December 1923 calendar

Events

• 03 Dec 1923 First Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington DC).
• 04 Dec 1923 WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
• 06 Dec 1923 1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)
• 08 Dec 1923 Labour / Liberals win British parliament
• 10 Dec 1923 Polish government of Grabski forms.
• 12 Dec 1923 In Italy, the Po River dam bursts, killing 600.
• 17 Dec 1923 Greek King George II overthrown by army / Republic
• 18 Dec 1923 International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco.
• 20 Dec 1923 BEGGARS Fraternity (the first social fraternity at a Jesuit college in the United States) is founded by nine men, who secured permission to do so from the Pope.
• 21 Dec 1923 Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation.
• 22 Dec 1923 Bill Ponsford and Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Victoria in cricket.
• 25 Dec 1923 Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St, New York City
• 27 Dec 1923 Unsuccessful assassination attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan.
• 29 Dec 1923 Vladimir K. Zworykin files his first patent (in the United States) for quottelevision systemsquot.
• 31 Dec 1923 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester

Famous Birthday

• Maria Callas

  Greek opera singer, noted for her glorious voice, stirring acting ability, and explosive temperament, a slender, chic superstar with a...

• Maria Callas

  Greek opera singer, noted for her glorious voice, stirring acting ability, and explosive temperament, a slender, chic superstar with a...

• Antoni Tàpies
• René Girard

  Franco-American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of anthropological...

• Jorge Semprún
• Léon Schwartzenberg
• Bob Barker

  American game show host and TV personality, Barker hosted "The Price is Right" for over three decades; it is the longest-running game show...

• Helio Amorim

  Brazilian astrologer; author of a massive collection of astrology books, self published in Brazil.

• Sam Sheppard (physician)
• Roland Dubillard

  French writer, playwright and actor.

• Maria Parego
• Rod Amateau
• Gerard Reve

  Dutch writer, known for his naturalistic realism, whose works include "Melancholia," 1951, "A Prison Song in Prose," 1968 and an...

• Celia Lipton

  British actress, singer and philanthropist.

• Ted Knight

  American actor, disk jockey, singer, puppeteer, ventriloquist and radio actor.

• Gordon Jackson

  Scottish actor best known in the U.S.

• Dick Shawn

  American actor/comedian (Producers), dies on stage from a heart attack at age 63 (born 1924).

• Edmond van Deusen
• Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat

  French mathematician and physicist.

• Monique Berlioux

  French swimming champion, an Olympian, a heroine during WWII and a journalist who became director of the International Olympics Committee...

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Famous Deaths

• Raymond Radiguet

  French writer.

• Tomas Breton y Hernandez

  Composer, dies at 72.

• Giuseppi Gallignani

  Composer, dies at 72.

• Arthur H Bird

  Composer, dies at 67.

• Dom Joseph Pothier

  French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at age 88.

• Pongrac Kacsoh

  Composer, dies at 50.

• Gustave Eiffel

  French engineer and designer, known for such magnificent constructions as the Bridge at Bordeaux, 1858, the Viaducts and Bridge at Sioule...

• Dietrich Eckart

  Bavarian Roman Catholic poet and dramatist, brutally anti-Semitic.

• Virginie Loveling

  Belgian writer and poet (Born 1836).

• Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel

  engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at age 91.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Charles Hart - Midnight Rose
2. Benny Krueger & His Orchestra - That Old Gang of Mine
3. Lewis James - I Wish I Had Someone to Cry Over Me
4. Fiddlin' John Carson - The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
5. Dolly Kay - My Sweetie Went Away