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1923 in History

Letter Rate

2¢

Package Rate

2¢

Postcard Rate

1¢

Effective

7/1/1919

United States 4/6/1923
   Louis Armstrong Recording

Louis Armstrong made his first recording entitled "Chimes Blues" with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.

Indonesia 7/6/1923
   USSR Formed

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed from the Russian Empire after the Central Executive Committee accepted the Treaty of Union that was signed in Moscow in December 1922.

United States 7/13/1923
   Hollywood Sign

The famous Hollywood Sign was unveiled in California.  It originally read Hollywoodland.

United States 8/2/1923
   Warren G Harding Dies

President Warren Harding died of a heart attack while in office.  He was succeeded by Calvin Coolidge.

United States 10/16/1923
   Walt Disney Founded

Roy and Walt Disney founded The Walt Disney Company.

United States 12/29/1923
   Television Patent

Vladimir K Zworykin filed his first patent in the United States for a television system.

American President

Warren G Harding (3/4/1921-8/2/1923)

Argentine President

Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (10/12/1922-10/12/1928)

Australian Prime Minister

Stanley Bruce (2/9/1923-10/22/1929)

Austrian President

Michael Hainisch (12/9/1920-12/10/1928)

Belgian Prime Minister

Georges Theunis (12/16/1921-5/13/1925)

Brazilian President

Arthur Bernardes (11/15/1922-11/14/1926)

British Prime Minister

Stanley Baldwin (5/22/1923-1/1/1924)

Canadian Prime Minister

William Lyon Mackenzie King (12/29/1921-6/28/1926)

German President

Friedrich Ebert (2/11/1919-2/28/1925)

Japanese Prime Minister

Kato Tomosaburo (6/12/1922-8/24/1923)