WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1923
Find out what all happened February to October 1923

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

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

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

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

Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah. (4. September 1923)

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

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

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

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

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)

Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship. (13. September 1923)

The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed in Victoria Institution, Malaysia. (6. April 1923)

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

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

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

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

Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets. (18. June 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 Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration. (1. July 1923)

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