1923
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Events
Dated Events
- Real World: January 11. The Ruhr region is occupied by France and Belgium in order to force Germany to pay reparations.
- Real World: February 16. Howard Carter opens Tutankhamen's burial chamber.
- Real World: March 9. Vladimir Lenin suffers his third stroke, leaving him bedridden and mute- as a result, he retires as chairman of Soviet Russia.
- Real World: April. The Irish Civil War ends.
- Real World: June 18. Mount Etna erupts, destroying the homes of 60,000 people.
- Real World: July 19. Pancho Villa is assassinated.
- Real World: August 2. U.S. President Warren Harding dies, and is succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.
- Real World: September 1. The Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, resulting in the deaths of over 140,000 people.
- Real World: September 13. A military coup in Spain puts Miguel Primo de Rivera in power.
- Real World: October 29. Turkey becomes a republic.
- Real World: November 8. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis attempt to oust the German goverment, but fail- this event is later known as the "Beer Hall Putsch."
- Real World: November 23. The coalition German government collapses following massive inflation and other instabilities.
Undated Events
- Real World: The autogyro is invented.
- Real World: Interpol is founded.
New Fictional Works
Notable Books
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting.
Notable Films
The Crazy Ray, Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (Part II), The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Robin Hood, Siegfried, The Ten Commandments.
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