About my dad's birthdate and all the fun and historic things that happened that magical year, 1923.

1. To my Father

2. THIS IS THE DATE THAT WAS
March 25, 1923
monDay’s CHIlD Is FaIr oF FaCE
tuEsDay’s CHIlD IF Full oF GraCE
wEDnEsDay’s CHIlD Is Full oF woE
tHursDay’s CHIlD Has Far to Go
FrIDay’s CHIlD Is lovInG anD GIvInG
saturDay’s CHIlD works For a lIvInG
But tHE CHIlD tHat’s Born on tHE saBBatH Day
Is fair and kind and good and gay.

3. In The News –
S u n d a y, M a r c h 2 5 , 1 9 2 3
On this date, the government of Great Britain acknowledged the autonomy of
the newly-created Emirate of Transjordan, which by 1946 would become the
Kingdom of Jordan.

4. In The News – March 1923
March 1 – Allied troops occupy the Ruhr, the most
industrialized region in Germany, as punishment for
Germany’s failure to pay war reparations from World
War I.
March 3 – Time Magazine hits the
newsstands for the first time.
March 4 – Lenin publishes his last
article in Pravda.

5. In The News – March 1923
March 6 – The St. Louis Cardinals announce they
will begin wearing numbers on their uniforms.
March 9 – Elmer Rice’s controversial play
about the automation of man opens
in New York.
March 13 – Lee de Forest demonstrates his
process of putting sound directly onto film.

6. In The News – March 1923
March 14 – The German Supreme Court rules to
prohibit the formation of the National Socialist
German Workers Party – The Nazis.
March 14 – Warren G. Harding becomes
the first sitting President to pay taxes.
March 16 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s play ‘Der
Unbestechliche’ (‘The Incorruptible’) opens in Vienna.

7. In The News – March 1923
March 20 – The Interior Minister of Bavaria refuses to cede
to the Supreme Court ruling and allows the Nazis to meet.
March 21 – U.S. Secretary of State Charles
Evans Hughes refuses to officially
recognize the Soviet Union.
March 23 – ‘Yes! We Have No Bananas’ is
released on popular recordings and sheet
music.

8. In The News – March 1923
March/date unk. – Jean Cocteau’s ‘Antigone’ open in Paris
with set design by Pablo Picasso, music by Arthur
Honegger and costumes by Gabrielle Chanel.
March 31 – One of the first dance marathons
is held in New York City with Alma Cummings
setting the first record with 27 straight hours
on her feet.

9. Also Bor n March 25, 1923
U.S. Country/Pop singer Bonnie Guitar
Dutch cyclist Wim van Est
German astrophysicist Reimar Lüst

10. Also Bor n In March, 1923
March 3 – U.S. folk singer
Doc Watson
March 4 – English astronomer
Sir Patrick Moore
March 6 – U.S. spokesman
Ed McMahon
March 6 – U.S. jazz guitarist
Wes Montgomery

11. Also Bor n In March, 1923
March 7 – U.S. musician
Mahlon Clark
March 8 – Dutch criminologist
Louk Hulsman
March 9 – Austrian Nobel physicist
Walter Kohn
March 12 – U.S. astronaut
Wally Schirra

12. Also Bor n In March, 1923
March 14 – U.S. photographer
Diane Arbus
March 21 – U.S. GPBL player
Merle ‘Pat’ Keagle
March 22 – French Mime
Marcel Marceau
March 24 – U.S. actor
Murray Hamilton

13. Also Bor n In March, 1923
March 26 – U.S. comedian
Bob Elliot (Bob and Ray)
March 28 – U.S. jazz
musician Thad Jones
March 31 – Canadian author
Milton Acorn

14. Bor n March 25 th
1867 – Italian conductor
Arturo Toscanini
1881 – Hungarian composer
Bela Bartok
1901 – U.S. actor Ed Begley
(‘12 Angry Men’)
1905 – German general and ‘July 20th’
plotter Albrect Mertz von Quirnheim

15. Bor n March 25 th
1908 – English director
David Lean
(‘Lawrence of Arabia’)
1911 – U.S. murderer
Jack Ruby
1918 – U.S. sportscaster
Howard Cosell
1920 – English actor
(and 2nd Doctor Who)
Patrick Troughton

16. Bor n March 25 th
1921 – German/French actress
Simone Signoret
1924 – U.S. actor
Roberts Blossom
(‘Home Alone’)
1924 – Japanese actress
Machiko Kyō
1925 – U.S. author
Flannery O’Connor

17. Bor n March 25 th
1928 – U.S. astronaut
Jim Lovell
1932 – U.S. critic
Gene Shalit
1934 – U.S. singer/guitarist
Johnny Burnette
1934 – U.S. author/activist
Gloria Steinem

18. Bor n March 25 th
1938 – U.S. singer/songwriter
Hoyt Axton
1940 – U.S. singer
Anita Bryant
1942 – U.S. singer
Aretha Franklin
1942 – English actor/director
Richard O’Brien
(‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’)

19. Bor n March 25 th
1943 – U.S. actor
Paul Michael
Glaser
1943 – U.S.
Attorney
William H.
Ginsburg
1948 – U.S.
actress Bonnie
Bedelia
1947 – English
singer/songwriter
Sir Elton John
1951 – Japanese
pro wrestler
Jumbo Tsuruta

20. Bor n March 25 th
1965 – U.S. actress
Sarah Jessica
Parker
1961 – Japanese
pro wrestler
Hiro Saito
1960 – U.S. actor
Haywood Nelson
1962 – U.S.
actress
Marcia Cross

21. Bor n March 25 th
1974 – U.S.
actress
Lark Voorhies
1967 – U.S.
figure skater
Debi Thomas
1966 – U.S.
blues singer
Jeff Healey
1971 – U.S.
WNBA star
Sheryl
Swoopes
1982 – U.S.
NASCAR driver
Danica Patrick

22. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
421 – At precisely noon, the
city of Venice was founded.
1199 – King Richard the
Lionheart is struck by a bolt from a
crossbow. The wound will get infected
and Richard will die from his injuries April 6.
1306 – Robert the Bruce
becomes King of the Scots.

23. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
1634 – The first Catholic
settlers arrive in the new
colony of Maryland.
1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh
is granted a contract to
colonize Virginia.
1655 – Dutch astronomer
Christiaan Huygens
discovers Titan, largest
moon of Saturn.

24. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
1851 – Yosemite Valley
is discovered in California.
1811 – Percy
Bysshe Shelly
is expelled from
Oxford for publishing
The Necessity of Atheism.
1857 – 1st photograph of a
solar eclipse by Fredrick
Laggenheim.

25. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
1894 – Jacob Coxey’s ‘Army’ departs Ohio for
Washington DC to protest unemployment
during the Panic of 1893, now entering its
second year.
1911 – A fire in the upper floors of the Triangle
Shirtwaist Company sends garment workers (mostly
girls) to panic and hide from the fire or try to jump
to safety. 145 die in the disaster.

26. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
1913 – The Great Dayton Flood kills 360 and
makes 65,000 homeless, the worst natural disaster in
Ohio history.
1931 – Nine black teens called the Scottsboro
Boys are arrested and charged with raping two
white women. Despite evidence to the contrary,
all are found guilty and all but one sentenced to
death. Appeals will be filed, but the mess will
carry over until 1976, when the last is pardoned.

27. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
1934 – Horton Smith wins the first Masters Golf Tournament.
1944 – RAF Sgt. Nickolas Alkemade jumped
18,000 feet from a Lancaster bomber without a
parachute…and survived. His fall was broken by
pine trees and soft snow.
1945 – World War II: The Allies break through the
Nazi defenses and capture the Ludendorff bridge at
Remagen, the only intact bridge that crosses the
Rhine River into Germany.

28. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia,
IL kills 111 miners.
1948 – Two Air Force officers successfully forecast a
tornado before it strikes Tinker AFB in Oklahoma.
The forecasters noted conditions were the same as
five days before, when another tornado struck the same base.

29. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
1957 – U.S. customs officials seize copies of
Allen Ginsberg’s book on charges of obscenity.
1957 – The Treaty of Rome establishes
the European Economic Community (EEC).
1961 – Korabl Sputnik 5 is launched with
a test dummy named ‘Ivan Ivanovitch’ and a live
dog named Zvezdochka (‘Starlet’ or ‘Little
Star’). It is the last before the start of the manned
space program.

30. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
1965 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. succeeds in leading
a march from Selma to Montgomery, AL
1969 – John Lennon and new
wife Yoko Ono stage the first
of two ‘Bed-Ins For Peace’ at
the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam.
1975 – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is assassinated by
a nephew later judged insane, but was still executed.

31. M a r c h 2 5 th – T h i s D a y I n H i s t o r y
1996 – The Veterinary
Committee of the
European Union bans the
sale of British beef over
concerns of ‘mad cow’
disease.
1990 – A fire in an illegal
New York social club
called ‘Happy Land’ kills
87 patrons.
1996- The comet called
Hyakutake lights up the
night skies worldwide.

32. 1923 – The Year In Spor ts
World SeriesStanley Cup- New York NFL championsOttawa
Canton Bulldogs
Yankees
Senators
NCAA Football – Cornell, Michigan, California and Illinois

33. 1923 – The Year In Spor ts
Heavyweight Boxing Champ –
Jack Dempsey
Indy 500 –
Tommy Milton
Kentucky Derby – Zev
Preakness – Vigil
Belmont Stakes – Zev

34. Yo u r P a t r o n S a i n t F o r M a r c h 2 5 t h
St. Dismas
The Penitent Thief
What is known about him is that he had a part in
one of the greatest stories of the New
Testament…the Passion and Crucifixion of Jesus
Christ.
As our Savior hung on the cross, there were two
others, thieves, who hung on either side of Him.
While one mocked Jesus, the other chastised
him and asked Jesus to remember him when he
goes to His Father. Jesus replied, ‘I say to you
this day you shall be with me in Paradise.
For this, the penitent thief, called Dismas by
some, is
remembered on March 25th.

35. YOUR HOROSCOPE FOR
MARCH 25TH
You were born under
the sign of Aries
Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and that's pretty much how those born
under this sign see themselves: first. Aries are the leaders of the pack, first in
line to get things going. The symbol of Aries is the Ram, and that's both good
and bad news. Impulsive Aries might be tempted to ram their ideas down
everyone's throats without even bothering to ask if they want to know. It's
these times when you may wish Aries' symbol were a more subdued creature,
more lamb than ram perhaps. You're not likely to convince the Ram to soften
up; these folks are blunt and to the point.

36. Your Chinese Horoscope
1923
This is the Year of the Pig
Pig people are friends for
life. Their relationships
are very deep, devoted,
and rich beyond measure.
The Pig people are noble
and give and receive lots
of hugs. They are gallant
and extend old-fashioned
chivalries towards people they meet.
Your Element is Water
Some days Water Pigs
throw caution to the wind,
playing life "by ear" going
wherever tumbleweeds go,
hither, thither, never resting.
Other times, Water Pigs
exert every energetic atom
of their being into Big
Causes, making life beautiful
for others with lots of
delightful surprises.

37. On The Mag azine Rack – March, 1923

38. D U B I O U S AC H I E V E M E N T O F 1 9 2 3
Visionary of 1923
"There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch
it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet."
- TV inventor Philo Farnsworth

39. Finally…
Famed Art Nouveau
artist Alphonse Mucha
depicts his favorite
subject, noted French
actress Sarah Bernhardt,
who died March 26,
1923.
THE END