1923

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928

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.