1923 - April - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 1923: Encyclopedia - 1923
1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1923 - Events. January 1 - Grouping of all UK ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 25: Encyclopedia - April 25
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). There are 250 days remaining. April 25 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 12: Encyclopedia Ii - April 12 - Births
April 12 - 599 BC to 1899. 599 BC - Mahavira, Indian founder of Jainism (d. 527 BC) 812 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Arabian Shia Imam (d. 835)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Bavaria: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Bavaria - Modern Times
Republican institutions replaced royal ones in Bavaria during the upheavals of November 1918. Provisional National Council Minister-Presi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1976: Encyclopedia Ii - 1976 - Deaths
1976 - January. January 8 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898) January 10 - Howlin' Wolf, American musici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1903: Encyclopedia - 1903
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). It also had the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amritsar Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Amritsar Massacre - The Massacre
A band of 90 soldiers armed with rifles and Khukhris marched to the park accompanied by two armoured cars on which machine guns were moun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolph Rupp: Encyclopedia - Adolph Rupp
Adolph Friedrich Rupp (September 2, 1901 - December 10, 1977) was one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Household Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Household Of Japan - Current Members Of The Imperial Family
The 1947 Imperial Household Law defines the imperial household as: the empress (kōgō 皇后), the empress dowager (kōtaigō 皇太后)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1980: Encyclopedia Ii - 1980 - Events
1980 - January. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Successio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998: Encyclopedia Ii - 1998 - Nobel Prizes
1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Amartya Sen ... See also:1998, 1998 - Events, 1998 - Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lake Burley Griffin: Encyclopedia Ii - Lake Burley Griffin - Captain Cook Memorial
The Captain James Cook Memorial was built by the Commonwealth Government to commemorate the Bicentenary of Captain James Cook's first sig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sam Walton: Encyclopedia Ii - Sam Walton - Biography
Sam Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy Lee Walton near Kingfisher, Oklahoma. There, he lived with his parents on their far...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank Lloyd Wright: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank Lloyd Wright - Works
Frank Lloyd Wright - 1880's. Hillside Home School I, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1887 Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benito Mussolini: Encyclopedia Ii - Benito Mussolini - Fascist Dictatorship
At first Mussolini was supported by the Liberals in parliament. With their help, he introduced strict censorship and altered the methods ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Los Angeles Police Department: Encyclopedia Ii - Los Angeles Police Department - History
The first specific Los Angeles police force was founded in 1853 as the Los Angeles Rangers, a volunteer force that assisted the existing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loch Ness Monster: Encyclopedia Ii - Loch Ness Monster - History Of Alleged Sightings
Loch Ness Monster - Ancient. Rumours of a monster or animal living in the loch are claimed by believers to have been known for several ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valentin Glushko: Encyclopedia Ii - Valentin Glushko - Biography
His father was Ukrainian and his mother worked as a nurse. At the age of 13 he became interested in aeronautics after reading novels by J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William O. Douglas: Encyclopedia Ii - William O. Douglas - On The Bench
In 1939, Justice Louis D. Brandeis resigned from the Supreme Court, and Roosevelt nominated Douglas as his replacement. Douglas later adm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Legacy
"I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect." — Paula Hitler, Hitler's younger sister, du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ustaše: Encyclopedia Ii - Ustaše - Connections With The Catholic Church
Main article: Involvement of Croatian Catholic clergy with the Ustasa regime The Ustaša policies against the Eastern Orthodoxy are calle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - İstanbul: Encyclopedia Ii - İstanbul - Climate
Temperate-Continental People coming to İstanbul can expect long, hot and humid summers and cold, rainy and snowy winters. The total prec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainier Iii Prince Of Monaco: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainier Iii Prince Of Monaco - Titles
Rainier's official shortened title was His Serene Highness Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco; this does not include the many other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hitchcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Hitchcock - Filmography
(all dates are for release) Alfred Hitchcock - Silent films. No. 13 (Unfinished, also known as Mrs. Peabody) (1922) Always Tell Your W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright Iv: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright Iv - World War Ii
In September 1940, Wainwright was promoted to Major General (temporary) and returned to the Philippines, in December, as commander of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsunami: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsunami - Characteristics
Although often referred to as "tidal waves", a tsunami does not look like the popular impression of "a normal wave only much bigger". Ins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Shepard: Encyclopedia - Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.) was the first U.S. astronaut in space, though ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R.s.c. Anderlecht: Encyclopedia Ii - R.s.c. Anderlecht - History
R.S.C. Anderlecht - The first years 1908--1935. Founded as Sporting Club Anderlechtois in 1908 by some football fans at the Concordia c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Rupee: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Rupee - Rupee Banknotes
History of the rupee - Early paper issues. Notes issued by the Bank of Bengal can be categorised in the following three series. Uniface...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Legacy
"I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect." — Paula Hitler, Hitler's younger sister, du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bavaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Bavaria - Politics
Bavaria has a unicameral Landtag, or state parliament, elected by universal suffrage. Until December 1999, there was also a Senat, or Sen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coup D'état: Encyclopedia Ii - Coup D'état - Post-military-coup Governments
After the coup, the military is faced with the issue of the type of government to establish. In Latin America, it was common for the post...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantinople - Constantine's Foundation
Constantine had altogether more ambitious plans. Having restored the unity of the empire, now overseeing the progress of major government...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York Yankees: Encyclopedia Ii - New York Yankees - Controversy
It is a heated debate whether the Yankees' free-spending is positive or negative for baseball, and whether a strict salary cap would make...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Los Angeles California: Encyclopedia Ii - Los Angeles California - Professional Sports
Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers , the Los Angeles Sparks, the Los Ang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corfu: Encyclopedia Ii - Corfu - Geography
The name Corfu is an Italian corruption of the Byzantine Κορυφώ (Koryphō), which is derived from the Greek Κορυφαί (Koryph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aberdeen F.c.: Encyclopedia - Aberdeen F.c.
Aberdeen Football Club is a football team from Scotland, who compete in the Scottish Premier League. Formed in 1903 from the amalgamation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsunami: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsunami - Warnings And Prevention
Tsunamis cannot be prevented or precisely predicted, but there are some warning signs of an impending tsunami, and there are many systems...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Jensen: Encyclopedia - Arthur Jensen
Arthur Jensen is a prominent educational psychologist, known for his work in psychometrics and differential psychology, which is concerne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cleveland Ohio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cleveland Ohio - Early Years: 1796–1860
As one of thirty-six founders of the Connecticut Land Company, General Moses Cleaveland was selected as one of its seven directors and wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Max Weber: Encyclopedia Ii - Max Weber - Achievements
Max Weber was – along with Karl Marx, Vilfredo Pareto and Émile Durkheim – one of the founders of modern sociology. Whereas Pareto a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiang Kai-shek: Encyclopedia - Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1923: Encyclopedia Ii - 1923 - Events
1923 - January. January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1923: Encyclopedia Ii - 1923 - Deaths
1923 - January. Michel-Joseph Maunoury, French general (b. 1847) January 9 - Katherine Mansfield, British novelist (b. 1888) January 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1923: Encyclopedia Ii - 1923 - Births
1923 - January. January 1 - Roméo Sabourin, Canadian World War II spy (d. 1944) January 5 - Sam Phillips, American record producer (d...   » Read the article