WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1923
Find out what all happened May to November 1923

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

Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey. (13. October 1923)

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party. (9. September 1923)

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

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

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

The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul. (6. October 1923)

Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. (29. October 1923)

The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney. (16. October 1923)

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

The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic. (15. November 1923)

The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine. (29. September 1923)

Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. (8. September 1923)

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

Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government. (8. November 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)

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

The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic. (22. October 1923)

The first of 160 consecutive days of 100º Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Australia. (31. October 1923)

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