1923

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Years: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 - 1923 - 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928

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Births

• February 11 - [Ronald Arculus]?, British diplomat.

Deaths

Events

• First works created that would eventually be protected under a pseudo-perpetual copyright regime in the United States; see Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
• Change of US presidency from Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) to Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
• Republic of Turkey founded

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Robert Andrews Millikan]?
• Chemistry - [Fritz Pregl]?
• Medicine - [Frederick Grant Banting]?, John James Richard Macleod
• Literature - William Butler Yeats
• Peace - Not awarded.