WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1923
Find out what all happened March to December 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 of 160 consecutive days of 100º Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Australia. (31. October 1923)

United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Sugauli Treaty signed in 1816. (21. December 1923)

The chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC. (31. December 1923)

In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis. (9. November 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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government. (8. November 1923)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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