WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1923
Find out what all happened January to August 1923

Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane (25. June 1923)

In Vienna, the paper Das Ich und das Es (The Ego and the Id) by Sigmund Freud is published, which outlines Freud's theories of the id, ego, and super-ego. (24. April 1923)

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

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

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

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

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

Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS. (1. January 1923)

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

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)

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

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

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

The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia. (6. April 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)

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. (23. August 1923)

As vice president, Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding (2. August 1923)