Sam Warner and
Albert Warner .
April 6 –
Louis Armstrong makes his first recording, "Chimes Blues", with
King Oliver 's Creole Jazz Band.
April 15 –
Nihon Shōgakkō fire : 10 Japanese-American children are killed in a racially motivated arson attack on a Japanese Buddhist mission school in
Sacramento, California , by an itinerant Mexican-American serial arsonist.
[2]
April 18 – The first
Yankee Stadium opens its doors in
the Bronx ,
New York City .
May 9 – Southeastern
Michigan receives a record 6 inches (15 cm) of snow after temperatures plummeted from 62 °F (17 °C) to 34 °F (1 °C) degrees between 13:00-18:00 on the previous day.
[3]
May 15 –
Riegelmann Boardwalk at
Coney Island officially opened.
[4]
May 27 – The
Ku Klux Klan defies a law requiring publication of its members.
July–September
October–December
Undated
Ongoing
Births
Bob Dole
January 1 –
Daniel Gorenstein , mathematician (died
1992 )
January 3 –
Hank Stram , American football coach and broadcaster (died
2005 )
January 16 –
Anthony Hecht , poet (died
2004 )
January 29
January 31 –
Norman Mailer , writer (died
2007 )
February 2
February 13
February 20 –
Helen Murray Free , chemist and educator (died
2021 )
February 28
March 2 –
Bob Chinn , restaurateur (d.
2022 )
March 9
March 10 –
Val Logsdon Fitch , nuclear physicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics (died
2015 )
March 12 –
Mae Young , wrestler (died
2014 )
March 14 –
Diane Arbus , photographer (died
1971 )
March 27 –
Jack O'Neill , businessman (
O'Neill surfwear & equipment) (died
2017 )
April 1
April 3 –
Daniel Hoffman , poet (died
2013 )
April 13
April 23 –
Walter Pitts , logician and cognitive psychologist (died
1969 )
April 25
May 1 –
Joseph Heller , novelist (died
1999 )
May 16 –
Merton Miller , economist, recipient of the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (died
2000 )
May 27 –
Henry Kissinger ,
United States Secretary of State , recipient of the
1973 Nobel Peace Prize (died
2023 )
June 2 –
Lloyd Shapley , mathematician, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (died
2016 )
June 8 –
Malcolm Boyd , priest and author (died
2015 )
June 19 –
Geri M. Joseph , diplomat and political figure (died
2023 )
June 22 –
John Oldham , basketball player (died
2020 )
July 13 –
Ashley Bryan , children's book writer and illustrator (died
2022 )
July 14 –
Robert Zildjian , musical instrument manufacturer (
Sabian ) (died
2013 )
July 22
July 31 –
Stephanie Kwolek , polymer chemist (died
2014 )
August 3 –
Jean Hagen , actress (died
1977 )
[11]
August 10
August 20 –
Jim Reeves , country singer (died
1964 )
September 1 –
Rocky Marciano , boxer (died
1969 )
September 3
September 9 –
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek , virologist (died
2008 )
September 17 –
Hank Williams , country musician (died
1953 )
September 18 –
Al Quie , politician (died
2023 )
September 26 –
Jack Oliver , geophysicist (died
2011 )
October 1 –
Babe McCarthy , basketball coach (died
1975 )
October 2 –
Hershel W. Williams ,
Medal of Honour recipient (died
2022 )
October 4 –
Charlton Heston , film actor (died
2008 )
October 20 –
Robert Craft , orchestral conductor (died
2015 )
October 23
October 27 –
Roy Lichtenstein , pop artist (died
1997 )
November 6 –
Robert P. Griffin , U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1966 to 1979 (died
2015 )
November 8 –
Jack Kilby , electrical engineer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (died
2005 )
November 9
November 18
November 23
November 26 –
Nat Allbright , sports commentator (died
2011 )
December 2 –
Maria Callas , singer (died
1977 )
December 10 –
Harold Gould , actor (died
2010 )
December 11
December 12 –
Bob Barker , game show host (died
2023 )
December 13
December 23 –
James Stockdale , U.S. Navy admiral and vice presidential candidate (died
2005 )
December 24 –
George Patton IV , U.S. Army general (died
2004 )
December 29
Deaths
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(August 2011 )
Warren G. Harding
January 1 –
Willie Keeler , baseball player (born
1872 )
January 18 –
Wallace Reid , actor (born
1891 )
February 6 –
Edward Emerson Barnard , astronomer (born
1857 )
February 14 –
Charles Henry Turner , African American entomologist (born
1867 )
February 15 –
Minnie Willis Baines , author (born
1845 )
[13]
February 24 –
Edward W. Morley , scientist (born
1838 )
February 26
March 3 –
Melancthon J. Briggs , lawyer and politician (born
1846 )
March 6 –
Joseph McDermott , actor (born
1878 )
March 15 –
Goat Anderson , baseball player (born
1880 )
April 6 –
Alice Cunningham Fletcher , ethnologist and anthropologist (born 1838)
April 11 –
Mary Treat , naturalist (born
1830 )
April 28 –
Knute Nelson , Governor of Minnesota from 1893 to 1895 and U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1895 to 1923 (born
1843 in Norway )
August 2 –
Warren G. Harding , 29th
president of the United States from 1921 to 1923 (born
1865 )
August 10 –
Laura Redden Searing , deaf poet and journalist (born
1839 )
October 19 –
Eleanor Norcross , painter (born
1854 )
October 23 –
Hannah Johnston Bailey , temperance advocate and suffragist (born 1839)
November 11 –
Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye , biographer (born
1858 )
November 17 –
Mary Bigelow Ingham , author, educator, and religious worker (born
1832 )
December 28 –
Frank Hayes , actor (born
1871 )
See also
References
^ O'Dell, Larry.
"Anti-Evolution Movement" . Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture . Oklahoma Historical Society.
Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2010 .
^ "Fire Fiend Unmasked". Los Angeles Times . August 17, 1923. p. I1.
ProQuest
161579022 .
^
"May Snow Storm" . National Weather Service. Retrieved October 27, 2009 .
^
"Crowds at Coney To Open Boardwalk" . The New York Times . 1923-05-16.
Archived from the original on 2019-07-24.
^ Hayward, John T. (August 1978). "Comment and Discussion". United States Naval Institute Proceedings .
^ Powers, Roger S. (2012).
Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action . Routledge.
ISBN
978-1-136-76482-0 .
^
"The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti" . Washington Post . Retrieved 19 August 2022 .
^
"Volstead Act | History, Definition, & Significance | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 15 August 2022 .
^
"Ex-White House aide hid from mob for 18 years, son says" . The New York Times . November 30, 1991. Retrieved February 24, 2009 .
^ Martin, Douglas (September 27, 2005).
"Don Adams, Television's Maxwell Smart, Dies at 82" . The New York Times .
^
"Jean Hagen" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 27 June 2020 .
^
Charles Sellers, 98, Historian Who Upset the Postwar Consensus, Dies
^
"Article Written by Mrs. Miller is Read at Funeral" . Springfield News-Sun . 17 February 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 19 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain .
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