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9 Jan 1923
Photo(s) dated 9 Jan 1923
10 Jan 1923
- Georg von Bismarck was transferred to the German 5th Infantry Regiment.
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17 Jan 1923
France
- The keel of light cruiser La Motte-Picquet was laid down by the Arsenal de Lorient in France.
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1 Feb 1923
- The Italian Fascist Party established the paramilitary Blackshirt legions.
5 Feb 1923
- USS R-1 began to participate in fleet exercises off Central America.
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- USS R-5 participated in war games in the Gulf of Fonseca in Central America.
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Photo(s) dated 5 Feb 1923
12 Feb 1923
United Kingdom
- Roderick Carr was attached to the Headquarters of Inland Area of the British Royal Air Force.
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1 Mar 1923
Taiwan
- Rear Admiral Morie Tokiwa was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan.
8 Mar 1923
- USS S-31 was recommissioned into service upon completion of engine alternations.
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23 Mar 1923
- USS Iowa (Coast Battleship No. 4) was sunk as a radio-controlled target ship. At the behest of US Secretary of the Navy Denby, the National Anthem was played as she slipped beneath the water in recognition of the role that she had played in the 1898 Spanish-American War.
1 Apr 1923
France
- Prince Yasuhiko was seriously injured in an automobile accident in a Paris suburb, France. Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa was killed in the same accident.
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6 Apr 1923
- USS R-1 completed its participation in fleet exercises off Central America.
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- USS R-5 completed war games in the Gulf of Fonseca in Central America.
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10 Apr 1923
Germany
- Daimler Airways inaugurated the first scheduled air-service between London, England, United Kingdom and Berlin, Germany, with intermediate stops at Bremen, Germany and Hamburg, Germany.
United States
- USS R-1 arrived at San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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20 Apr 1923
- Quintin Brand was appointed a staff officer at the headquarters of the No. 5 Wing RAF.
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26 Apr 1923
United Kingdom
- Prince Albert, Duke of York, married the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom.
4 May 1923
Photo(s) dated 4 May 1923
7 May 1923
United States
- USS S-35 was recommissioned into service at New London, Connecticut, United States.
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10 May 1923
- Hiroaki Abe became the chief torpedo officer of cruiser Tama.
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31 May 1923
- Rudolf Höss and a group of Nazi Party members killed suspected communist Walther Kadow in Mecklenburg, Germany to avenge the death of fellow party member Albert Leo Schlageter.
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1 Jun 1923
Taiwan
- Vice Admiral Shiro Yamauchi was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan.
9 Jun 1923
Photo(s) dated 9 Jun 1923
30 Jun 1923
United States
- Henry Arnold's son John Arnold passed away from acute appendicitis.
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1 Jul 1923
- Hermes was commissioned into service.
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- The value of the German Mark decreased to the level that it now cost about 160,000 Marks to exchange for US$1.
16 Jul 1923
- USS R-1, along with the rest of the Submarine Division 9, was transferred to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
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- S-37 was commissioned into service.
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Hawaii
20 Jul 1923
- The Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa was killed in an ambush at Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico.
23 Jul 1923
- Gustav Stresemann, the chairman of the Deutsche People's Party, wrote to Crown Prince Wilhelm suggesting that Germany's priority should be the removal of foreign occupation. Within a month Stresemann would be appointed as the new Chancellor.
24 Jul 1923
- The Treaty of Lausanne was agreed between the Allies and Turkey (the successor state to the Ottoman Empire). This superseded the Treaty of Sèvres which had not been recognized by the new Turkish regime.
1 Aug 1923
- The value of the German Mark decreased to the level that it now cost about 1,000,000 Marks to exchange for US$1.
United States
- Devol Brett, the oldest son of George Brett, was born at the Letterman Army Hospital at the Presidio, San Francisco, California, United States.
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6 Aug 1923
Korea
- Major General Harumi Akai was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea.
Taiwan
- General Soroku Suzuki was named the commanding officer of the Taiwan Army.
13 Aug 1923
- Deutsche People's Party leader Gustav Stresemann was appointed German Chancellor and Foreign Minister in a new Grand Coalition Government.
22 Aug 1923
- The world's largest aircraft at the time of its appearance, the triplane Walter Barling designed XNBL-1 (eXperimental Night Bomber Long range) made its maiden flight. The prototype marked the first flight of a six engine American aircraft. Flying a total of 28 miles during its test flight from Dayton, Ohio, United States the XNBL-1 reached a speed of 93 mph, but unfortunately the aircraft was crippled by its under-powered Liberty inline engines and the project, as well as the improved XNBL-2 development, was abandoned in 1925.
1 Sep 1923
- The first three combat legions of the Italian Blackshirts were mobilized and sent to Libya.
- Mutsu transported food and medical supplies for victims of the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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Japan
- Prince Kotohito was inside his family mansion at Odawara, Japan when the Kanto Earthquake of 1923 struck; the building suffered damage but he escaped with minimal injuries.
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6 Sep 1923
Taiwan
- Kakichi Uchida was named the governor-general of Taiwan.
8 Sep 1923
Japan
- Chuichi Nagumo was named the chairman of a special Japanese Navy rescue committee in the wake of the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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13 Sep 1923
Spain
- Primo de Rivera seized power in Spain by a coup d'etat and established a fascist dictatorship.
15 Sep 1923
Photo(s) dated 15 Sep 1923
19 Sep 1923
China
- Hikokichi Ijuin stepped down as the Governor-General of Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China.
24 Sep 1923
- Quintin Brand was appointed the commanding officer of No. 56 Squadron RAF.
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26 Sep 1923
China
- Hideo Kodama was named the Governor-General of Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China.
27 Sep 1923
United States
- Joseph Rochefort's son Joseph Rochefort, Jr. was born in California, United States.
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1 Oct 1923
- Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing colony with Charles Coghlan as the first elected premier.
18 Oct 1923
United Kingdom
- King George V granted the prefix "Royal", to the British Army Tank Corps, making it the Royal Tank Corps. The title would persist until 1939 when it was altered to the Royal Tank Regiment.
1 Nov 1923
- The value of the German Mark decreased to the level that it now cost about 4,000,000,000 Marks to exchange for US$1.
3 Nov 1923
- Concord was commissioned into service.
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- German Social Democrat Interior Minister Wilhelm Sollmann, Justice Minister Gustav Radbruch and Vice Chancellor Robert Schmidt resigned from the German coalition government, thus bringing about its collapse within weeks.
4 Nov 1923
- On this German Memorial Day (Volkstrauertag), the Nazi Party planned to begin a national revolution in Munich, Germany, but due to a unexpectedly heavy police presence at the planned parade routes, the action was canceled in the last minute.
6 Nov 1923
Taiwan
- Vice Admiral Tadatsugu Tajiri was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan.
8 Nov 1923
Germany
- The Nazi Party attempted to seize power in Germany with the Beer Hall Putsch in München, Germany.
9 Nov 1923
- The Nazi Party's attempt to seize power in Germany, the Beer Hall Putsch, ended ignominiously.
10 Nov 1923
Japan
- Chuichi Nagumo was name an instructor at the Japanese naval war college.
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23 Nov 1923
- The German coalition government collapsed with the departure of the Socials Democrats. Centrist Wilhelm Marx was appointed Chancellor with his predecessor, Gustav Stresemann, as Foreign Minister.
29 Nov 1923
Japan
- Crown Prince Euimin graduated from the Japanese Army War College and was made the commanding officer of a company in the Japanese 2nd Infantry Regiment.
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8 Dec 1923
United States
- Joseph Rochefort's request to the United States Navy Mine Force was denied.
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Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis
