Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada. The Crown, along with two chambers, form the bicameral legislature.
The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
The 1923 WAAA Championships were the first national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. The tournament was held on 18 August 1923, at the Oxo Sport Groun…
The first British Track and Field championships for women are held in London, Great Britain.
An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat (lighter-than-air) aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power. Aerostats use buoyancy fr…
Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, GE, was a Spanish dictator and military officer who ruled as prime minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 during the last ye…
Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is an endurance sports car race held annually near the city of Le Mans, France. First run in 1923, it is the oldest active endurance racing event in the wor…
The first 24 Hours of Le Mans is held in France
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of…
Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup
The Treaty of Lausanne is a peace treaty negotiated during the Lausanne Conference of 1922–1923 and signed in the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 July 1923. The tr…
The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and…
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he served from 1921 to 1923 as the 29th vice preside…
U.S. Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
Warren Barker was an American composer, arranger, and conductor known for work in film, radio, and television, as well as for original band and symphonic compositions.
Warren Barker, American composer (died 2006)
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 28th and 30th governor of West Virginia. He held office from 1969 to 1977 and again from 19…
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Lindsay Gordon Anderson was an English filmmaker, theatre director, critic, and actor. He was considered a leading light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave, an…
Lindsay Anderson, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)
Solomon Joseph Hemus was an American professional baseball infielder, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phi…
Solly Hemus, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2017)
The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° so…
The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the…
Captain in the U.S. Army (USA), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), and U.S. Space Force (USSF) is a company-grade officer rank, with the pay grade of O-3. It ranks ab…
Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter perform the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting…
The Great Kantō Earthquake was a megathrust earthquake that struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu at 11:58:32 JST on Saturday, 1 September 1923. It had an ap…
The Great Kantō Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
The Kantō Massacre was a mass murder in the Kantō region of Japan committed in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake. With the explicit and implicit approval of parts o…
Kantō Massacre: Amid rumors that Koreans had been conducting acts of sabotage in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō…
The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (ICPO–INTERPOL), commonly known as Interpol, is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperatio…
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Patrick McNamara, was a senior commander of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), the RAAF's highest-ranki…
Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (died 2014)
Gianni Raimondi was an Italian lyric tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
Gianni Raimondi, Italian lyric tenor (died 2008)
Harry Reasoner was an American journalist for CBS and ABC News. He is known for his adroit use of language as a television commentator and as one of the original hosts of the news …
Harry Reasoner, American soldier and journalist (died 1991)
Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, commonly referred to as "Mother Angelica", was an American Catholic nun of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration.
Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network (died 2016)
Irene Lieblich was a Polish-born artist and Holocaust survivor noted for illustrating the books of Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer and for her paintings highlighting Jewish li…
Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (died 2008)
The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in history. On the foggy and moonless night of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers traveling at 20 knots …
Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish field marshal and statesperson who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.