WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1923
Find out what all happened January to July 1923

Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup. (9. June 1923)

The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey. (26. April 1923)

Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens. (18. April 1923)

Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas (10. February 1923)

The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration. (1. July 1923)

Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. (16. February 1923)

Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets. (18. June 1923)

24 Hours of Le Mans, was first held, and has since been run annually in June. (26. May 1923)

Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar. (15. February 1923)

Robert Bellarmine, a Doctor of the Catholic Church, is beatified. (13. May 1923)

Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel. (10. January 1923)

Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes. (15. April 1923)

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires. (5. April 1923)

The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States. (20. March 1923)

The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I. (24. July 1923)

The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt. (22. March 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. (11. January 1923)

Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight. (9. January 1923)

The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949. (13. July 1923)

TIME magazine is published for the first time. (3. March 1923)