January 1923 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1923 Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established.
• 02 Jan 1923 Ku Klux Klan makes surprise attack on black residential area Rosewood, Florida, USA; 8 killed (compensation awarded in 1995).
• 04 Jan 1923 1st broadcast of Barn Dance Show
• 07 Jan 1923 Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
• 08 Jan 1923 Typography strike in Amsterdam
• 09 Jan 1923 Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebelled against the League of Nations decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
• 10 Jan 1923 Last US troops leave Rhineland (Germany).
• 11 Jan 1923 Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
• 17 Jan 1923 Belgian Working People Party protests against occupied Ruhrgebied.
• 18 Jan 1923 Elon College's campus in North Carolina is destroyed by a fire.
• 19 Jan 1923 WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions
• 23 Jan 1923 Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins
• 24 Jan 1923 Aztec Ruins National Monument, in New Mexico, USA, is established.
• 28 Jan 1923 1st Reichs Party (NSDAP) forms in Munich
• 29 Jan 1923 1st flight of autogiro
• 09 Jan 1923 Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.

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