What Happened in April 1923

Historical Events

Apr 3 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary

Inflatable Tires

Apr 5 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires

Apr 6 The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia
Apr 7 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in NYC) by Dr K Winfield Ney
Apr 7 Workers Party of America (NYC) becomes official communist party
Apr 9 In 'Adkins vs Children's Hospital', the US Supreme Court finds that the minimum wage law for women and children, adopted by the District of Columbia, is unconstitutional
Apr 9 Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman" premieres in Dublin

"Hatred and More Hatred"

Apr 10 Adolf Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin, Germany

Apr 13 US Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships
Apr 14 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
Apr 15 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (NYC)
Apr 15 Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics

27th Boston Marathon

Apr 16 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in 2:23:37.4 for second straight year; 3rd race victory

Apr 17 Longest NL opening game, Phillies & Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
Apr 18 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium
Apr 18 Poland annexes Central Lithuania
Apr 19 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
Apr 23 Inauguration ceremonies take place at Gdynia, Poland to mark its new status as a temporary military port and fishers' shelter
Apr 24 General harbor strike begins in NYC
Apr 28 Wembley Stadium opens - Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)

Events in 1923

Famous Birthdays

Apr 1 Robert "Bobby" Jordan, American actor (Dead End Kids, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild), born in Harrison, New York (d. 1965)
Apr 2 Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
Apr 2 Gloria Henry [McEniry], American actress (Dennis the Menace), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2021) [1]
Apr 2 Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment) (d. 1994)
Apr 3 Jan Sterling [Jane Adriance], American actress (Ace in the Hole, The High and the Mighty), born in New York City (d. 2004)
Apr 3 John Smith, English landowner, financier and Philanthropist (National Trust, Landmark Trust), born in London (d. 2007) [1]
Apr 4 Manon Alving, Dutch actress (The Assault, Short American), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 2010)
Apr 4 Peter Vaughan, British actor (Porridge, Game of Thrones), born in Wem, Shropshire, England (d. 2016)
Apr 5 Ernest Mandel, Belgian philosopher and economist (Marxist), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1995)
Apr 5 Michael V Gazzo, American playwright and actor (The Godfather Part II, Fear City), born in Hillside, New Jersey (d. 1995)

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923-2001)

Apr 5 President of South Vietnam (1965-75), born in Phan Rang, Vietnam

Apr 5 Stanley Orme, British Labour Party politician, born in Sale, Cheshire (d. 2005)
Apr 8 Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (Knight Rider), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1997)
Apr 8 Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (Carmen), born in Ancona, Italy (d. 2003)
Apr 8 George Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
Apr 9 Bruno Kiefer, German-born Brazilian composer, born in Baden-Baden, Germany (d. 1987)
Apr 9 Dann Cahn, American film editor (I Love Lucy, Beverly Hillbillies), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2012)
Apr 10 John Watkins, South African cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 29 wickets, 3 x 50s; Natal), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2021)
Apr 11 Theodore Isaac Rubin, American psychiatrist and author credited with popularising psychotherapy, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2019)
Apr 12 Ann Miller [Johnnie Lucille Collier], American actress, dancer, and singer (On the Town), born in Chireno, Texas (d. 2004)

Don Adams (1923-2005)

Apr 13 American comedian and Emmy Award-winning actor (Get Smart; Tennessee Tuxedo; The Bill Dana Show), born in New York City

Apr 13 Mari Blanchard, American actress and femme fatale (Kathy-Klondike), born in Long Beach, California (d. 1970)
Apr 14 Roberto De Vicenzo, Argentine golfer (British Open 1967; US Masters 1968 runner-up), born in Villa Ballester, Argentina (d. 2017)
Apr 15 Douglas Wass, British civil servant (Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury, 1974-83), born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England (d. 2017)
Apr 16 Bennie Green, American swing jazz and soul trombonist (Earl Hines), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1977)
Apr 16 Stewart Adams, English pharmacologist (developed Ibuprofen), born in Byfield, England (d. 2019) [1]

Harry Reasoner (1923-1991)

Apr 17 American newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS), born in Dakota City, Iowa

Apr 17 Lindsay Anderson, British director (Thursday's Children), born in Bangalore, India (d. 1994)
Apr 17 Lloyd Biggle Jr., American sci-fi author (Silence is Deadly), born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2002)
Apr 17 Norman Potter, English cabinetmaker, designer and writer, born in London (d. 1995)
Apr 17 Solly Hemus, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies) and manager (St. Louis Cardinals 1959–61), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2017)
Apr 18 Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, British engineer, politician and CEO (Equal Opportunities Comm), born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (d. 2015)
Apr 18 Leif Panduro, Danish writer ('k Have varnish on traditions), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1977)
Apr 20 Mother Angelica, Catholic American Franciscan nun, born in Canton, Ohio (d. 2016)
Apr 20 Tito Puente, American mambo and Latin jazz bandleader ("Oye Como Va"), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2000)
Apr 21 John Mortimer, English barrister, screenwriter and author (A Voyage Round My Father), born in London, England (d. 2009)
Apr 22 Aaron Spelling, American television producer (Charlie's Angels), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2006)
Apr 22 Avis Bunnage, British actress (Rising Damp, Coronation Street), born in Ardwick, Manchester, England (d. 1990)

Bettie Page (1923-2008)

Apr 22 American pinup model considered the 'Queen of Pinups' and the 'Dark Angel', born in Nashville, Tennessee

Apr 22 Hugh Lloyd, British actor (Hugh and I, Punch & Judy Man), born in Chester, England (d. 2008)
Apr 22 Paula Fox, American writer for children (The Slave Dancer) and adults, born in New York City (d. 2017)
Apr 23 Antonino Rocca, Italian-Argentine professional wrestler, born in Treviso, Veneto, Italy (d. 1977)
Apr 23 Avram Davidson, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1993)
Apr 23 Dolph Briscoe, American businessman and 41st Governor of Texas (1973-79), born in Uvalde, Texas (d. 2010)
Apr 23 James Kirkup, English travel writer, poet and novelist (African in Greenland), born in South Shields, County Durham, England (d. 2009)
Apr 23 Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, South African singer (Manhattan Brothers) and actor, born in Pimville, Union of South Africa (d. 1995)

Walter Pitts (101 years old)

Apr 23 American logician ("A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity" with Warren McCulloch), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1969)

Apr 24 Gus Bodnar, Canadian NHL center (NHL record 3 assists in 21 seconds 1952), born in Fort William, Ontario (d. 2005)
Apr 24 Jim Hardy, American NFL quarterback (LA Rams; Pro Bowl 1950), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2019)
Apr 25 Albert King [Nelson], American blues guitarist and singer ("Born Under A Bad Sign"; "That's What The Blues Is About"), born in Indianola, Mississippi (d. 1992)
Apr 25 Anita Björk, Swedish actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People), born in Tällberg, Sweden (d. 2012)
Apr 25 Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer and 13th Astronomer Royal (1982-90)
Apr 25 Melissa Hayden, Canadian ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2006)
Apr 26 Oliver Millar, British art historian (served in the Royal Household for 41 years), born in Standon, Hertfordshire (d. 2007)
Apr 28 Adele Mara [Adelaida Delgado], American actress, singer and dancer (Cool Million, Wheels), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 2010)
Apr 28 William Guarnere, American WWII veteran and author, portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
Apr 29 Irvin Kershner, American director (Never Say Never Again), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
Apr 29 Maxine Audley, British actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards), born in London, England (d. 1992)
Apr 30 Al Lewis [Alexander Meister], American actor (The Munsters, Used Cars), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
Apr 30 Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13), born in Heywood, Lancashire, England (d. 1993)
Apr 30 George Byatt, Scottish playwright (The Clyde Is Red) (d. 1996)
Apr 30 Joseph Howze, American Roman Catholic bishop, 1st African American Bishop to be appointed in 20th century, born in Daphne, Alabama (d. 2019)

Born in 1923

Famous Weddings

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother & George VI

Apr 26 English prince Albert Duke of York (George VI) (27) marries Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (22) at Westminster Abbey

Walter Hagen

Apr 30 Golfer champion Walter Hagen (30) weds Edna Straus at the Hotel Biltmore in New York

Famous Deaths

Apr 2 Michel Théato, Luxembourgian athlete (Olympic gold representing France, marathon 1900), dies at 45
Apr 4 John Venn, English mathematician (Venn Diagram), dies at 88
Apr 4 L. Martov [Yuly Osipovich Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary (leader of the Mensheviks), dies at 49
Apr 5 George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier and Egyptologist who funded the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, dies at 56 after a severe mosquito bite became infected by a razor cut
Apr 6 Alice Cunningham Fletcher, American ethnologist and anthropologist who studied native American culture (advocated for Dawes Act), dies at 85
Apr 9 Mauritius H Binger, director and producer (Living Ladder), dies
Apr 19 Thomas Payne Westendorf, American songwriter ("I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"), dies at 75
Apr 25 Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician, dies at 82

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