April 1923 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1923 First sound short films shown in New York's Rivoli Theatre.
• 05 Apr 1923 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
• 06 Apr 1923 The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia.
• 07 Apr 1923 Workers Party of America (New York City) becomes official communist party.
• 10 Apr 1923 Hitler demands hatred & more hatred in Berlin
• 12 Apr 1923 The ''Kandersteg International Scout Centre'' comes into existence.
• 13 Apr 1923 Army wins the first college three-weapon fencing championship.
• 14 Apr 1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 metres.
• 15 Apr 1923 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
• 17 Apr 1923 Longest NL opening game, Phillies and Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
• 18 Apr 1923 Poland annexes Central Lithuania.
• 19 Apr 1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers.
• 23 Apr 1923 The Gdynia seaport is inaugurated.
• 24 Apr 1923 Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers.
• 26 Apr 1923 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
• 27 Apr 1923 Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol / Alto Adige
• 28 Apr 1923 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers versus West Ham United (FA Cup).

Famous Birthday

• Bettie Page

  American Beauty Queen and model, the pan ultimate pin-up babe.

• Aaron Spelling

  American film maker, listed by Guinness Book of World Records as the most prolific producer in prime-time TV.

• Albert King

  American blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at age 71 (born 1923).

• Ann Miller

  American dancer who starred in Broadway's "Sugar Babies," alongside Mickey Rooney, and was said to be able to dance 500 taps per minute.

• Diana Vandenberg

  Dutch painter who did paintings of astrological inspiration and whose later work was surrealistic.

• Mother Angelica

  American nun and broadcaster.

• Anita Björk
• Frank Westmore

  American cosmetician who was a make-up man for big movies with the House of Westmore Beauty Salon.

• Anna Salvatore

  Italian painter, acclaimed.

• Don Adams

  American actor and comedian (d. 2005).

• Nguyen Van Thieu

  President of South Vietnam (Born 1923).

• Gloria Henry

  American actress who was noted for playing the mom on TV's "Dennis the Menace.

• Lindsay Anderson

  Indian-English actor director and screenwriter (d. 1994).

• Edmond Malinvaud
• Tito Puente

  American drummer and producer (d. 2000).

• Lon McCallister

  American actor who received his first big break in "Stage Door Canteen," 1941, going on to star in "Home in Indiana," 1944.

• Marilyn Sheppard

  American homicide victim beaten to death 7/04/1954 in her own bed while her husband, Sam, was napping downstairs.

• Eleanora Kimmel

  German-American astrologer who studied astrology in Denver, Colorado and incorporated the Cosmobiology Research Foundation in August 1972.

• Jean Cuminal

  French ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic Monsignor.

• John Mortimer

  British barrister, screenwriter and author.

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Famous Deaths

• Mauritius H Binger

  Director / producer (Living Ladder).

• Thomas Paine Westendorf

  Composer, dies at 75.

• L Martov [Joulij O Tsederbaum]

  Russian revolutionary, dies at age 49.

• George Herbert

  5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (Born 1866).

• John Venn

  English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923).

• Louis-Olivier Taillon

  Canadian lawyer and politician 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Marion Harris - Aggravatin' Papa
2. Nora Bayes - Who Did You Fool, After All?
3. Isham Jones & His Orchestra - Ivy, Cling to Me
4. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
5. Jan Garber & His Orchestra - Haunting Blues