100 Years Ago Today

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28th November 1923

This being "Radio Week", with music being carried across from America to England and vice versa, Mrs. Arthur Lynch (near set), wife of the editor of Radio Broadcast, gave a "radio dance party" at the Doulbleday Page and Co., offices, Garden City, Long Island.

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29th November 1923

Ship Losses:

Sainte Marie (France) The schooner was wrecked in the Pierre des Portes Rocks, off Saint-Malo, Finistère, France.

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30th November 1923

Wilhelm Marx (left, sitting) became the new Chancellor of Germany after neither Heinrich Albert or Adam Stegerwald were able to form a government.
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Ship Losses:

Hermina (Germany) The auxiliary sailing vessel was driven ashore at Wyk auf Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein and was wrecked.

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1st December 1923

The damburst of the Gleno Dam killed 356 people in the province of Bergamo, sweeping away people in the villages of Bueggio, Corna and Dezzo. Initial reports from the Associated Press said that of the 500 residents of Dezzo, only three survived.


Ship Losses:

Jarl (Sweden) The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off Reval, Estonia and sank. Her crew survived.

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2nd December 1923

Ship Losses:

Neptun (Soviet Union) The schooner was wrecked on Ven, Sweden.

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3rd December 1923

Ship Losses:

Günther (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground off the Bovbjerg Lighthouse, Denmark. She was refloated on 9 December.

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4th December 1923

The Cecil B. DeMille-directed epic film "The Ten Commandments", the most popular movie of 1924, premiered at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.


Ship Losses:

Ilga (Latvia) The cargo ship was rammed by Hidrografs ( Latvia) off Mühlgraben, Riga, Latvia and was beached.

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5th December 1923

An insurrection began in Mexico against President Álvaro Obregón as officers in five states of the United Mexican States ousted the federal officials and installed their own officials. The rebellion was nominally led by Adolfo de la Huerta.


Ship Losses:

Creek Fisher (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Albia ( Spain) off Penarth, Glamorgan and was beached. She was refloated later that day and drydocked at Cardiff.
Rhodopis (Germany) The cargo ship collided with Somme ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.
Rosa (United Kingdom) The coaster departed London for Gloucester No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Tone (Norway) The coaster departed Immingham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom for Christiania. Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship washed up at Lindesnes, Norway on 10 December.
T.W. Lake (United States) The coaster foundered/wrecked in strong winds and heavy seas between Shannon Point and Decatur Island, or Lopez Island, San Juan Islands, a total loss. Lost with of all 18 crew, or 13 of them.

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6th December 1923

Ship Losses:

Düsseldorf (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Valparaíso, Chile and was wrecked.
Junior (Netherlands) The tug collided with Transporter ( United Kingdom) at IJmuiden, North Holland and sank with the loss of a crew member.
Kalfsund (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground at Järnäs and was wrecked.
Salta (Spain) The schooner came ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France and was wrecked with the loss of two of her crew.
Viking (United States) The 27-ton, 47-foot (14 m) gasoline-powered vessel washed ashore at Sitkinak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago during a gale. She had broken her anchor chain when the storm struck while she was anchored in the harbor at Kanatak on the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska on 3 December and drifted over 70 miles (110 km) to the southeast before coming ashore. She was a total loss, but her cook survived the ordeal.

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7th December 1923

Ship Losses:

Kalmar (Sweden) The cargo ship collided with Bellglade ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank with the loss of a crew member.

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8th December 1923

Ship Losses:

Mary Peers (United Kingdom) The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall and was wrecked.

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9th December 1923

Ship Losses:

Rosa (United Kingdom) The coaster foundered in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset with the loss of all hands. Two bodies were recovered by Innisholm ( United Kingdom).
San Marco (United States) The 30-gross register ton, 49.8-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel was stranded at Kanak Island (60°08′N 144°21′W) off south central Alaska. Her entire crew of eight survived. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Universe (United States) During a voyage from Cordova, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, the 39-gross register ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) fishing vessel was stranded on a sandbar on the west side of Kanak Island (60°08′N 144°21′W) off south central Alaska during a snowstorm. Her entire crew of seven survived. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

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10th December 1923

Ship Losses:

John R. Penrose (United Kingdom) The schooner sank at Barbados.
Somersby (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Malpica de Berganti, A Coruña, Spain and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

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11th December 1923

Ship Losses:

Bishopton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Kettleness, Yorkshire. She refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew survived.

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12th December 1923

American media personality and animal rights advocate, Bob Barker, is born in Darrington, Washington, U.S.


Ship Losses:

Rose Marie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Livorno ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Haisbro Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank. All eighteen crew were rescued by Livorno.