Saturday, February 11, 2023

Artists of the Day, February 11, 2023: What Happened in 1923: Major News and Events, History, Key Technology and Popular Culture (#1776)

 1923 Year In History including Major World Events include Mount Etna eruption, Great Kanto earthquake, Insulin is introduced for treatment of Diabetes, In Popular Culture Movies include The Ten Commandments and Hunchback of Notre Dame and the First baseball game is played on April 18 at Yankee Stadium, In Technology The worlds first domestic refrigerator is sold in Sweden.

History

Egypt
King Tut Burial Chamber Opened

United States
Original Yankee Stadium. The first home game is played at the Yankee Stadium home of the New York Yankees between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, at the time it had the largest number of seats of any Ball park in America , the first game ended with the Yankees beating the Boston Red Sox, by a score of 4-1, with Babe Ruth hitting a three-run home run into the right-field stands .

The Warner Brothers established their film studio company during April 1923. The brothers Albert, Samuel, Jack, and Harry had previously worked together after founding the Duquesne Amusment & Supply Company in Pittsburgh in 1904.

The very first issue of Time Magazine was published during March. The magazine was developed by journalists Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and was the first news magazine published every week in the United States.  

The Teddy Bear. Named after the United States President Theodore Roosevelt (whose nickname was "Teddy") following a cartoon where he refused to kill a tied up beaten black bear

The worlds first portable radio is developed in the US

Technology

Sweden
The worlds first domestic refrigerator is sold.

Japan
 Great Kanto earthquake devastate the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama on September 1st leaving over 140,000 people were killed and many more injured in the devastation and nearly all of Yokohama, Tokyo and the area surrounding were destroyed.

Germany
Adolf Hitler leads the Nazi Party in failed coup attempt in Germany.

Canada
Insulin Used For Diabetes treatment. By late 1922 and early 1923, the Eli Lilly Company makes a breakthrough in the mass production of highly refined insulin and offers it for sale to the public to treat diabetes, a disorder that had been previously thought of as fatal.

Ireland
The Irish Civil War comes to an end in May of 1923. It began during June of 1922. The conflict was fought between the Irish Nationalists and the Irish Republicans.

Spain
The first successful flight of an autogyro, the predecessor to a helicopter, takes place.

Turkey
Republic of Turkey Established



Popular Cuture

Time Magazine is launched on March 3rd .

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Lon Chaney is released.

Women's One Piece swimming suits begin to be worn.

The Ten Commandments directed by Cecil B. DeMille.

The Explosion of recordings of African American musicians including the great Louis Armstrong.

Sicily -- Mount Etna volcano erupts on June 19th - 60,000 made homeless.

France -- First Le Mans 24 hour race run in France.

U.S. -- Rosewood, Fla Massacre, the town is burnt to the ground by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

UK -- Royal Wedding of Albert Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Rowes-Lyon in Westminster Abbey.

Scotland -- Mining Disaster happens when 70 miners are drowned after a mine wall caves in.

Australia -- Construction starts on the Sydney Harbor Bridge.

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Wassily Kandinsky Black and Violet, 1923
Roy Lichtenstein
Born in 1923
Picasso painted Seated Woman in his studio in Paris, 1923
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Born in 1923
Edward Hopper, Railroad Crossing, 1923
Wassily Kandinsky, Circles in a Circle, 1923

Marcel Marceau (born Marcel Mangel) 1923 –  2007
Henry A. Kissinger, U.S. Secretary of State, 1973-1977
Born in 1923
Carroll Shelby
Born in 1923
Bob Barker
Born in 1923
Bettie Mae Page, 1923 – 2008
She was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up photos
Alan Shepard, born in 1923
He was the first American to travel into space
Al Lewis (1923 –2006) was an American actor and activist,
Best known for his role as Count Dracula-lookalike Grandpa
on the television series The Munsters
Women Water skiing in 1923
In July 1923, British watch repairer John Harwood
He took out a UK Patent on the first self-winding wristwatch
The hairdryer
Invented in 1923
The traffic light
A patent was given in 1923
 
 The blender
A Klondike bar
A Good Humor-Breyers ice cream novelty consisting of a square of ice cream
coated with a thin layer of chocolate
Minties
A brand of confectionery originating in Australia and manufactured
in both Australia and New Zealand for their respective markets.
The Twin Bing
A candy bar made by the Palmer Candy Company of Sioux City, Iowa.
Vegemite Australian food spread
Made from leftover brewers' yeast extract with various vegetable and spice additives.
It was developed by Cyril Callister in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1923.
Cutty Sark
A brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by La Martiniquaise in Scotland.
The whisky was created on 23 March 1923 as a product of Berry Bros. & Rudd
1923 fashion
1923 fashion
The Gibson L-5 guitar
It was first produced in 1923 by the Gibson Guitar Corporation, Kalamazoo, Michigan
1923 Alfa Romeo RLSS
with Lucas body from Barcelona
The Rollin Motors Company
An American automobile manufacturer from 1923 until 1925 and founded
by Rollin Henry White. The company was based in Cleveland, Ohio
The Dodge Series 116
A middle class automobile made by Dodge from 1923 to 1925 as their main model
The Renault KZ
A mid-size car or large family car manufactured by Renault from 1923 until 1931
The Bristol Type 72 Racer
A British racing monoplane designed by Wilfrid Thomas Reid and built by the
Bristol Aeroplane Company at Filton, England.
The Tupolev ANT-1 was Tupolev OKB's first aircraft
Designed by Andrei Tupolev based on his work with aerosleighs and boats
The Pennsylvania Railroad G5s
A class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives built by the PRR's Juniata Shops in 1923

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