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 - 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

Article - Buddy Defranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (born February 17, 1923 in Camden, New Jersey) is a jazz clarinet player. DeFranco had the ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss West Virginia Bb-48: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss West Virginia Bb-48 - February – March 1945:  battle of iwo jima
West Virginia sighted Iwo Jima at a range of 82 miles (132 km) at 09:07 on 19 February. As she drew nearer, she saw several ships bombard...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss West Virginia Bb-48: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss West Virginia Bb-48 - March – June 1945:  battle of okinawa
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss West Virginia Bb-48: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss West Virginia Bb-48 - 1923 – 1941
In the months that followed, West Virginia ran her trials and shakedown and underwent post-commissioning alterations. After a brief perio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog Zodiac: Encyclopedia - Dog Zodiac
of Chinese Astrology: Recent birth-years for the zodiacal Dog with associated five elements are (inclusively): February 10, 1910 to Janu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antony Flew: Encyclopedia - Antony Flew
Professor Antony Garrard Newton Flew (born February 11, 1923) is a British philosopher, known principally as a supporter of libertarianis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C. Turner Joy: Encyclopedia - C. Turner Joy
Charles Turner Joy (17 February 1895 – 13 June 1956) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddy Defranco: Encyclopedia - Buddy Defranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (born February 17, 1923 in Camden, New Jersey) is a jazz clarinet player. DeFranco had the ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen: Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (in English: "William Conrad Roentgen") (March 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923) was a German physicist, of the Uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Killing: Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Killing
Wilhelm Karl Joseph Killing (1847 May 10 – 1923 February 11) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to the theorie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred P. Sloan: Encyclopedia - Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr. (May 23, 1875 – February 17, 1966), long-time president and chairman of General Motors, was born in New Hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Völkischer Beobachter: Encyclopedia - Völkischer Beobachter
The Völkischer Beobachter ("Völkisch Observer") was the newspaper of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) from 1920. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elijah Muhammad: Encyclopedia - Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad (October 7, 1897–February 25, 1975) led the largely African-American spiritual and political organization, the Nation o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brendan Behan: Encyclopedia - Brendan Behan
Brendan Francis Behan (Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin) (9 February 1923 - 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annie Glenn: Encyclopedia - Annie Glenn
Annie Glenn (born Anna Margaret Castor on February 17, 1920) is the wife of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn. Annie Glenn - Privat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chuck Yeager: Encyclopedia - Chuck Yeager
Brigadier General Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, 1923 in Myra, Lincoln County, West Virginia) is a World War II ace and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss West Virginia Bb-48: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss West Virginia Bb-48 - 7 December 1941
On Sunday, 7 December 1941, West Virginia lay moored outboard of Tennessee (BB-43) at berth F-6 with 40 feet (12 m) of water beneath her ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss West Virginia Bb-48: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss West Virginia Bb-48 - October 1944:  battle Of Leyte
Underway on 12 October to participate in the invasion of the Philippine Islands, West Virginia sailed as part of Task Group (TG) 77.2, un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss West Virginia Bb-48: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss West Virginia Bb-48 - October 1944:  battle Of Leyte Gulf
Four carriers and two "hermaphrodite" battleship-carriers (Ise and Hyuga) sailed toward the Philippine Sea from Japanese home waters; a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss West Virginia Bb-48: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss West Virginia Bb-48 - November 1944 – February 1945:  philippines operations
The "Wee Vee" returned to the Philippines, via Manus, on 26 November, resuming her patrols in Leyte Gulf and serving as part of the antia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1923 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1923 In Aviation - Events
January Air Union is created by the merger of Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes (CMA) with Grands Express Aériens (CGEA). February ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Uk By-elections: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Uk By-elections - By-elections
List of UK by-elections - 41st Parliament 1955 - 1959. Only seats which changed hands are listed. List of UK by-elections - 40th Parli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Issy-les-moulineaux: Encyclopedia Ii - Issy-les-moulineaux - Administration
Mayors of Issy-les-Moulineaux: 1903 - 1908 : Auguste Gervais 1908 - 1911 : Henri Mayer 1911 - 1919 : Léon-Victor Clémen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chronology Of Soviet Secret Police Agencies: Encyclopedia Ii - Chronology Of Soviet Secret Police Agencies - Chronology
February 6, 1922: Cheka became GPU, a section of the NKVD of the Russian SFSR. NKVD - "People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs" GPU ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeroflot: Encyclopedia Ii - Aeroflot - History
In 1921, shortly after the end of the Russian civil war, the new government established the Chief Administration of the Civil Air Fleet t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - Before The 1917 Revolution 1901-1917
Grigory Zinoviev was born in Yelizavetgrad (currently Kirovohrad), Ukraine, Russian Empire on September 23, 1883 to Jewish dairy farmers,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breguet 19: Encyclopedia Ii - Breguet 19 - Sport Use
Both serial and modified Breguet 19s were used for record beating and numerous long raids. The first was the Br.19 prototype, winning a m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weimar Timeline: Encyclopedia Ii - Weimar Timeline - Weimar Republic
Weimar Timeline - 1920. January 1920 The DAP grew to 190 members. February 4, 1920 Allies demand 900 Germans be handed over for war cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1851 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1851 In Rail Transport - Births
1851 in rail transport - June births. June 24 - Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central 1887–1907 (d. 1923). ... See a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1864 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1864 In Rail Transport - Births
1864 in rail transport - February births. February 6 - George Jay Gould I, eldest son of Jay Gould, president of the Denver and Rio Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harold Lloyd: Encyclopedia Ii - Harold Lloyd - Marriage And Home
Lloyd married his leading lady, Mildred Davis, in February 1923. Together, they had two children: Gloria, born in 1923, and Harold, born ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carey Baptist Grammar School: Encyclopedia Ii - Carey Baptist Grammar School - History Of Carey Baptist Grammar School
The moving spirit in the founding of Carey Baptist Grammar School was the Rev. L.E. Tranter, who, at the meetings of the Baptist Union of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - 1917
Zinoviev spent WWI in Switzerland. After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, he returned to Russia in Apr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weimar Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Weimar Republic - Hitler's Chancellorship And The Death Of The Weimar Republic 1933
Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor on the morning of January 30, 1933 in what some observers later described as a brief and indifferent ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weimar Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Weimar Republic - Hitler's Chancellorship And The Death Of The Weimar Republic 1933
Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor on the morning of January 30, 1933 in what some observers later described as a brief and indifferent ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orde Charles Wingate: Encyclopedia Ii - Orde Charles Wingate - Beginnings
Orde Wingate was born February 23, 1903 in India to a military family. Because his mother came from a missionary family affiliated with t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franz Halder: Encyclopedia Ii - Franz Halder - Pre-world War Ii Service
Between 1919 and 1920 Halder served with the Reichswehr War Ministry Training Branch. Between 1921 and 1923 he was a Tactics Instructor w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communist Party Opposition: Encyclopedia Ii - Communist Party Opposition - Creation
Following the expulsion in February 1925 the opposition began to publish a journal, Gegen den Strom. And at a congress held on December 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princess Maud Of Fife: Encyclopedia Ii - Princess Maud Of Fife - Marriage
On 12 November 1923, Princess Maud married Lord Charles Alexander Carnegie, (23 September 1893-16 February 1992) at the Royal Military Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Klamath Reclamation Project: Encyclopedia Ii - Klamath Reclamation Project - History
Construction began on the project in 1906 with the building of the main "A" Canal. Water was first made available May 22, 1907. The Clear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korechika Anami: Encyclopedia Ii - Korechika Anami - Military Career
2dLt (Infantry),December 1906; was graduated from War College, November 1918; attached to Army General Staff, April 1919; Member, same, D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantri: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantri - Malay World
Mantri - Malaysia. in various constitutive sultanates, also in compounds Mantri - Brunei. Mentri (or Mantri): ministerial rank bel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 - Deaths
For more deaths, see: Deaths in 2003 2003 - January. January 3 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911) January 4 - Conrad Hal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1997: Encyclopedia Ii - 1997 - Deaths
1997 - January-May. January 10 - Sheldon Leonard, American producer, actor, director January 10 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scott...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aesthetic Realism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aesthetic Realism - History
See also: Timeline of Aesthetic Realism Aesthetic Realism - Predecessors to Aesthetic Realism. The beginning of Aesthetic Realism is se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garda Síochána: Encyclopedia Ii - Garda Síochána - History
The Civic Guard was formed by the Provisional Government in February 1922, to replace the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and take over th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International Broadcasting: Encyclopedia Ii - International Broadcasting - The Early Years 1914-1939
The Dutch started regular international broadcasting on short-wave in 1927, following experiments in Eindhoven in 1925. This was followed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lincoln County Oregon: Encyclopedia Ii - Lincoln County Oregon - History
Lincoln County was created by the Legislative Assembly on February 20, 1893, from the western portion of Benton County and Polk County. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Aitchison Young: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Aitchison Young - Colonial Administration
Young served as Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary of Ceylon from 1923 to 1928, then as Colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone from 1928 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1855 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1855 In Rail Transport - Births
1855 in rail transport - October births. October 24 - Richard Deeley, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909–1923 (d....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1870 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1870 In Rail Transport - Births
1870 in rail transport - July births. July 29 - Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway 1909–1923 and of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1865 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1865 In Rail Transport - Births
1865 in rail transport - October births. October 9 - George Hughes, Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Dakota Class Battleship: Encyclopedia Ii - South Dakota Class Battleship - The First South Dakota Class
The first South Dakota class was authorized 4 March 1917, and keels were laid down in 1920 for six ships. However, the Washington Naval ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Texas Tech University: Encyclopedia Ii - Texas Tech University - History
Though plans for opening a college in West Texas had been in the legislature for some time, it had long been thought that any such instit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1953: Encyclopedia Ii - 1953 - Deaths
1953 - January—April. January 1 - Hank Williams, American musician (b. 1923) January 28 - James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Aus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2002: Encyclopedia Ii - 2002 - Deaths
For more deaths see: Deaths in 2002 2002 - January. January 3 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch-born beer magnate (b. 1923) January 8 - Alexand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 - Deaths
For more deaths, see: Deaths in 2004 2004 - January. January 2 - Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. 1927) January 4 - Joan Aiken, E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Socialist German Workers Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Socialist German Workers Party - Nazi Party Structure
National Socialist German Workers Party - 1921 – 1923. When the Nazi party was first established in February 1920, it consisted of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish War Of Independence - Stage For Peace March 1922- April 1923
The first communication between nationals and the Entente build when the first time Entente began to see the need to make some kind of ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Francisco Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - San Francisco Opera - General Director Kurt Herbert Adler 1953 Through 1981
Kurt Herbert Adler (1905, Vienna, Austria – 9 February 1988, Marin County, California) came to the United States in 1938 after early ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States - 1930s
Timeline of labor unions in the United States - 1930. 3 February 1930 "Chicagorillas" -- labor racketeers -- shot and killed contractor...   » 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