1923

Year 1923 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January-February

 * - of all   companies into four larger companies.
 * - seizes and annexes.
 * - Troops from and   to force  to pay its reparation payments.
 * - invents the, a  with an unpowered rotor.
 * - 's campus is destroyed by a fire.
 * - :  visits the city, at the invitation of scientist.

March-April

 * March -  by appears on a Paris stage.  Settings by, music by , and costumes by .   played the part of.
 * decommissioned.
 * adopts the.
 * -  hits newsstands for the first time.
 * - suffers a stroke, his third, which renders him bedridden and unable to speak; consequently he retires his position as Chairman of the  government.
 * -, air force of Fascist Italy, is founded.
 * April - End of.
 * - The first Prefects Board in is formed in,.
 * - came into existence.
 * Ceremonial inauguration of seaport.
 * The House that Ruth Built: opens in.
 * - is discovered in.
 * - Wedding of and  in.
 * - The date when Turkish Council was founded by.
 * - Wedding of and  in.
 * - The date when Turkish Council was founded by.

May-June

 * - Creation of
 * - Launch of 's Airlines.
 * - defies law requiring publication of its members.
 * - in  - prime minister  is ousted (he is killed ).
 * - President Li abandoned his residence because a warlord had commanded forces to surround the mansion and cut off water and electric supplies of the residence in order to force him to abandon his post.
 * - Storm of in  concludes the  and the
 * - volcano erupts - 60,000 made homeless.
 * - is formed on the initiative of the  railroad workers. The name given at the time was CFR Bucureşti.

July-August

 * - Large stones kill 23 in,.
 * - night - Assassination of.
 * - The, settling the boundaries of modern , is signed in by ,  and other countries that fought in the.
 * -, 29th , (1921 - 1923) dies in office and is succeeded by (1923-1929).
 * First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia, newly constructed seaport.
 * is named and founds a  in.
 * is named and founds a  in.

September-October

 * - devastates  and, killing  an estimated 142,807 people.
 * - In, the first American , the , takes to the sky for the first time.
 * - Italian navy occupies in retaliation of murder of an Italian officer.  protests and they leave.
 * - : Seven  s ran aground off the  coast.
 * - founded the.
 * - joins.
 * - Military coup in -  takes over, setting up a.
 * - in  erupts, consumed some 640 structures, including 584 homes in the densely-built neighborhoods north of the campus of the.
 * - - Newspaper printers strike in New York.
 * - In, declares independence from.
 * - replaces  as the capital of.
 * - in, became 's prime minister.
 * - becomes a  following the dissolution of the.

November-December

 * - : In, leads the  in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government; police and troops crush the attempt the next day.
 * - Her Highness marries Captain Charles Alexander Carnegie in Wellington Barracks,.
 * - The in Germany reaches its height. One  is worth 4,200,000,000,000,000  (4.2 quadrillion).  abolishes the old.
 * - 's coalition government collapses.
 * - In, the river dam bursts - 600 dead.
 * - Assassination attempt against the crown prince of in.

Undated

 * Unemployment insurance scheme introduced in Queensland.
 * flag carrier airline is started in Aero Oy.
 * is set up.
 * International Police Conference in Vienna.
 * (formerly The Egyptian Feminist Union) is established in.
 * s banned in Spain for 10 years.
 * Police strike in.
 * established.
 * becomes part of the movement for in the United States.
 * introduced into the upper in

Ongoing

 * (–1923).

January - February

 * , n (d. )
 * , Canadian World War II spy (d. )
 * -, American record producer (d. )
 * -, Argentine writer (d. )
 * -, Canadian literary critic (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * , major league baseball player and coach
 * , inventor of Kevlar fibers
 * -, Swedish scientist, recipient of the
 * -, American actress
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American writer and journalist
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American writer and journalist


 * , American poet and author (d. )
 * , American gossip columnist
 * -, Irish author (d. )
 * -, Italian opera singer
 * -, Italian film and opera director
 * , Lebanese-born violinist (d. )
 * , American pilot and NASA official
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American cellist
 * -, American jazz saxophone player (d. )
 * -, American cellist
 * -, American jazz saxophone player (d. )

March - April

 * -, British astronomer and broadcaster
 * -, American television personality
 * -, Austrian-born physicist, recipient of the
 * -, American nuclear physicist, laureate
 * -, astronaut (d. )
 * - Shri Mataji, Indian founder of Sahaja Yoga
 * -, world renown French (d. )
 * -, Dutch cyclist (d. )
 * -, American comedian
 * -, Jamaican-born poet
 * -, Canadian writer (d. )


 * -, British mathematician
 * -, Mexican comedian (d. )
 * , American political cartoonist (d. )
 * , Irish actor (d. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (d. )
 * -, American founder of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
 * , American model
 * , American television producer and writer (d. )
 * -, Governor of Texas
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )

May - June

 * -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, composer, musician, conductor, poet and author (d. )
 * -, British philosopher (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, American economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * , Swiss mathematician (d. )
 * , writer (d. )
 * , American football coach
 * -, American actor
 * -, , recipient of the
 * , Hungarian composer (d. )
 * ,, Indian (Telugu) film actor (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * , Hungarian composer (d. )
 * ,, Indian (Telugu) film actor (d. )
 * - (d. )


 * -, Australian writer (d. )
 * -, Slovakian-born media entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, American basketball radio announcer (d. )
 * -, American comedian
 * -, American baseball player

July - August

 * -, Polish writer, laureate
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor
 * -, American athlete
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, Polish economist and journalist (d. )
 * -, Canadian chemist, laureate
 * , American politician and Presidential candidate
 * , Indian singer (d. )
 * , Cuban player (d. )
 * , American singer
 * , American actress
 * -, Indian educationist
 * -, founder of.
 * -, Indian educationist
 * -, founder of.


 * -, third  (d. )
 * -, Brazilian cartoonist and playwright
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * ,, recipient of the
 * , British comedian and game show host (d. )
 * -, American educational psychologist
 * -, German conductor and pianist
 * -, Chairman of the BBC (d. )
 * -, Chairman of the BBC (d. )

September - October

 * , American boxer (d. )
 * , Canadian businessman and art collector (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist
 * - King (d. )
 * -, British composer and actress (d. )
 * -, American virologist, recipient of the
 * -, Indian guru (d. )
 * -, of
 * -, American country musician (d. )
 * -, Irish-born poet (d. )
 * -, Welsh poet
 * -, Indian actor
 * -, Welsh poet
 * -, Indian actor


 * -, Dominican politician (d. )
 * -, Icelandic professional football player and politician (d. )
 * -, British actress
 * -, Dutch football (soccer) player (d. )
 * -, Italian writer (d. )
 * -, Hall of Fame college football coach (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , British political broadcaster (d. )
 * -, British-born American poet (d. )
 * -, British-born American poet (d. )

November - December

 * , Catalan soprano (d. )
 * , Canadian author (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish clergyman (d. )
 * -, American electrical engineer, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American astronaut (d. )
 * -, South African writer, laureate
 * -, Canadian film director
 * -, American harness driver and trainer (d. )
 * -, American harness driver and trainer (d. )


 * -, Greek soprano (d. )
 * -, American game show host
 * , American physicist, laureate
 * , baseball player (d. )
 * , Catalan painter
 * , Dutch writer (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, English-born physicist
 * -, American historian (d. )
 * , Italian conductor
 * , U.S. Navy admiral (d. )
 * -, American general (d. )
 * -, World War II heroine (d. )
 * date unknown -, / and
 * -, American general (d. )
 * -, World War II heroine (d. )
 * date unknown -, / and

Deaths

 * Mohammad Ya`qub Khan, Emir of Kabul, Emir of Kandahar (b. )

January - June

 * , British novelist (b. )
 * , for murder (or adultery; b.  )
 * -, Hungarian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. )
 * -, Polish artist, political activist and assassin (executed) (b. )
 * -, Japanese military leader (b. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, French statesman (b. )
 * -, Dutch physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, French actress (b. )
 * - Sir, Scottish chemist (b. )
 * -, French general (b. )
 * -, British mathematician (b. )
 * -, English financier of Egyptian excavations (b. )
 * -, Grand Duchess of Baden (b. )
 * -, third daughter of (b. )
 * -, Finnish author (b. )
 * -, Finnish author (b. )

July - December

 * -, music hall comedian (b. )
 * -, Mexican revolutionary (b. )
 * -, 29th (b. )
 * -, 21st (b. )
 * -, 8th President of Brazil (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * (among those killed in Beer Hall Putsch):
 * , businessman (b. )
 * , student (b. )
 * , diplomat and revolutionary (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French author (b. )
 * -, Swiss painter (b. )
 * date unknown -, Norwegian-American artist (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - Not awarded
 * - Not awarded
 * - Not awarded
 * - Not awarded
 * - Not awarded