1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1923 - Events. January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments 1923 - February. February 16 - Howard Carter unseals the ...

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1923 - February 1923 - March 1923 - April 1923 - May 1923 - June 1923 - July 1923 - August 1923 - September 1923 - October 1923 - November 1923 - December 1923 - Unknown dates
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1923 - January 1923 - February 1923 - March 1923 - April 1923 - May 1923 - July 1923 - August 1923 - September 1923 - October 1923 - November 1923 - December
1923 - Deaths
1923 - January 1923 - February 1923 - March 1923 - April 1923 - June 1923 - August 1923 - October 1923 - December
1923 - Nobel Prizes

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1923 - January. Michel-Joseph Maunoury, French general (b. 1847) January 9 - Katherine Mansfield, British novelist (b. 1888) January 23 - Max Nordau, Hungarian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849) 1923 - February. February 10 - Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) February 23 - Théophile Delcassé, Fr ...

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Changes November 3, 1923 - The Social Democratic Ministers, Sollmann, Radbruch, and Schmidt, resign. Sollmann is succeeded as Interior Minister by Karl Jarres (DVP). The others are not replaced before the ministry falls Gustav Stresemann - Footnotes. ^  Stresemann in an article for the Hamburger Fremdenblatt, 10 April 1922, quoted after Martin Broszat, 200 Jahre deutsche Polenpolitik, F ...

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Gustav Stresemann, Gustav Stresemann - First Cabinet August - October 1923, Gustav Stresemann - Second Cabinet October - November 1923, Gustav Stresemann - Footnotes, Gustav Stresemann - Books, Gustav Stresemann - External link

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Since 1923, SFO has presented the American debut of numerous artists, including Vladimir Atlantov, Inge Borkh, Boris Christoff, Marie Collier, Geraint Evans, Mafalda Favero, Tito Gobbi, Sena Jurinac, Mario del Monaco, Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, Margaret Price, Leonie Rysanek, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giulietta Simionato, Ebe Stignani, Renata Tebaldi and Ingvar Wixell; conductors Gerd Albrecht, Valery Gergiev, Georg Solti and Silvio Varviso; and d ...

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San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Opera - Founder/General Director Gaetano Merola 1923 to 1953, San Francisco Opera - General Director Kurt Herbert Adler 1953 through 1981, San Francisco Opera - General Director Terence McEwen 1982 to 1988, San Francisco Opera - General Director Lotfi Mansouri 1988 through 2001, San Francisco Opera - General Director Pamela Rosenberg August 2001 through 2005, San Francisco Opera - General Director David Gockley from January 2006, San Francisco Opera - Significant American debuts at the SFO, San Francisco Opera - External link

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While the first performance of the San Francisco Opera was La bohème, with Queena Mario and Giovanni Martinelli, on September 26, 1923, in the city's Civic Auditorium and conducted by Merola, his involvement in opera in the San Francisco Bay Area had been ongoing since his first visit in 1906. Merola actually launched the company in 1922, convinced that the city could support a full-time opera organization and not depend upon visiting companies, which had been coming to the City since Gold Rush days. In fact, Merola’s initia ...

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San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Opera - Founder/General Director Gaetano Merola 1923 to 1953, San Francisco Opera - General Director Kurt Herbert Adler 1953 through 1981, San Francisco Opera - General Director Terence McEwen 1982 to 1988, San Francisco Opera - General Director Lotfi Mansouri 1988 through 2001, San Francisco Opera - General Director Pamela Rosenberg August 2001 through 2005, San Francisco Opera - General Director David Gockley from January 2006, San Francisco Opera - Significant American debuts at the SFO, San Francisco Opera - External link

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King Constantine I of the Hellenes (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923), ruled Greece from 1913-1917 and from 1920-1922. Born 2 August 1868 in Athens, he was the eldest son of George I of Greece and Olga, Queen of Greece. As crown prince, Constantine was instrumental in the organization of the 1896 Summer Olympics, appointing a committee to prepare Athens for the Games and keeping a close watch to ensure that their tasks were completed. He succeeded to the throne of Greece on 1 ...

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Constantine I of Greece - Issue
Constantine I of Greece - External link

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Derrick is a German TV series produced by ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick (Horst Tappert, born May 26, 1923) and Inspector Harry Klein (Fritz Wepper, born August 17, 1941), who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings. All 281 60 minute episodes were written by veteran screenwriter Herbert Reinecker (born December, 24 1914) and produced by Helmut Ringelmann (born September 4, 1926). As a rule, new Derrick episodes were broadcast on Friday night at 20:15. The series ...

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Bertil Ohlin (April 23, 1899 – August 3, 1979), was a Swedish economist and winner of the 1977 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. His name lives on in the standard mathematical model of international free trade. Having received his B.A. from Lund University 1917, and his M.A. from Harvard University in 1923, Ohlin received his doctorate from Stockholm University in 1924. In 1925 he became a professor at the University of Copenhagen. In 1929 he debated with John Maynard Keynes, contradicting t ...

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Bertil Ohlin - Significant Publications

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Chris Schenkel (born August 21, 1923 in Bippus, Indiana; died September 11, 2005 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) was an American sportscaster. Over the course of five decades he called play-by-play for numerous sports on television and radio, becoming known for his smooth delivery and baritone voice. Schenkel began his broadcasting career while studying for a premedical degree at Purdue University. After military service in World War II, he resumed sportcasting in Providence, Rhode Island; in 1947 he called the first American football game e ...

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Chris Schenkel - Trivia

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The Völkischer Beobachter ("Völkisch Observer") was the newspaper of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) from 1920. It first appeared weekly, then daily from February 8, 1923. The "fighting paper of the National Socialist movement of Greater Germany" (Kampfblatt der nationalsozialistischen Bewegung Großdeutschlands) had its origin in the Münchner Beobachter ("Munich Observer"), which in 1918 was acquired by the Thule Society and in August 1919 was renamed Völkischer Beobachter. The NSDAP purchased it in December 1920 on th ...

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Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. A Republican from the U.S. state of Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher with a flair for public speaking before entering politics, first in the Ohio Senate (1899–1903) ...

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Warren G. Harding - Early life Warren G. Harding - Political rise
Warren G. Harding - Senator Warren G. Harding - Election of 1920 Warren G. Harding - Cabinet Warren G. Harding - Supreme Court appointments
Warren G. Harding - Death in office Warren G. Harding - Scandals Warren G. Harding - Extramarital affairs Warren G. Harding - Speaking style Warren G. Harding - Trivia Warren G. Harding - Media

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William Thomas Cosgrave (Irish name Liam Tomás Mac Cosgair; June 6, 1880 – November 16, 1965), known generally as W.T. Cosgrave, was an Irish politician who succeeded Michael Collins as Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government from August to December 1922. He served as the first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932. W.T. Cosgrave - Early and Private Life. William Thomas Cosgrave, or W.T. as he was generally known, was born at 174 James's St, Dubli ...

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W.T. Cosgrave - Early and Private Life W.T. Cosgrave - Political Career
W.T. Cosgrave - Minister for Local Government W.T. Cosgrave - Anglo-Irish Treaty W.T. Cosgrave - Chairman of the Provisional Government
W.T. Cosgrave - President Cosgrave 1922-1932
W.T. Cosgrave - Domestic Policy W.T. Cosgrave - Foreign Policy W.T. Cosgrave - Economic Policy W.T. Cosgrave - General Election 1932
W.T. Cosgrave - Cosgrave in Opposition W.T. Cosgrave - Legacy W.T. Cosgrave - Death W.T. Cosgrave - First Government December 1922-September 1923 W.T. Cosgrave - Second Government September 1923-June 1927
W.T. Cosgrave - Changes
W.T. Cosgrave - Third Government June 1927-October 1927
W.T. Cosgrave - Changes
W.T. Cosgrave - Fourth Government October 1927-April 1930 W.T. Cosgrave - Fifth Government April 1930-March 1932 W.T. Cosgrave - Political Career W.T. Cosgrave - See Also

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Bambi is the fifth animated motion picture in the Disney animated features canon, which was originally released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on August 13, 1942 and produced by Walt Disney. The film was based on the 1923 book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten. In the book, the main characters are Bambi, the young roe deer prince of the forest, his parents - the Great Prince of the forest and his unnamed mate - and his friends Thumper (a rabbit), Flower (a skunk), and his childhood friend and ...

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Bambi - Plot Bambi - The death of Bambi's mother Bambi - Controversy Bambi - History
Bambi - Re-release scedule and home video Bambi - Bambi theatrical release history
Bambi - Recycled Animation from Bambi in other films Bambi - Trivia Bambi - Titles in different languages Bambi - Voice cast

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Pamela Rosenberg came from a background of operatic productions in Germany and, specifically, from the Stuttgart Opera. In January of 2001, Pamela Rosenberg announced her first artistic initiative for San Francisco Opera, “Animating Opera”, a multi-year plan of interwoven themes and series. These included “Seminal Works of Modern Times”, “The Faust Project”, “Composer Portrait: Janacek/Berlioz”, “Women Outside of Society: Laws Unto Themselves”, “Metamorphosis: From Fairy Tales to Nightmares”, and “Outsiders o ...

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San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Opera - Founder/General Director Gaetano Merola 1923 to 1953, San Francisco Opera - General Director Kurt Herbert Adler 1953 through 1981, San Francisco Opera - General Director Terence McEwen 1982 to 1988, San Francisco Opera - General Director Lotfi Mansouri 1988 through 2001, San Francisco Opera - General Director Pamela Rosenberg August 2001 through 2005, San Francisco Opera - General Director David Gockley from January 2006, San Francisco Opera - Significant American debuts at the SFO, San Francisco Opera - External link

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Fresh from 33 years of directing the Houston Grand Opera, Gockley took up his post on 1st January 2006 and plans to announce the 2006/2007 season on 11th January. Gockley's achievements in Houston were ennormous. He oversaw the major growth of the company and has been especially innovative in the presentation of 28 world premieres and six American premieres. ...

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San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Opera - Founder/General Director Gaetano Merola 1923 to 1953, San Francisco Opera - General Director Kurt Herbert Adler 1953 through 1981, San Francisco Opera - General Director Terence McEwen 1982 to 1988, San Francisco Opera - General Director Lotfi Mansouri 1988 through 2001, San Francisco Opera - General Director Pamela Rosenberg August 2001 through 2005, San Francisco Opera - General Director David Gockley from January 2006, San Francisco Opera - Significant American debuts at the SFO, San Francisco Opera - External link

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Kurt Herbert Adler (1905, Vienna, Austria – 9 February 1988, Marin County, California) came to the United States in 1938 after early experience and training in many aspects of music and theatre in Austria, Germany, and Italy. For five years, he worked to build the chorus of the Chicago Opera Company. Merola heard of him and, over the telephone, invited him to San Francisco opera in 1943 as chorus director. He took on more and more administrative details as Merola’s health and energy diminished, but Adler was not the Board’s natu ...

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San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Opera - Founder/General Director Gaetano Merola 1923 to 1953, San Francisco Opera - General Director Kurt Herbert Adler 1953 through 1981, San Francisco Opera - General Director Terence McEwen 1982 to 1988, San Francisco Opera - General Director Lotfi Mansouri 1988 through 2001, San Francisco Opera - General Director Pamela Rosenberg August 2001 through 2005, San Francisco Opera - General Director David Gockley from January 2006, San Francisco Opera - Significant American debuts at the SFO, San Francisco Opera - External link

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Following Adler's retirement announcement in June 1979, ”Terry” McEwen (b. Thunder Bay, Ontario 1929) was Adler’s hand-picked successor. Growing up in the Montreal area of Canada, McEwen learned to love opera at an early age, listened to the Met broadcasts, and at age 14, made a trip to New York one winter break to hear several of his favorite operas, which included Bidó Sayão and Jussi Bjorling in Rigoletto. As a singer, Sayão was forever to remain his ...

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San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Opera - Founder/General Director Gaetano Merola 1923 to 1953, San Francisco Opera - General Director Kurt Herbert Adler 1953 through 1981, San Francisco Opera - General Director Terence McEwen 1982 to 1988, San Francisco Opera - General Director Lotfi Mansouri 1988 through 2001, San Francisco Opera - General Director Pamela Rosenberg August 2001 through 2005, San Francisco Opera - General Director David Gockley from January 2006, San Francisco Opera - Significant American debuts at the SFO, San Francisco Opera - External link

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Lotfi Mansouri (b. 19??, Iran - ) was already a known quantity when Terry McEwen announced his retirement. Then head of the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, Mansouri had received an education in medicine in Los Angeles, but gave it all up upon becoming fixated on opera, first as a young tenor with UCLA’s Opera Workshop, and then with opera in general. As early as 1962, with Mansouri having found work as director in Los Angeles followed by his becoming resident stage director at the Zurich Opera, Adler came to see him at work and h ...

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San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Opera - Founder/General Director Gaetano Merola 1923 to 1953, San Francisco Opera - General Director Kurt Herbert Adler 1953 through 1981, San Francisco Opera - General Director Terence McEwen 1982 to 1988, San Francisco Opera - General Director Lotfi Mansouri 1988 through 2001, San Francisco Opera - General Director Pamela Rosenberg August 2001 through 2005, San Francisco Opera - General Director David Gockley from January 2006, San Francisco Opera - Significant American debuts at the SFO, San Francisco Opera - External link

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Joining TF 64 for the invasion of Okinawa, West Virginia sailed on 21 March, reaching her objective four days later on 25 March. In fire support section one, West Virginia spent the ensuing days softening up Okinawa for the American landings slated to commence on 1 April. At 10:29 on 26 March, lookouts reported a gun flash from shore, followed by a splash in the water some 6,000 yards (5.5 km) off the port bow. Firing her first salvoes of the operation, West Vir ...

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USS West Virginia BB-48, USS West Virginia BB-48 - 1923 – 1941, USS West Virginia BB-48 - 7 December 1941, USS West Virginia BB-48 - October 1944:  Battle of Leyte, USS West Virginia BB-48 - October 1944:  Battle of Leyte Gulf, USS West Virginia BB-48 - November 1944 – February 1945:  Philippines operations, USS West Virginia BB-48 - February – March 1945:  Battle of Iwo Jima, USS West Virginia BB-48 - March – June 1945:  Battle of Okinawa, USS West Virginia BB-48 - August 1945 – 1947

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