Major Events
- Feb 16 Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb and finds the sarcophagus
- Jul 6 The Central Executive Committee accepts the Treaty of Union, signed in Moscow in December 1922, and the Russian Empire becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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1923 in Film & TV
- Jul 13 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland" but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949
- Oct 16 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded
- Nov 23 Cecil B. DeMille's first version of "The Ten Commandments" premieres in the USA
- Dec 31 BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID
1923 in Music
- Jun 14 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1923 in Sport
- May 26 Inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for cars starts through public roads around Le Mans, France; inaugural winners: André Lagache and René Léonard (France) for Chenard & Walcker
- Sep 27 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
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A Deadly Bite, Or King Tut's Revenge?
It was one of the most spectacular archaeological finds – but was the disturbed Tutankhamun a sleeping tiger?February 16Tutankhamun's Burial Chamber Found
A photo of British archaeologist Howard Carter at the sarcophagus of Egyptian pharaoh TutankhamunFebruary 161st Aerial Refueling
Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter (bottom aircraft) performing the first aerial refueling over the skies of Rockwell Field in California, June 27, 1923.June 27Hollywoodland
Dedication of the"Hollywoodland" signJuly 13
Famous Weddings in 1923
- Jan 29 President of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (41) weds Latife Hanim; divorce in 1925
- Feb 10 American silent screen actor and film maker Harold Lloyd (29) weds his leading lady, American actress Mildred Davis (21), until her death in 1969
- Mar 23 Writer Anaïs Nin (Delta of Venus) marries banker and artist Hugh Parker Guiler in Havana, Cuba
Famous Divorces in 1923
- Mar 4 Italian actor Rudolph Valentino (24) divorces actress Jean Acker (26)
- Dec 18 Jazz musician Louis Armstrong (22) divorces Daisy Parker after 5 years of marriage
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