August 1923 calendar

Events

• 02 Aug 1923 Former US President Warren Harding dies at Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California.
• 03 Aug 1923 Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding
• 09 Aug 1923 New York State Golf Association formed.
• 11 Aug 1923 Dutch Premier de Geer resigns
• 12 Aug 1923 Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as Minister of Finances
• 13 Aug 1923 Germany: Gustav Stresemann becomes Premier of coalition government
• 15 Aug 1923 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
• 18 Aug 1923 37th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61)
• 20 Aug 1923 London harbor strike ends
• 22 Aug 1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4)
• 23 Aug 1923 Capt. Lowell Smith and Lt. John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
• 24 Aug 1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2)
• 30 Aug 1923 Hurricane season begins, with a tropical storm northeast of Turks and Caicos.
• 31 Aug 1923 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)

Famous Birthday

• Roger Pierre

  French humourist and actor, widely known for his role of Jean Le Gall in "Mon Oncle d'Amérique".

• Shimon Peres

  Israeli politician born in the USSR, a cabinet minister and colleague of Rabin, co-architect of the peace process in the mid-east.

• Jean-Marc Thibault

  French actor (mainly in TV series) and filmmaker.

• Richard Attenborough

  English actor, film director, producer and entrepreneur.

• Jim Reeves

  American country western singer, known for his velvety smooth baritone.

• Mário Cesariny
• Rose Marie (actress)
• René Sieffert
• Catherine Langeais

  French television presenter and actress, who was probably the most popular female presenter (speakerine) of French television, from the end...

• Rhonda Fleming

  American actress, a beautiful redhead with dazzling green eyes who photographed great in Technicolor, often playing femme fatale roles.

• Robert Sabatier

  French poet and writer who authored numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems.

• Roland Ménard
• Jean Prat

  French rugby player, nicknamed ‘’Mr.

• Giorgio Albertazzi

  Italian actor and film director.

• Angela Gallo

  American astrologer, co-editor and publisher of "The Rising Sign," 1971-1976 and co-author with Robert Prete of "Celebrity Horoscopes.

• Pierre Chaunu

  French historian, specializing in Latin American history.

• Richard Kleindienst

  American attorney and government appointee on 1/31/1969 as Attorney General of the United States during the Richard Nixon White House years.

• Larry Grayson

  English comedian and television presenter who was best known in the 1970s and early 1980s.

• Dona Shaw

  American astrologer and motel owner.

• Moira Lister

  South African actress (Born 1923).

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Famous Deaths

• Hendrik Pierson

  Dutch Theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89.

• Jacob T Cremer

  President (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76.

• Kate Douglas Wiggin

  Author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66.

• Warren G Harding

  29th President of the United States (Born 1865).

• Vatroslav Jagic

  Croatian Slavist (Born 1835).

• Warren Harding

  American politician, a U.S.

• Vilfredo Pareto

  Italian engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Isham Jones & His Orchestra - Swingin' Down the Lane
2. Sophie Tucker - Aggravatin' Papa
3. Isham Jones & His Orchestra - Who's Sorry Now?
4. Al Jolson - Morning Will Come
5. Arthur Gibbs & His Gang - Louisville Lou