100 Years Ago Today

[Jimbuna]

22nd August 1923

Ship Losses:

Onega (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Khaces Shoal, off Kristinestad, Finland. She was refloated on 30 August.

[Jimbuna]

23rd August 1923

"Germany In Dictator's Grip. Chancellor Stresemann called the reichstag party leaders to his office this afternoon and announced that he was taking dictatorial measures to save Germany from ruin."
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Giovanni Minzoni assassinated by fascists.
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Ship Losses:

Airston (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was discovered abandoned in the English Channel by Ben Henshaw and Ben Johnson (both United Kingdom) and was towed into Portland, Dorset.

[Jimbuna]

24th August 1923

"Germany In Dictator's Grip. Chancellor Stresemann called the reichstag party leaders to his office this afternoon and announced that he was taking dictatorial measures to save Germany from ruin."
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Marine Corps review.
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Ship Losses:

Braebeg (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a submerged wreck atBallyhack, County Wexford and was beached.

[Jimbuna]

25th August 1923

"Klan and Deputies Battle". Violence broke out in Carnegie, Pennsylvania between citizens of the heavily Catholic community and the Ku Klux Klan. The locals threw stones and a Klansman was shot dead; about a dozen arrests were made.
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Ship Losses:

Gutenfels (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground at Guadalmesí Point, Spain. She was abandoned as a total loss on 14 September.

[Jimbuna]

26th August 1923

""Pay Us or We Stay", France Tells Berlin". "What we did fifty-three years ago, our former enemies can at least try to do today", Poincaré said, referring to the Franco-Prussian War. "If not, they force us to execute on them what they menaced us with then – pay us or we stay."

Ship Losses:

España (Armada Española) The España-class battleship ran aground at Cape Tres Forcas, Spanish Morocco. She broke in two in November and was declared a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

27th August 1923

"Commission From Italy Massacred— Three Establishing Border of Albania and Greece Assassins' Victims". Italian Army General Enrico Tellini, inspecting the disputed border between Greece and Albania, was shot and killed in an ambush along with three officers and an interpreter.
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Ship Losses:

Thursby (United Kingdom) The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of the Longships Lighthouse with the loss of one of her thirteen crew.

[Jimbuna]

28th August 1923

"Gangster Slain From Ambush— Rival Penetrates Cordon of Police to Fire Shot". Nathan Kaplan, 32, American gangster known as "Kid Dropper", was shot to death by hit man Louis Cohen while being transferred by a police car in New York City after his arrest.
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Ship Losses:

Glyndwr (United Kingdom) The cargo ship passed Dungeness, Kent for Oporto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

29th August 1923

Richard Attenborough is born in Cambridge, the eldest of three sons.
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"A Hundred Years Hence. Professor's Vision of Warfare. How We Shall Fight in A.D. 2023."
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Ship Losses:

Deputé Emile Driant The collier capsized and sank in the English Channel off boulogne, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of nineteen of her 24 crew.
Klüpfel (Germany) The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel.
Rawlinson (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. A lifeboat from the ship was recovered by a German trawler on 10 September. All hands lost.

[Jimbuna]

30th August 1923

Casper Daily Tribune: Italian Battle Fleet Made Ready For War.
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Ship Losses:

Deputé Emile Driant The collier capsized and sank in the English Channel off boulogne, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of nineteen of her 24 crew.
Klüpfel (Germany) The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel.
Rawlinson (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. A lifeboat from the ship was recovered by a German trawler on 10 September. All hands lost.

[Jimbuna]

31st August 1923

The United States formally recognized Mexico.
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The Corfu incident began as Italian naval forces shelled and occupied the unfortified Greek island of Corfu with 11,000 troops.

Ship Losses:

Sheikh Berkhud (Egypt) The cargo ship sank at Suez.

[Jimbuna]

1st September 1923

The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing an estimated 142,807 people, but according to a Japanese construction research centre report in 2005, 105,000 are confirmed dead. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and ten minutes.
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Ship Losses:

Amagi (Imperial Japanese Navy) Great Kantō earthquake: The Amagi-class battlecruiser was damaged beyond economic repair at Yokosuka whilst under conversion to an aircraft carrier. She was scrapped in situ in 1924.
Unknown lighter (Japan) Great Kantō earthquake: The lighter, loaded with lumber, was shattered when caught between Lyons Maru ( Japan), that had broken adrift from her dock, and Empress of Australia ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

2nd September 1923

Adolf Hitler and Julius Streicher at the German Day parade in Nuremberg.
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Ship Losses:

City of Rockland (United States) The retired 274-foot (84 m), 1,696-gross register ton passenger ship, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was scuttled in very shallow water and burned as a means of disposal off Beverly, Massachusetts, between Great Misery Island and Little Misery Island at 42°32′44″N 070°48′08″W.

[Jimbuna]

3rd September 1923

The "Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News" was first published after being founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt IV. The newspaper would cease publication on December 18, 1954.
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[Jimbuna]

4th September 1923

The United States Navy's first U.S.-built rigid airship, the as-yet-unnamed ZR-1, makes her first flight at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey. She contains most of the world's extracted reserves of helium at this time. (Named USS "Shenandoah" in October).
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Ship Losses:

Cronstadt (United Kingdom) The tanker was destroyed by fire at Lisbon, Portugal.

[Jeff-Groves]

The Shenandoah crash happened 155 miles from my home.
Been past there many times.
At one time there was a motel built in the shape of an Airship near there.
It was demolished years ago but I did see it before it was totally removed.

[Jimbuna]

5th September 1923

In the immediate aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake, Japanese police and vigilantes massacred Koreans living in Japan. Between 6,000-10,000 people are murdered. Bamboo spears are commonly used to execute victims.
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Ship Losses:

USS New Jersey (United States Navy) The decommissioned Virginia-class battleship was sunk as target in the Atlantic Ocean off Diamond Shoals, North Carolina, by Martin NBS-1 bomber aircraft of the 2nd Bombardment Group (United States United States Army Air Service).
USS Virginia (United States Navy) The decommissioned Virginia-class battleship was sunk as target in the Atlantic Ocean off Diamond Shoals, North Carolina, by Martin NBS-1 bomber aircraft of the 2nd Bombardment Group (United States United States Army Air Service).

[Jimbuna]

6th September 1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame released, becoming Universal's most successful silent film.
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Ruined tank in Poelkapelle, Belgium, near the memorial to French pilot Georges Guynemer, shot down in 1917.
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Ship Losses:

Orkney (United Kingdom) The dredger foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Longships Lighthouse.

[Jimbuna]

26th September 1923

Fearing riots because of the abandonment of passive resistance, the Bavarian government declares a state of emergency and appoints the former Prime Minister Gustav Ritter von Kahr as State Commissioner General (Generalstaatskommissar), to whom all executive power is transferred.
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Reich President Friedrich Ebert temporarily transfers executive power to Reichswehr Minister Otto Geßler and declares a state of emergency for the entire German Reich under Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution. It will last until February 1924.

Ship Losses:

Obernai (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada and was beached.

[Jimbuna]

27th September 1923

"Bayonets Rule In Germany. Bavaria Revolt Brings Drastic Berlin Action. Suspend Civil Laws for Whole Nation. Friend of Crown Prince Rupprecht made dictator of Bavaria as Germany formally announces surrender to France."
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Ship Losses:

Fred J. Wood (United States) During a gale, the 681-gross register ton, 181-foot (55.2 m) schooner washed ashore in Port Clarence Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska and was pounded to pieces by the surf. All 105 people aboard survived and were rescued by the steamer Buford ( United States).
Santa Maria (Portugal) The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Villano, Spain.

[Jimbuna]

28th September 1923

George Herman "Babe" Ruth and His Wife, Claire.
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Ship Losses:

Alcibiades (Belgium) The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Varna, Romania.
Reliance (United States) The inland passenger vessel was destroyed by fire in Louisiana after an explosion in her engine room. Six killed.
Taku No. 5 (United States) With no one and no cargo aboard, the 19-ton scow was blown ashore during a gale and wrecked in Taku Harbor in Taku Inlet in Southeast Alaska. The wreck was hauled ashore and burned to prevent it from causing further damage in the harbor.

[Jimbuna]

29th September 1923

Ship Losses:

Brotonne (France) The cargo ship was in collision with another vessel in Falmouth Bay and sank. All seventeen crew survived.
Florence (United Kingdom) The schooner was in collision with Mokta ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel between the South Goodwin and West Goodwin Lightships (both United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve or thirteen lives. The sole survivor was rescued by Zora ( Yugoslavia).
La Guardia (Spain) The cargo ship sank at Tarragona, Catalonia.
Rubaiyat (United States) The motor vessel capsized 10 minutes after leaving dock at Tacoma, Washington due to cargo shift. Four crew killed.

[Jimbuna]

30th September 1923

"Berlin Defied By Bavaria. German Army's Threat Makes Dictator Bow. Friction Adds to Civil War Peril. Bavarian dictator defies German government's order, aimed at Fascisti leader (Hitler), but later backs down".
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Former General Erich Ludendorff after his arrival at the Schliersee train station in Upper Bavaria in conversation with Austrian members of the Freikorps Oberland. Right: Hermann Göring in SA uniform.
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Ship Losses:

Clan Macmaster (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was declared a total loss on 3 October.
Gutfeld (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground on the Longships, off Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was discovered to be leaking severely and was beached in Falmouth Bay.

[Jimbuna]

!st October 1923

Germany: In Küstrin and Spandau, units of the Black Reichswehr (secret reserve formations of the Reichswehr that violated the peace treaty) under the leadership of Major Bruno Ernst Buchrucker attempted a coup, which was quickly put down by the regular Reichswehr.
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Ship Losses:

Troutpool (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was wrecked off Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Yport (France) The cargo ship ran aground at Sydney, Nova Scotia, and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

2nd October 1923

Ship Losses:

Electric Flash (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Renews, Newfoundland, and was a total loss.
Helen Swazy (United Kingdom) The schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean at 39°40′N 70°44′W. All eight crew were rescued by Garonne (flag unknown).
L'Auroch (France) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and was abandoned by her crew.
Lizzie Trenberth (United Kingdom) The schooner, which had departed from Runcorn, Cheshire, on 24 September for Mevagissey, Cornwall, was last reported on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

3rd October 1923

Ship Losses:

Adrana (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground and sank on Storkallegrund, Sweden.
Evelyn (United Kingdom) The ketch was reported in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Governor Parr (United Kingdom) the schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°49′30″N 55°56′00″W) with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Schodak ( United States).

[Jimbuna]

4th October 1923

Actor and political activist, Charlton Heston, is born in Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
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Ship Losses:

Stuartstar (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Hook of Holland (Rotterdam), Netherlands.Forty-nine of her 51 crew were taken off the next day.[7] She was declared a total loss on 10 October.

[Jimbuna]

5th October 1923

British actress, dancer, musician and singer, Glynis Johns, is born in Pretoria, Union of South Africa.
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Chinese warlord Cao Kun, leader of the Zhili clique, wins the presidential election with over 80% of the votes cast in the National Assembly thanks to massive electoral fraud.
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[Jimbuna]

6th October 1923

Marine Mascot, USMC v. Georgetown football game, 10/6/23.
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[Jimbuna]

7th October 1923

Turkish troops enter Istanbul. The Occupation of Constantinople ends when the great powers of World War I withdraw.
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Ship Losses:

Else (flag unknown) The schooner capsized in the Gulf of Finland 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Sommers, Finland. Her crew were rescued by Colinton ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

8th October 1923

Ship Losses:

City of Westminster (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Runnelstone, Cornwall. All 48 people on board were rescued by the Penlee and Sennen Cove Lifeboats.
Kennecott (United States) During a voyage from Cordova, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, carrying a crew of 31 and a cargo of 6,000 tons of copper ore concentrates and 40,000 cases of salmon, the 3,620-ton cargo ship was wrecked without loss of life at Hunter Point on Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia. The cutter USCGC Unalga ( United States Coast Guard), the survey ship USC&GS Surveyor ( United States Coast and Geodetic Survey), and the steamer Cordova (flag unknown) rescued 23 members of her crew. Her captain and seven other members of her crew remained behind to guard her wreck and were rescued later by the salvage tug Hercules (flag unknown). Kennecott soon broke up, and the two main parts of her hull drifted away and sank.
Norman W. Strong (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and was wrecked.

[Jimbuna]

9th October 1923

Ship Losses:

John S. Emery (United States) The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Samland ( Belgium).
Vital (Germany) The cargo ship collided with Sekstant ( Norway) at Hull, Yorkshire and sank.

[Jimbuna]

10th October 1923

Freiberg, Saxony, occupied by the Reichswehr.
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Ship Losses:

Bretagne (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground on Häfringe Island, Sweden with the loss of her captain. The survivors were rescued.
Lutzen (flag unknown) The cargo ship departed Saint John, New Brunswick, for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
USS PG-40 (United States Navy) The PG-40/Quiros-class gunboat was sunk as a target.

[Jimbuna]

11th October 1923

"This is the first and only known photograph in existance of Adolph Hitler, the much talked of leader of the German National Socialist Party. The photo, an exclusive one, shows clearly the lines of a strong countenance and also a sturdy body."
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"Berlin Public Frantic as Mark Is Quoted at 6,500,000,000 to Dolllar— Bread, at 50 Million Marks a Loaf Yesterday, Will Cost 110 Million Today".
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Ship Losses:

City of Everett (United States) The cargo ship caught fire and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of all 26 crew.
Montoro (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Torres Straits.
Omono Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was wrecked off Taneichi, Iwate.
Phoeniciër (Belgium) The cargo ship ran aground at Memel, East Prussia, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 4 May 1924, but was declared a constructive total loss. She was sold, repaired and returned to service.

[Jimbuna]

12th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Agram (United States) After her anchor lines parted during a violent storm, the 22-gross register ton motor cannery tender was wrecked in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska on a beach in the vicinity of 59°16′N 154°07′W, between Cape Chinik and Amakdedori. Her crew of three survived.

[Jimbuna]

13th October 1923

W.H. Murphy and his associate demonstrating their bulletproof vest.
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After a heated debate, the Reichstag passed the enabling law demanded by Reich Chancellor Gustav Stresemann with the two-thirds majority required because of its constitutionally disruptive nature (316 yes votes, 24 no votes and seven abstentions).
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Ship Losses:

Aberdeen (Canada) The Canadian Government ship (CGS) ran aground on Black Ledge, Seal Island, Nova Scotia and was abandoned.
Cetus (United States) The cargo ship collided with another vessel in Lake Michigan and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Port Arthur (United Kingdom) The schooner collided with Howard Young ( United Kingdom) at St. John's, Newfoundland, and sank.

[Jimbuna]

14th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Carlisle (United States) The 15-gross register ton, 43.9-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The two people aboard survived.

[Jimbuna]

15th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Jean Macdonald Duff (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (42°28′N 24°43′W). Her crew were rescued by Arawa ( United Kingdom).
Mabel (flag unknown) The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Nassau, Bahamas.
Seine (France) The cargo ship collided with Andalusia ( Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 17 October.

[Jimbuna]

16th October 1923

"Berlin Riots and looting caused by the inflation. Security police dissolve a demonstration of unemployed at the Alexanderplatz in front of the city hall, Rotes Rathaus."
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Ship Losses:

Egon (Sweden) The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Äransgrund Lighthouse and sank. Her crew were rescued by a German ship.
Kaduskak (United Kingdom) The auxiliary sailing vessel was destroyed by fire at St. Martins, New Brunswick.
USS Quiros (United States Navy) United States Navy destroyer gunfire sank the decommissioned gunboat as a target off the coast of China.

[Jimbuna]

17th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Strathmore (United Kingdom) The Thames barge collided with Lapwing ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank.
Ville de Reims (France) The cargo ship came ashore between Noissi-Bé and Diego Suarez, Madagascar.[29] She was refloated on 22 October. She was refloated on 23 October.

[Jimbuna]

18th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Etoile D'Anjouan (France) The cargo ship ran aground on Nosyfaty Island, Madagascar, whilst going to the assistance of Ville de Reims ( France). She was refloated on 23 October.
General Smuts (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States.
Portuense (Portugal) The sailing vessel caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°00′N 33°49′W). Her crew were rescued by Presidente Wilson ( United Kingdom).
Spider (United States) With no one aboard, the 7-gross register ton, 30.6-foot (9.3 m) fishing vessel was blown ashore during a gale and wrecked without loss of life on "Caroline Island" – probably Carolyn Island (64°27′N 162°53′W) – in Golovnin Bay on the Bering Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska.

[Jimbuna]

19th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Agatoelo (Italy) The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gulf of İzmir off Karaburun, Turkey, and sank with the loss of eight crew.

[Jimbuna]

20th October 1923

"Germans Again Defy France. Dictator Ends Reparations; Expects Break. Poincare Blamed by Stresemann. Germany will not pay France any more reparations, Chancellor Stresemann announces."
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Ship Losses:

Polmanter (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal.

[Jimbuna]

21st October 1923

Ship Losses:

Leonor (France) The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

22nd October 1923

"Herr Hitler said the question was whether the soviet star or the swastika emblem of the national Socialists shall rule Germany. "I am neither for a monarchy nor for President Ebert. I am for an immediate dictatorship of the swastika.""
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"Captain Hermann Goering ready for any emergency."
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Ship Losses:

Fernhill (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Port Auckland ( United Kingdom) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 13 December.
San Gil (United States) The passenger ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia. Her passengers were taken off by Pastores ( United States).
Saxon Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire at Santos, São Paulo, Brazil and was beached. She was refloated on 24 October.

[Jimbuna]

23rd October 1923

Ship Losses:

O-5 (United States Navy) The O-class submarine was rammed and sunk in Limon Bay by Abangarez ( United States) with the loss of three crew. She was partially raised on 30 October to enable the rescue of two survivors. Subsequently stricken in April 1924 and sold for scrap.

[Jimbuna]

24th October 1923

The Hamburg Uprising ended as hundreds of communists were arrested and hundreds more fled the city. News had reached Ernst Thälmann and the other local communist leaders that the nationwide revolution had been called off and that Hamburg was fighting alone.
https://i.postimg.cc/4xFG8Qw1/october-24th-1923-the-hamburg-uprising-ended-as-hundreds-of-v0-nmfbgg5pb5wb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/FYcwzcMf)

French soldiers in Duisburg, Ruhr, Germany.
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Ship Losses:

Wm S. McDonald (United Kingdom) The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All seven crew were rescued by San manuel ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

25th October 1923

"In photo is shown Benito Mussolini, Italian Premier, in the new uniform of the Fascisti. He ranks as Honorary Corporal. Mussolini has often been likened to Napoleon, and expressly titled the photo "The Two Eagles." An eagle was killed expressly and embalmed just for this picture."
https://i.postimg.cc/QtRnYs4X/october-25-1923-in-photo-is-shown-benito-mussolini-italian-v0-v0d2d2frjdwb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/LY3TndF7)

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26th October 1923

Germany: 500,000,000,000 Mark note. The dollar exchange rate is currently at 65 billion marks (per US dollar).
https://i.postimg.cc/52wrnpRZ/october-26th-1923-germany-500-000-000-000-mark-note-the-v0-yk8sqgp7jkwb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/xX1gdGYR)

Ship Losses:

Karin (Sweden) The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire in the Øresund and was beached at Klampenborg, Denmark.

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27th October 1923

In a Berlin bank, 10/27/23
https://i.postimg.cc/Pq2P9CrT/service-pnp-ggbain-36400-36493v.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

"Fighting The Communist Rising In Hamburg".
https://i.postimg.cc/23R6hvTF/october-27th-1923-fighting-the-communist-rising-in-hamburg-v0-cq81ljmoerwb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/vxhbd4Jc)

Ship Losses:

Conovium (United Kingdom) The coaster, which had departed Garston, Lancashire for Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland on 26 October, was reported 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the Chicken Rock, Isle of Man.[6] She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. The bodies of the crew washed up on the coast of Cumberland in late November.

[Jimbuna]

28th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Raven (France) The schooner ran aground at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued by Charlie Medland ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

[Jimbuna]

29th October 1923

The Turkish Republic is proclaimed with Mustafa Kemal (Kemal Atatürk) as president. He promotes a policy of aggressive secularization: he abolishes the veil for women, introduces the Gregorian calendar and orders the wearing of western dress and use of Roman letters.
https://i.postimg.cc/bv843gBZ/october-29th-1923-the-turkish-republic-is-proclaimed-with-v0-9x7g60jl15xb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/9D8xfdV2)

Ship Losses:

Borgneuf (France) The cargo ship ran aground at Arcachon, Gironde. She was refloated on 12 November.
Delfin (United Kingdom) The schooner caught fire and sank at Alexandria, Egypt.
Steelville (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Strait of Kertch. She was refloated on 6 November.

[Jimbuna]

30th October 1923

Andrew Bonar Law, 65, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, died of throat cancer.
https://i.postimg.cc/ydBnZhPs/october-30th-1923-died-andrew-bonar-law-65-former-prime-v0-zwxxh5y0ibxb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/R3scrHyD)

The first government of the Turkish Republic was formed with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as president and İsmet İnönü as prime minister.
https://i.postimg.cc/RFRdQ3sf/october-30th-1923-the-first-government-of-the-turkish-v0-h92vg7hehbxb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/R6Wwv0zV)

Ship Losses:

26 (Imperial Japanese Navy) The Type L submarine sank at Kure Naval Base. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 2 November.

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31st October 1923

Wilhelm Kollhoff is the first radio subscriber in Germany to register his radio. Due to inflation, he paid 350 billion marks for approval.
https://i.postimg.cc/SR1M6KjN/october-31st-1923-wilhelm-kollhoff-is-the-first-radio-v0-qvc42wc86ixb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/sGSxyspt)

Ship Losses:

Shinmei Maru (Japan) The cargo ship collided with Kasuga Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.

[Jimbuna]

1st November 1923

[November 1st, 1923] 10,000,000,000,000 mark note. One US dollar is currently worth around 130 billion marks. 1 pound of bread costs 3 billion; 1 pound of meat: 36 billion; 1 glass of beer: 4 billion.
https://i.postimg.cc/LXb0qZG6/november-1st-1923-10-000-000-000-000-mark-note-one-us-v0-0z2pmzz53pxb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/BL2Cktqd)

Bill Lovett, 29, Irish-born American gangster and recently retired leader of New York's White Hand Gang, was murdered while sleeping in an abandoned store at 25 Bridge Street in Brooklyn, after a night of drinking at Sand's Saloon.
https://i.postimg.cc/V5yGgPYx/november-1st-1923-died-bill-lovett-29-irish-born-american-v0-1a19rtqq2pxb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ctmB1jth)

Ship Losses:

Shinshu Maru (Japan) The cargo ship collided with Kanei Naru ( Japan) in the South China Sea off the north east coast of Korea and sank with some loss of life.

[Jimbuna]

2nd November 1923

Ship Losses:

General J. B. Carr (United States) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank at New York.

[Jimbuna]

3rd November 1923

Berlin: An elderly woman gathers vegetable waste tossed from a vegetable seller's wagon for her lunch.
https://i.postimg.cc/dVLSxN21/november-3rd-1923-berlin-an-elderly-woman-gathers-vegetable-v0-kay8uxm4g4yb1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Success (United Kingdom) The coaster ran aground at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 4 November and brought into the harbour where she sank.

[Jimbuna]

4th November 1923

"Airship baptism. The baptismal party in the gondola of the giant airship Z R 1, built in America according to German plans."
https://i.postimg.cc/bJYPVDP8/november-4th-1923-airship-baptism-the-baptismal-party-in-v0-ddl8pdk8ebyb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/2qtgV53X)

March past of the Freikorps Oberland in front of Adolf Hitler on Maximilianstrasse in Munich - counter-event to the march of patriotic associations in front of Crown Prince Rupprecht on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone for the Fallen memorial.
https://i.postimg.cc/zv99N3sy/november-4th-1923-airship-baptism-the-baptismal-party-in-v0-ddl8pdk8ebyb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/GTxMJ3hR)

Ship Losses:

Domino (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground off the Hombursund Lighthouse, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She broke in two, and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

5th November 1923

"Bavaria Takes Monarchy Out of Moth Balls. Royalty Struts for Day as Army Pays Homage. Pomp of royalty restored in Bavaria as Prince Rupprecht and royal family review Hittler troops."
https://i.postimg.cc/B6GkQNC4/november-5th-1923-bavaria-takes-monarchy-out-of-moth-balls-v0-inq9g9o0biyb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/3ynntX6c)

Ship Losses:

Equator (United Kingdom) The sailing ship departed from Trinidad. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

6th November 1923

Ship Losses:

Tainan Maru (Japan) The cargo ship collided with Itsukushima Maru ( Japan) in the Inland Sea of Japan and was beached. She was later refloated and brought into Kobe.

[Jimbuna]

7th November 1923

"The Multiple Dictator": Punch cartoon satirizing Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
https://i.postimg.cc/8cRr68MH/november-7th-1923-the-multiple-dictator-punch-cartoon-v0-1719h3cslwyb1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Perun (Germany) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Wolf ( Germany).

[Jimbuna]

8th November 1923

The Beer Hall Putsch begins in Munich as Adolf Hitler and 603 members of his Nazi Party's Storm Troopers surround a large beer hall, Der Bürgerbräukeller.
https://i.postimg.cc/76ygNC23/november-8th-1923-the-beer-hall-putsch-begins-in-munich-as-v0-nbjguvfgv2zb1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Conifer (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Skogstad ( Norway) in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury, Essex. She was beached but subsequently foundered.

[Jimbuna]

9th November 1923

Heinrich Himmler holding the war ensign of Germany during the Beer Hall Putsch.
https://i.postimg.cc/9QqjTdn0/november-9th-1923-heinrich-himmler-holding-the-war-ensign-v0-rvvjy08m7czb1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Castleisland (United Kingdom )The coaster came ashore in Belfast Lough and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Donaghadee Lifeboat.
Goole (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Wynding ( United Kingdom) in the River Humber. She was taken to Hull where she sank.
Merche (Spain) The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (30°59′N 11°00′W) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Indiana ( Italy).

[Jimbuna]

10th November 1923

Ship Losses:

Martin Eduard (Latvia) The ship sprang a leak in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden and was abandoned.

[Jimbuna]

11th November 1923

Adolf Hitler is arrested, found hiding in his friend Ernst Hanfstaengl’s attic after his failed putsch. He had allegedly considered suicide, but was talked out of it.
https://i.postimg.cc/8cfswWqt/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Armistice Day at Arlington.
https://i.postimg.cc/8k7bxYGn/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Hsin Lee (China) The cargo ship ran aground near Yalukiang. She was refloated on 25 November.

[Jimbuna]

12th November 1923

The new flag of the Soviet Union was adopted. Its design of a solid red field with a gold hammer, sickle and star in the upper hoist corner would be used with only a couple of minor variations until the USSR's dissolution in 1991.
https://i.postimg.cc/mDrC7mB9/november-12th-1923-the-new-flag-of-the-soviet-union-was-v0-bgoh0zoqqwzb1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/DWtSTdWf)

Hitler, who would be incarcerated for 13 months, appointed his colleague Alfred Rosenberg to be the temporary leader of the Nazi party.
https://i.postimg.cc/x1yz7wdH/november-11-1923-hitler-who-would-be-incarcerated-for-13-v0-4b172nvsotzb1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Helios (flag unknown) The salvage vessel sank off Pihlajasaari, Finland.

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13th November 1923

"Former kaiser gets passports to return to Germany, Belgium hears. Plans afoot to restore Hohenzollern monarchy on Dec 4."
https://i.postimg.cc/nrdsKPvm/november-13th-1923-former-kaiser-gets-passports-to-return-v0-5fw89885p30c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/hQdPcMZ4)

Ship Losses:

A. C. Kirk (United Kingdom) The coaster was reported off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire bound for Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

14th November 1923

"Soviet Flag to Bear Sickle and Hammer. Five-pointed Star Also Adorns Red Cloth Emblem Adopted".
https://i.postimg.cc/brpPYxFF/november-14th-1923-soviet-flag-to-bear-sickle-and-hammer-v0-58rl1sbd8a0c1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Danemark (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiania, Norway. She was refloated on 19 November.

[Jimbuna]

15th November 1923

Germany stopped printing the essentially worthless "papiermark", which had been trading at the rate of 4.2 trillion marks to one U.S. dollar by mid-November and issued the new Rentenmark, backed by the value of property taxes and tied to the U.S. dollar with 4.2 RM to US$1.
https://i.postimg.cc/wBS0HYkT/november-15th-1923-germany-stopped-printing-the-essentially-v0-dx4i3b4zwh0c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/HJ9Q4KKf)

Ship Losses:

Robert and Elizabeth (United Kingdom) The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off Southend Pier, Essex. both crew survived.
Sagua (United States) The cargo ship ran aground at Bluefields, Nicaragua. She was refloated on 21 November.

[Jimbuna]

16th November 1923

Rentenmark replaces devalued German mark, ending hyperinflation in Germany. (Berlin, crowd gathering in front of the Rentenbank bank after the currency reform).
https://i.postimg.cc/8sQfpWkj/november-16th-1923-rentenmark-replaces-devalued-german-mark-v0-4ybfvlhriq0c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Cn7xJRqg)

Ship Losses:

Grace N Pendelton (United States) The auxiliary schooner was in collision with another vessel in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Hermes ( Germany).

[Jimbuna]

17th November 1923

"Great Britain and Italy oppose France's plan for further seizures of German territory."
https://i.postimg.cc/5N1SCPhP/november-17th-1923-great-britain-and-italy-oppose-frances-v0-ywdbjsnhnw0c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/qgbKfGMn)

Moscow, Revolution Day, Lev Kamenev (right. with the cap), Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, reviews the parade of troops.
https://i.postimg.cc/0jvD7QB6/november-17th-1923-moscow-revolution-day-lev-kamenev-right-v0-y9ybcc5zpw0c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/zbdyrJ55)

Ship Losses:

Ibis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay. She refloated but then grounded again. Declared a total loss, the wreck was dispersed by the Mersey Harbour Board using explosives.
Kronos (Germany) The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia with the loss of all hands, at least fourteen crew.
Rijperkerk (Netherlands) The cargo ship put into Bastia, Corsica, France on fire. She was scuttled by the coastal defense ship HNLMS Marten Harpertszoon Tromp ( Royal Netherlands Navy).
Spurn (United Kingdom) The tug foundered in Liverpool Bay whilst going to the aid of Ibis ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat.

[Jimbuna]

18th November 1923

"Food riots rage in Ruhr and 138 fall in clashes with police. Twenty-four killed in Rhineland battles."
https://i.postimg.cc/Y0YBjQnW/november-18th-1923-food-riots-rage-in-ruhr-and-138-fall-in-v0-c6ryo0vn131c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/T5d445Xd)

American astronaut, naval aviator and test pilot, Alan Shepard, is born in Derry, New Hampshire, U.S.
https://i.postimg.cc/T2D6kXd3/november-18-1923-american-astronaut-naval-aviator-and-test-v0-83alhw0ru21c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/w3gZvZRC)

Ship Losses:

Java (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground off the Sletterhage Lighthouse, Helgenæs. She was refloated on 22 November.

[Jimbuna]

19th November 1923

"Dramatic measures have been ordered by Police Commissioner Richard E. Enright in an effort to stem the flood of complaints he has received bearing upon the actions of men in crowded subway trains. Policewomen, young and attractive, will be used to discover offenders."
https://i.postimg.cc/gJdvnNX3/november-19th-1923-dramatic-measures-have-been-ordered-by-v0-u4uj9bnkxa1c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/CZPZ2C4K)

"Hunger and death. "Only through these representatives will France negotiate with Germany!""
https://i.postimg.cc/W3n0rggC/november-19th-1923-hunger-and-death-only-through-these-v0-2vyc7dhlwa1c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/FdYfXfPV)

[Jimbuna]

20th November 1923

The first three way traffic signal is patented, a design that has continued until the present day. Garrett Morgan - the first black citizen to own a car in Cleveland - sought to improve safety after witnessing an accident.
https://i.postimg.cc/9Qf6RHwY/november-20-1923-the-first-three-way-traffic-signal-is-v0-dwy77l8wai1c1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

21st November 1923

Winston Churchill is seen with his wife Clementine Churchill at Leicester where he was adopted as Liberal candidate for the West Division.
https://i.postimg.cc/L61KFYbK/november-21st-1923-winston-churchill-is-seen-with-his-wife-v0-3h4fj2240p1c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/2VrX46Y2)

"Poincare's Way of Getting Out of Paying The U.S. and Not Getting Out of The Ruhr."
https://i.postimg.cc/QdZL882B/november-21st-1923-poincares-way-of-getting-out-of-paying-v0-5r7y19uizo1c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/RNdpGBV9)

Ship Losses:

Picardier (Belgium) The cargo ship ran aground off Hornslandet Hudiksvall, Sweden (61°40′30″N 17°30′45″E) with the loss of a crew member. She broke her back on 12 December and was declared a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

22nd November 1923

Josef Friedrich Matthes in 1923 in Koblenz during the short lived Rhenish Republic.
https://i.postimg.cc/SKJsM07b/november-22nd-1923-josef-friedrich-matthes-in-1923-in-v0-pkkl0cyfuv1c1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

23rd November 1923

As the holder of executive power, General Hans von Seeckt issued a nationwide ban on the Communist Party of Germany, the National Socialist German Workers' Party and the German National Freedom Party as well as all organizations of these parties.
https://i.postimg.cc/9XZtQB51/november-23rd-1923-as-the-holder-of-executive-power-general-v0-jx7b8xh0632c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/nMVQdBLQ)

Ship Losses:

Otterburn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion and fire at Marseille, Bouches du Rhône, France and was beached. Several crew members were killed by the explosion.
Victor Réveille (Marine Nationale) The Type UE I submarine ran aground at Boulogne, Pas de Calais.

[Jimbuna]

24th November 1923

"Chancellor Stresemann of Germany ousted by reichstag fifteen minutes before news arrives that German industrialists had made peace with France."
https://i.postimg.cc/MpzkH06V/november-24th-1923-chancellor-stresemann-of-germany-ousted-v0-uwsjmauraa2c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/1f77YqN3)

Ship Losses:

Blankenese (Italy) The cargo ship was towed into Gibraltar on fire and was beached. She was refloated on 27 November.
Kullaberg (Sweden) The coaster ran aground and capsized in the River Humber at Lower Whitton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day cut ran aground at Broomfleet, Yorkshire. She was refloated again on 29 November.
Little Princess (United Kingdom) The schooner caught fire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by West Lashaway ( United States).
River Wye (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Port Mouton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (44°00′N 64°20′W) and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

25th November 1923

Cartoon on the recent return of the German Crown Prince (the Kaiser's son) to Germany.
https://i.postimg.cc/yNshVVwj/november-25th-1923-cartoon-on-the-recent-return-of-the-v0-ycwkkjmk3h2c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/rDZRjLyR)

Ship Losses:

Sam (Norway) The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground off the Færder Lighthouse, Norway. She was refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

26th November 1923

Ship Losses:

Shinkoku Maru (Japan) Disabled in the Aleutian Islands by a broken tail shaft during a voyage from Yokohama, Japan, to Portland, Oregon, and under tow by the tug Humaconna (flag unknown), the steamer was wrecked on the rocks off Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska after Humaconna was forced to cut her loose during a gale. One crew member died, but the rest reached shore safely.

[Jimbuna]

27th November 1923

"Over 2,000 Members of the KKK Gather today to honor a wedding. Mrs. Reynolds is the mother of bride, the bride and Reverend Oliver K. Daney, Harry H. Lee, the groom A. J. Reynolds, the father of the bride."
https://i.postimg.cc/FRrWLN8F/november-27th-1923-over-2-000-members-of-the-kkk-gather-v0-pc2pstydkv2c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/bG59Xcq4)

Ship Losses:

Russ (flag unknown) The cargo ship ran aground at Nida, Lithuania.

[Jimbuna]

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.
https://i.postimg.cc/7LtLQrQp/november-28th-1923-this-being-radio-week-with-music-being-v0-mgs9kyqb033c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/p98xp4vZ)

[Jimbuna]

29th November 1923

Ship Losses:

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

[Jimbuna]

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.
https://i.postimg.cc/qMfWW3hT/november-30th-1923-wilhelm-marx-left-sitting-became-the-new-v0-cokou5nbeg3c1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)russian image host (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

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

[Jimbuna]

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.
https://i.postimg.cc/gcgY9td1/december-1st-1923-the-damburst-of-the-gleno-dam-killed-356-v0-oar73d40nn3c1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

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

[Jimbuna]

2nd December 1923

Ship Losses:

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

[Jimbuna]

3rd December 1923

Ship Losses:

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

[Jimbuna]

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.
https://i.postimg.cc/52pt3RCn/december-4th-1923-the-cecil-b-demille-directed-epic-film-v0-rjlimsz1o94c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/w1yHxFFm)

Ship Losses:

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

[Jimbuna]

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.
https://i.postimg.cc/PxXgzYcD/800px-Adolfo-de-la-Huerta.jpg (https://postimg.cc/v1K2GgG8)

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.
https://i.postimg.cc/2S716ycV/december-12-1923-american-media-personality-and-animal-v0-lc24sq5eft5c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/RWqSpSzB)

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.

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13th December 1923

London: Lord Alfred Douglas is sentenced to six months in prison for libelling Winston Churchill.
https://i.postimg.cc/GtRPBtwt/december-13th-1923-london-lord-alfred-douglas-is-sentenced-v0-5h5mxio6226c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/1nWV29z1)

Lawrence Sperry, 30, American aviation pioneer who invented the autopilot and the artificial horizon for airplanes, was killed when his Verville-Sperry M-1 Messenger crashed into the English Channel.
https://i.postimg.cc/BbCT234g/800px-Lawrence-Sperry.jpg (https://postimg.cc/0KbKqL6M)

Ship Losses:

Bankdale (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire at Barcelona, Spain and sank.

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14th December 1923

"1940 Poison Gas War. When London Will Be Desolated by Deadly Fumes from Aeroplanes. "There was no impossibility in killing by hundreds of thousands men, women and children in the City of London by poisonous gases from fleets of aeroplanes.""
https://i.postimg.cc/MKbT880W/december-14th-1923-1940-poison-gas-war-when-london-will-be-v0-6r1ppvmfba6c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ZCnZr2Dg)

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15th December 1923

Joe Pullen, 40, African-American tenant farmer, was lynched by white citizens of Drew, Mississippi, but not before he killed at least three members of the lynch mob and wounded several others.
https://i.postimg.cc/rspj9BrG/december-15th-1923-joe-pullen-40-african-american-tenant-v0-gox9zk8ghg6c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/YGJQry8j)

The Grootendijk, a new ship servicing the Holland-America Line, departs from Rotterdam for New York City. It will arrive safely on January 1st.
https://i.postimg.cc/KjsNp0P6/december-15-1923-the-grootendijk-a-new-ship-servicing-the-v0-nj4skbib8g6c1.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Runa (Norway) The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued by W. W. Mills ( United States).

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16th December 1923

"To Make the Next War More Horrible Than the Last. Artificial Lightning Bolts, Mysterious Wireless Rays and Other Plans for Slaughtering Women and Children as Cruelly as the Fighting Men".
https://i.postimg.cc/RCpKyMbf/december-16th-1923-to-make-the-next-war-more-horrible-than-v0-0vnalrd7on6c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/NLTKrwtf)

Ship Losses:

Armagh (United Kingdom) The ocean liner ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. All 106 people on board were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat and a number of tugs. Armagh later broke her back and was a total loss.
C. A. Smith (United States) The steamer grounded on the submerged breakwater while crossing the Bar at Coos Bay, a total loss. Four to nine crew killed.
Martha (United Kingdom) The schooner was destroyed by fire at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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17th December 1923

Moscow: A Regiment Of Children In Soviet Russia's Army. In photo is shown the first Russian Children's Regiment called "Young Spartakus," which is attached to the regular Army, where boys from six years and upwards are trained for soldiers.
https://i.postimg.cc/gJMxgSXV/december-17th-1923-moscow-a-regiment-of-children-in-soviet-v0-x6tqvy0you6c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/cgn1HccC)

Ship Losses:

Algora (United Kingdom) The cargo ship departed Hamburg, Germany for Rochester, Kent. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.
C. A. Smith (United States) The auxiliary schooner was wrecked in Coos Bay with the loss of ten crew.
Demerara Lightship (United Kingdom) The lightship sank off Georgetown, British Guiana.
Ravn (Norway) The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the trawler Flow ( United Kingdom).

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18th December 1923

Ship Losses:

Asama Maro (Japan) The cargo ship collided with Paul Lecat ( France) in the Inland Sea of Japan and was beached.

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19th December 1923

The king and queen of Greece leave Piraeus, Athens, to go into exile in Romania.
https://i.postimg.cc/bY7v3ncr/december-19th-1923-the-king-and-queen-of-greece-leave-v0-w9ql0kzcn97c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/rz9cpKp2)

Ship Losses:

Alesia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship, which was to be scrapped, broke free from her tow and came ashore on Terschelling, Netherlands. She was still there in April 1924.

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20th December 1923

Ship Losses:

Limburg (Netherlands) The tug came ashore at Maasvlakte, South Holland. Her crew were rescued.

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21st December 1923

Ship Losses:

Demerara Lightship (United Kingdom) The lightship sank off Georgetown, British Guiana.

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22nd December 1923

Turkeys hang above the bar of a London pub where customers relax with a drink and a smoke.
https://i.imgur.com/SgPekrj.jpg

Ship Losses:

Gotha (Sweden) The schooner ran aground on the Haisbro Sands. She was refloated but sank in the North Sea off the Wold Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by a Swedish steamship.

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23rd December 1923

United States Navy vice admiral, aviator and candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 1992 presidential election, James Stockdale, is born in Abingdon, Illinois, U.S.
https://i.postimg.cc/wTGTJ15x/december-23-1923-united-states-navy-vice-admiral-aviator-v0-hi61z2or618c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/KRt2hvsC)

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24th December 1923

At Washington, D.C., the tradition of the National Christmas Tree was inaugurated. At 5:00 in the evening, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge pressed a button and turned on 2,500 electric bulbs.
https://i.imgur.com/O1plryW.jpg

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27th December 1923

Died: Gustave Eiffel, 91, French engineer and architect best known for his design (in 1889) the Eiffel Tower.
https://i.postimg.cc/FszXKtpS/december-27th-1923-died-gustave-eiffel-91-french-engineer-v0-ny475vqc4u8c1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

"Police officers seize Daisuke Namba (obscured), who attempts to assassinate Crown Prince Hirohito at the Toranomon intersection, on December 27, 1923 in Tokyo, Japan."
https://i.postimg.cc/FRN25w17/december-27th-1923-police-officers-seize-daisuke-namba-v0-qxrjva9n3u8c1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/HJvSbZwg)

Ship Losses:

Gunlog (Sweden) The cargo ship was driven ashore on Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She was refloated on 31 December.
Kong Haakon (Denmark) The cargo liner ran aground north of Fanø. Forty passengers were taken off by a tug. She was refloated the next day.

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3rd January 1924

Ship Losses:

Bertha (Germany) The cargo ship departed Jacksonville, Florida for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Florence (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland.

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4th January 1924

Archaeologist Howard Carter looking through the doors of the second shrine in the tomb of King Tutankhamen, Luxor, Egypt.
https://i.postimg.cc/QC3TGC4r/january-4th-1924-archaeologist-howard-carter-looking-v0-otdq76wtldac1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/TLtwndvk)

Ship Losses:

Annemarie (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was refloated on 7 January.
Donald Silver (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Fischells, Newfoundland and was wrecked with the loss of five lives.

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5th January 1924

In the U.S., 19-year-old Celia Cooney, "The Bobbed Hair Bandit", began a string of armed robberies, starting with the Thomas Ralston Grocery in Brooklyn, where she walked out with $680 and left in a car driven by her husband Ed Cooney.
https://i.postimg.cc/CL8VBCgF/january-5th-1924-in-the-u-s-19-year-old-celia-cooney-the-v0-wtm0ivv2llac1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/HVTNFynK)

Ship Losses:

Thetis (Greece) The cargo ship was struck by Diamant ( Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached off Leander's Tower. She was refloated on 15 January.

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6th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Juliane (United Kingdom) The auxiliary sailing vessel was in collision with Bur ( Sweden) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.

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7th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Lynaes (Sweden) The schooner, on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal, was reported in the English Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Macoris (Italy) The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Crete, Greece.
Nigretia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. A lifebuoy from the ship washed up at Teignmouth, Devon at the end of January. Presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.
Odomari (Imperial Japanese Navy) The Odomari-class icebreaker ran aground at Oniwaki, Rishiri Island off the coast of Hokkaido in bad weather. Refloated and in drydock for repair by 4 February.

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8th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Carena (United Kingdom) The cargo ship departed Liverpool, Lancashire for Penryn, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Dagmar (Denmark) The three-masted schooner collided with Oakhurst ( Denmark) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) east north east of Alderney, Channel Islands and sank. Her seven crew were rescued by Ashton ( United Kingdom). Oakhurst was disabled in the collision. She was towed to Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France by a British steamship.
Fellside (United Kingdom) The coaster was wrecked at Three Cliffs Bay, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her fourteen crew .
J. W. Comeau (United Kingdom) The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (39°53′N 62°57′W). Her crew were rescued by Ivar ( Denmark).
Leif (Denmark) The schooner was in collision with William Mitchell ( United Kingdom) of the Norwegian Coast. No further trace, presumed sunk with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor managed to clamber aboard William Mitchell.
Tempest United Kingdom The schooner was rammed by the fishing vessel Charles Boyes ( United Kingdom) at Milford Haven, Penbrokeshire and sank.

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9th January 1924

USS Tulsa.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5nB4wg5/january-9-1924-uss-tulsa-v0-22abw971iebc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/jDVdh4tp)

Ship Losses:

Adolph (France) The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the Scarweather Lightship ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Devonia ( United Kingdom).
Capitaine Winckler (France) The cargo ship ran aground at Calais, Pas-de-Calais. She was refloated on 23 January.
Feronia (Italy) The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the La Coubre Lighthouse (approximately 45°N 6°W). Her crew were rescued by Ontario ( France).
Mont Rose (France) The cargo ship, which had departed Oran, Algeria for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure on 3 January, issued a distress call in the Atlantic Ocean. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
River Lagan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Goodrington Sands, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 5 February.
Tasmania (Italy) The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay (44°20′N 11°20′W).[21] Some of the survivors were rescued by Waaldijk ( Netherlands).

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10th January 1924

All 43 crew of the British submarine HMS "L24" were killed when the sub sank after a collision with the battleship HMS "Resolution" in a training exercise in the English Channel.
https://i.postimg.cc/G2YKWK0g/january-10th-1924-all-43-crew-of-the-british-submarine-hms-v0-1zl6r6zwtkbc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/xJfLHK1L)

Ship Losses:

Ibukizan Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground in Tokyo Bay. She was refloated on 23 January.
HMS L24 (Royal Navy) The L-class submarine collided with the battleship HMS Resolution ( Royal Navy) in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset, and sank with the loss of her entire crew of 43.
Spurnpoint (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck rocks in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man, and was abandoned. She was discovered derelict west of the Isle of Man by Mango ( United Kingdom) and towed to Warrenpoint, County Down.
Vicen-Tita (Spain) The cargo ship was wrecked at Pasaia, Gipuzkoa with the loss of all but one of her crew.

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11th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Cornelius H. Callaghan (United States) The schooner came ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) from St. Andrews Bay, Florida. She broke her back and was a total loss.
Holendrecht (Netherlands) The cargo ship collided with Corea ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Silvertown, London and sank. She was refloated on 17 January.
Maguy (France) The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (43°50′N 17°14′W). Her crew were rescued by Boren ( United Kingdom).
Rhenania (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground at Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated on 14 January.
Rolfe (United States) The 14-gross register ton, 45.4-foot (13.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on a rock off Point Colpoys (56°20′N 133°12′W) in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. A small gasoline-powered motorboat rescued her crew.

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12th January 1924

Bengali activist Gopinath Saha shot a man he thought was Calcutta police commissioner Charles Tegart, but learned that he had killed a different Englishman, Ernest Day, instead. Saha was sentenced to death for the crime and hanged on March 1.
https://i.postimg.cc/KYzJNWPt/january-12th-1924-bengali-activist-gopinath-saha-shot-a-man-v0-dnnsqgzzpzbc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/rDB1yQYp)

Ship Losses:

Helgoland (United Kingdom) The sailing ship ran aground at Black Rock, Tara, County Down and was wrecked. Her crew were saved.
Nordead (France) The hopper ship was driven ashore crewless at Seatown, Dorset, United Kingdom.
Ruth E. Merrill (United States) Carrying a cargo of coal, the 301-foot (92 m), 3,003-gross register ton six-masted schooner sank without loss of life in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water in Vineyard Sound — reportedly on L'Hommedieu Shoal — off West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, after running aground on a shoal during a storm.

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13th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Port Elliot (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at East Cape, North Island, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. She was declared a total loss on 18 January.

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14th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Annie M. Parker (Canada) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°37′N 45°08′W). Her crew were rescued by Grootedijk ( Netherlands).

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15th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Bunholme (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 24 February.

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16th January 1924

Casper Daily Tribune: U.S. Warship Sent To Break Vera Cruz Blockade On Reef.
https://i.postimg.cc/XJ0dKKrw/Article-Image-Hilarious-Signs-Actual-Billboard-In-Rural-Missouri.jpg (https://postimg.cc/PL2CTwzx)

Ship Losses:

Clan Kennedy (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk. Although she was refloated on 19 January, she was declared a total loss.
USS Tacoma (United States Navy) The Denver-class cruiser ran aground on the Blanquilla Reef off Veracruz, Mexico. During attempts at refloating over the following week, four crew were lost. Declared a total loss, she was stricken on 7 February and sold for scrap on 5 September.

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17th January 1924

"Director Butler inspects a bottle of illegal beverage in the cellar of the 61st and Thompson Street station house in Philadelphia. He is accompanied by Mayor Kendrick and the Commander of the police district, Lieutenant Bornkessel."
https://i.postimg.cc/tCqRf9Y0/january-17th-1924-director-butler-inspects-a-bottle-of-v0-loryyql2zzcc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/RqYzJ57G)

"U.S. Blimp Outrides Storm. Huge Airship Adrift In Gale; 22 Men Aboard." "Giant dirigible Shenandoah safe in hangar after wild runaway trip in gale."/"French Helicopter Rises 15 Feet; Flies 8 Minutes" (Chicago Tribune)
https://i.postimg.cc/dt5Qcgyh/january-17th-1924-u-s-blimp-outrides-storm-huge-airship-v0-23eyyc2dszcc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/CzfpjPJ0)

Ship Losses:

Polaris (Sweden) The cargo ship collided with Allegro ( Sweden) at Helsingborg and sank.

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18th January 1924

Casper Daily Tribune: US To Send Warships Against Mex Rebels.
https://i.postimg.cc/hjqJX4dt/january-18-1924-casper-daily-tribune-us-to-send-warships-v0-73al0x7em6dc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ns0V5J2y)

Ship Losses:

Coalisland (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with the lighter Linie ( United Kingdom) in the River Clyde at Bowling, West Dunbartonshire and was beached. She was refloated on 21 January.

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19th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Chilier (Belgium) The cargo ship, which had departed from Antwerp for Savannah, Georgia, United States, was reported in the Atlantic Ocean (50°N 21°W). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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20th January 1924

Casper Sunday Tribune: US ships ordered to Vera Cruz.
https://i.postimg.cc/cLmmgKD9/january-20-1924-casper-sunday-tribune-us-ships-ordered-to-v0-ns3rhwg04ldc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/DSSsRz3L)

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21st January 1924

Vladimir Lenin, the semi-retired founder and leader of the Soviet Union and the "de facto" leader of the USSR as First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, died at his estate in Gorki at 18:50 hrs Moscow time following a stroke.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZnY9Qctp/january-21st-1924-vladimir-lenin-the-semi-retired-founder-v0-s5p2amkhsrdc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Fdqsd0KH)

English comedian, Benny Hill, is born in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
https://i.postimg.cc/8kwf6qMH/january-21-1924-english-comedian-benny-hill-is-born-in-v0-3hoioj2o4sdc1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Hadnot (United States) The tanker ran aground at Nyborg, Denmark. She was refloated on 25 January.

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22nd January 1924

Moscow: A council was appointed to succeed Lenin: Grigory Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev and Joseph Stalin. This was the same "troika" that had ruled since Lenin's second stroke in March 1923.
https://i.postimg.cc/kM6807Hp/january-22nd-1924-moscow-a-council-was-appointed-to-succeed-v0-wbbxz76vqydc1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

A complete autopsy was conducted on Vladimir Lenin's body. A cerebral hemorrhage was given as the cause of death. The brain was subsequently removed for study, as part of a directive that had been issued by Lenin.
https://i.postimg.cc/MK1BGdq0/january-22nd-1924-a-complete-autopsy-was-conducted-on-v0-kyf3z57csydc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/6y5qjV7T)

Ship Losses:

Thor Minor (Norway) The cargo ship came ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was refloated on 25 January.

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23rd January 1924

Ship Losses:

Clumberhall (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Mykolaiv, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 29 January.
Port Lyttleton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. She was refloated on 26 January.
Prospect (United Kingdom) The cargo ship suffered a fractured propeller shaft, which punctured her hull. She foundered in the Irish Sea off Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland.

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24th January 1924

Ship Losses:

Ithakos (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 31 January.
Salford (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Oroya ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire and was beached.
Talisman (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although refloated on 30 January, she grounded again.

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25th January 1924

Warrant Officer Mandrillon (centre) of France holding the French flag whilst swearing the Olympic Oath surrounded by the flag bearers of the other participating nations during the 1924 Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France.
https://i.postimg.cc/zGGvH51S/january-25th-1924-warrant-officer-mandrillon-centre-of-v0-hz5vy1u2ujec1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Vd2m2xvd)

Ship Losses:

Sigrid (United States) During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Katalla, Territory of Alaska, the 11-gross register ton, 36.2-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef off the east coast of Vancouver Island 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. All three people aboard survived.

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26th January 1924

"Soviets, carrying Lenin's effigy, pay their last respects to him on January 26, 1924 in Moscow, Russia."
https://i.postimg.cc/1RTQPqmQ/january-26th-1924-soviets-carrying-lenins-effigy-pay-their-v0-lh7b1rpnzrec1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/z3nMF3Ht)

Ship Losses:

Maid of Spetsai (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Maiella ( Italy) in the English Channel 43 nautical miles (80 km) off the Casquets, Channel Islands and sank. Her crew were rescued.
S. B. Hirtle (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was refloated on 23 February.

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27th January 1924

Ship Losses:

El Monte (United States) The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated on 2 February.
Halstead (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sank in the Niger River at Atani, Nigeria.
Mary Horlock (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (approximately 32°N 153°E). Her crew were rescued by President Taft ( United States).
Vladimir (Yugoslavia) The cargo ship ran aground at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches du Rhône, France. She was refloated on 2 February.

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28th January 1924

Moscow: Announced that Lenin's body would be embalmed for permanent public display.
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Ship Losses:

Midland (United States) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Washington, D.C.

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29th January 1924

"Hanover, Germany: Fritz Haarmann, the murderer who craved publicity, well handcuffed as the International Newsreel cameraman grinds out his sensational film."
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Ship Losses:

Tigris (Belgium) The cargo ship collided with Begonia ( Sweden) in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached.

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30th January 1924

The American hockey team at the Winter Olympics, today they played against France, winning 22-0.
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"Ready To Kill Or Die, Ballot Cry Of Mussolini."
https://i.postimg.cc/MT9g09t4/january-30th-1924-ready-to-kill-or-die-ballot-cry-of-v0-1qca7v7avkfc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/62GHtLkL)

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31st January 1924

"Wilson Ill; Not Serious, Doctor Says."
https://i.postimg.cc/t4Kk1Jn8/january-31st-1924-wilson-ill-not-serious-doctor-says-v0-dcdp1bw3vrfc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/DScLH2gc)

Ship Losses:

Tom C. Powell (United States) The steamer struck an obstruction and sank off Wilson Light between Paducah, Kentucky and Nashville, a total loss. Five crew killed.

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1st February 1924

Casper Daily Tribune: Woodrow Wilson Near Death: Crisis Near.
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Left to right: British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Prince of Wales, Frank B. Kellogg (United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom), and Sir Esme Howard (British ambassador to the United States), reception of the Pilgrims Society, Victoria Hotel, London.
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Ship Losses:

Erato (Netherlands) The cargo ship ran aground off Falsterbo, Sweden. She was refloated on 4 February.

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2nd February 1924

Casper Daily Tribune: Life Lingers With Wilson But End Is Near.
https://i.postimg.cc/qqwgty8J/february-2-1924-casper-daily-tribune-life-lingers-with-v0-b1is6lj2t5gc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/0K69F6WF)

Alexei Rykov became Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union, equivalent to Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, filling the vacancy left by the death of Lenin.
https://i.postimg.cc/h41X3WNk/february-2nd-1924-alexei-rykov-became-chairman-of-the-v0-deigbqql66gc1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Maid of Scotland (United Kingdom) The schooner collided with Perene ( Peru) in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) south of Partridge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank with the loss of four crew. Perene also lost four crew.

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3rd February 1924

"Death Takes Wilson" (Chicago Tribune)
https://i.postimg.cc/CxBGy2Qp/february-3rd-1924-death-takes-wilson-chicago-tribune-v0-em3k8zwbcdgc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/DShJLxhx)

Woodrow Wilson, who had served as President of the United States from 1913 to 1921, died at the age of 67 in his home at 2340 S Street NW in Washington, D.C., at 11:15 in the morning. (Mourners gather to pay respect to Woodrow Wilson outside his home).
https://i.postimg.cc/43ppy9G8/february-3rd-1924-woodrow-wilson-who-had-served-as-v0-yfvy2gyz9dgc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/B8QjwtXD)

Ship Losses:

Aimée Maria (France) The cargo ship was driven ashore at La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var. She was refloated on 29 February.

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4th February 1924

"Unemployed sailors thrusting their discharge books through a landing-stage barrier at Liverpool in the hope of filling a last-minute vacancy on a departing liner. Hundreds of sailors assemble in this way as each boat goes out."
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"Woodrow Wilson Passes Away In Sleep; End Comes At 11:15 A. M.; Nation Mourns And Tributes Are Voiced In All Lands".
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5th February 1924

Hourly Greenwich Time Signal from the Royal Greenwich Observatory in the United Kingdom was broadcast for the first time. (Article from Liverpool Post and Mercury)
https://i.postimg.cc/VkCQY6jN/february-5th-1924-hourly-greenwich-time-signal-from-the-v0-we33gq5xirgc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/tspmk9v0)

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6th February 1924

[February 6, 1924] Woodrow Wilson's Funeral.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5gHrWbz/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

British Light (United Kingdom) The tanker ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated on 10 February.
Choko Maru (Japan) The cargo ship foundered off Funakawa with the loss of all hands.
Hercules (United Kingdom) The dredger was struck by Brest ( France) and sunk at Newhaven, Sussex.
Ikuta Maru No.1 (Japan) The coaster collided with Kaga Maru ( Japan) at Genkainada and sank with the loss of four lives.
President Leguia (Peru) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Callao.

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7th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Hwa Wu (China) The cargo ship ran aground at Nine Pins. She was refloated and towed to Hong Kong by Keswick ( United Kingdom) and beached.
Kong Haakon (Norway) The cargo ship suffered the failure of her steering gear and was beached north of Bergen, Norway.

[Jimbuna]

8th February 1924

The first execution by lethal gas in American history was carried out in Carson City, Nevada at the Nevada State Prison. Chinese national Gee Jon, convicted of a gangland slaying, was put to death by pumping hydrogen cyanide into an airtight chamber.
https://i.postimg.cc/Rh7yFCdr/february-8th-1924-the-first-execution-by-lethal-gas-in-v0-x181ydfxdbhc1.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Mora (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and was wrecked. She was abandoned on 9 February with the loss of seven of her 29 crew.
Port de Brest (France) The cargo ship departed Bordeaux, Gironde for Dakar, French West Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Usa Maru No.1 (Japan) The cargo ship departed Hakodate for Tokyo. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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9th February 1924

"Nevada's Lethal Gas Executes Tong Man. Gee Jon, Trained to Kill After Ancient Ways, Dies in Most Modern Manner."
https://i.postimg.cc/3r26QHBX/february-9th-1924-nevadas-lethal-gas-executes-tong-man-gee-v0-6u445w5l2khc1.jpg (https://postimg.cc/0r2Z7Fhj)

Ship Losses:

Elvier (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Poole, Dorset. She was refloated on 16 February.
Persia (Italy) The cargo ship came ashore on the Amherst Rock at the mouth of the Yangtze, China. She was beached on the Tungsha Spit. Persia was refloated on 10 February.

[Jimbuna]

10th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Brook (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Capulin ( United States) in the North Sea off the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom). She was severely damaged and was taken in tow by Felixtowe ( United Kingdom). The tow subsequently parted and Brook was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Felixtowe.

[Jimbuna]

11th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Hortensius (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 24 February.
Mallock (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by Fastnet ( United Kingdom). She was refloated on 18 February.

[Jimbuna]

12th February 1924

Howard Carter and his archaeological team had the lid of Pharaoh Tutankhamun's stone sarcophagus raised, revealing his solid gold mummy case.
https://i.postimg.cc/X7xDMGqF/february-12th-1924-howard-carter-and-his-archaeological-v0-3v143qot64ic1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Lord Hamilton (United Kingdom) The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Two of her four crew were rescued by the motor boat Champion ( United Kingdom).
République (France) The five-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Spain (32°03′N 13°55′W) and was abandoned. All eighteen crew were rescued by Romeu ( Spain). She came ashore between Agadir and Cape Juby, Spanish Morocco on 1 April.

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13th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Lord Hamilton (United Kingdom) The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Two of her four crew were rescued by the motor boat Champion ( United Kingdom).
République (France) The five-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Spain (32°03′N 13°55′W) and was abandoned. All eighteen crew were rescued by Romeu ( Spain). She came ashore between Agadir and Cape Juby, Spanish Morocco on 1 April.

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14th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Rita Zorvetta (Italy) The cargo ship ran aground off St. David's Lighthouse, Bermuda in heavy weather. No casualties and her cargo was salvaged. She was abandoned on 14 February, She later broke in two and was a total loss.

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15th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Colombia (United States) The cargo ship was wrecked in Coos Bay.

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16th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Iris (Sweden) The cargo ship was damaged by ice and sank 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Russarö, Finland.

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17th February 1924

The S.S. 'Royal City' discharging 19, 399 cases of kerosene, 20,000 cases of benzine and motor spirit and 650 tons of general cargo from New York and Port Arthur. Nixon-Smiths wharves, Petrie Bight, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
https://i.postimg.cc/HLrv2cv4/Untitledv.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Ivanhoe (United States) The tug collided with Gerry ( United States) at Kilvonkull and sank with the loss of a crew member.

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18th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Telegraph (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground on the Saint Brandon Rocks and sank. Her crew survived.
The Viscount (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Murdoch Rock, Loch Torridon and was abandoned by her crew.
Visna (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of Falsterbo, Sweden. She was refloated on 23 February.

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19th February 1924

Barwell Boys arrived on ship Moreton Bay. Those were young men and boys from England who came to South Australia to be apprenticed on farms throughout the state to cover the 6,000 South Australian World War I casualties.
https://i.postimg.cc/W1JwDKNN/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Lois (United States) While at anchor with no one aboard, the 21-gross register ton motor vessel was driven ashore on Pitt Island (58.1089°N 135.4519°W) in the harbor at Hoonah, Territory of Alaska, by an ice floe, then was destroyed by a fire that occurred when her captain went aboard with a lantern, triggering an explosion. He survived with burns about the head.

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20th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Swallow (United States) After her gasoline engine stopped running during a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Ketchikan to Metlakatla, the 10-gross register ton, 32.2-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel drifted onto a rock and was wrecked in Nichols Passage off Driest Point (55°10′40″N 131°36′15″W). Her crew of three survived. Her wreck later slid off the rock and sank in deeper water, leaving only her mast above water, and by 23 February she had disappeared entirely.

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21st February 1924

Ship Losses:

Helios (Sweden) The cargo ship was damaged by ice and sank off Holmstad.
Suki Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Shimonoseki and sank.

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22nd February 1924

Germany: Founding of Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, formed by members of the left-wing Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), intended to oppose extremism from the left and right.
https://i.postimg.cc/fRqSTPv5/1024px-Vectorized-Reichsbanner-Logo-svg.png (https://postimg.cc/QF5df0wW)

Ship Losses:

Assimina M. Embiricos (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt.[57] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.

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23rd February 1924

Ship Losses:

Cyclops (United Kingdom) The dredger capsized and sank in the Firth of Forth 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east south east of the Bass Rock.

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24th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Edvige (Italy) The cargo ship collided with Unione ( Italy) at La Spezia and sank. Her crew were rescued.

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25th February 1924

Workers guiding rotor into place on power generating unit 2, Gorge Dam Powerhouse. Whatcom County, Washington, USA.
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26th February 1924

Trial began in Munich for charges of treason arising from the Beer Hall Putsch of November 9, 1923, with Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff and eight other Nazis began in Munich. Security was heavy and onlookers were thoroughly searched for weapons before being allowed in.
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27th February 1924

"The War Office has got into touch with Mr. J.L. Baird, the young inventor, who claims to have invented a machine for seeing by wireless." (In February 1924 John Logie Baird sent rudimentary television pictures over a short distance).
https://i.postimg.cc/SRHFBBPP/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Ethel M. Bartlett (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (40°11′N 54°16′W). Her crew were rescued by Caldy Light ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

28th February 1924

Ship Losses:

Tatjana (Norway) The cargo ship came ashore on Effingham Island, Barclay Sound, British Columbia, Canada and was wrecked. Later raised and renamed Drammensfjord.

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29th February 1924

Erich Ludendorff took the stand in his defence in the trial at Munich. He gave a long justification of the reasons for attempting the putsch, explaining, "We want a Germany free of Marxism, semitism, and papal influences."

[Jimbuna]

1st March 1924

The Nixon Nitration Works disaster, an explosion of ammonium nitrate, killed at least 18 people, destroyed several miles of New Jersey factories, and demolished the "tiny industrial town of Nixon, New Jersey."
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[Jimbuna]

2nd March 1924

London: Public vehicles are allowed into Hyde Park for the first time since 1636.
https://i.postimg.cc/LXjPmcBw/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Director (United States) The 18-gross register ton fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Hinchinbrook Island off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska during a gale. Her crew of four survived.

[Jimbuna]

3rd March 1924

The Turkish National Assembly formally ended the Ottoman Caliphate that had operated for 407 years, voting "almost unanimously" to abolish the office, and ordered that Abdulmejid II and his harem were to be deported by March 15.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5hnzJbh/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Gordon E. Moulton (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Burgeo, Newfoundland.
Gylsboda (Sweden) The cargo ship was damaged by ice and put into Åhus, where she sank. She was refloated on 6 March.
Patagonier (Belgium) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 11 March.

[Jimbuna]

4th March 1924

Ship Losses:

Haine (Belgium) The ship was run into by Khiva ( United Kingdom) at Antwerp and sank.
Oswin (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground off Falsterbo. She was refloated on 9 March.

[Jimbuna]

5th March 1924

U.S. Marines building a pontoon bridge to the U.S. Navy cargo ship USS Sirius (AK-15)
https://i.postimg.cc/FzDtpXTL/Untitled.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Fennia (Finland) The cargo ship ran aground on Kalkgrundet, Baltic Sea. She slipped off the rocks and sank on 14 March.

[Jimbuna]

6th March 1924

Olympic Cavalry Team
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7th March 1924

Ship Losses:

Buzen Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground on Ganyūjima, in the Shimonoseki Strait. She was refloated on 12 March.

[Jimbuna]

8th March 1924

"Franklin D. Roosevelt, prominent Democrat of New York state and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, is caught unawares while painting chairs on his yacht in Biscayne Bay, where he is enjoying the winter, far from the whirl of Washington politics."
https://i.postimg.cc/VLL4YBv4/march-8th-1924-franklin-d-roosevelt-prominent-democrat-of-v0-xthjf29hk3nc1.webp (https://postimg.cc/V5pXgtjb)

President Coolidge decorating Henry Breault of the submarine 0-5 with Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Ship Losses:

Obernai (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (46°49′N 58°10′W). Her crew were rescued by Kungsholm ( Sweden).

[Jimbuna]

9th March 1924

Paris: The French franc is falling; £1 is worth 117 francs. The French Cabinet held an emergency meeting to consider extraordinary measures to stabilize the collapsing franc, which dropped to 117.60 francs against the British pound sterling.
https://i.postimg.cc/JhTvCbfB/march-9th-1924-paris-the-french-franc-is-falling-1-is-worth-v0-9ec6ykod6bnc1.webp (https://postimg.cc/p9FqDnX2)

Ship Losses:

Eupatoria (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground on the Salmedina Bank, off the coast of Colombia. She was refloated on 17 March.
Sori (Italy) The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated on 12 March.

[Jimbuna]

10th March 1924

Ship Losses:

Izgled (Yugoslavia) The cargo ship struck the bank of the Panama Canal and sprang a leak. She was consequently beached. She was refloated on 11 March.

[Jimbuna]

11th March 1924

Belva Gaertner, a cabaret singer, was arrested for the murder of her abusive lover, Walter Law, who was found dead from a bullet wound in her car in Chicago. The story would be the inspiration for the musical "Chicago".
https://i.postimg.cc/Hnj0rXcy/Belva-Gaertner-1924-cropped.jpg (https://postimg.cc/vxFxj1vY)

Ship Losses:

Santiago (United States) The cargo ship sank in a storm 60 miles south east of Cape Hatteras. Twenty Five crew killed.
Wyoming (United States) Carrying a cargo of coal, the 329-foot (100 m), 3,730-gross register ton six-masted schooner foundered in a storm while at anchor off the coast of Massachusetts in Pollock Rip Channel off the Pollock Rip Lightship in Nantucket Sound. Her entire crew — reported as both 13 and 14 by different sources — was lost. After finding the wreck with some of its masts still above water, the cutter USCGC Acushnet ( United States Coast Guard) leveled the wreck because it was a danger to navigation.

[Jimbuna]

12th March 1924

Ship Losses:

Glenmay (Isle of Man) The coaster ran aground at Ballyquinton Point, County Down, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 15 March.
Tennia (Finland) The cargo ship was damaged by ice at Malmö, Sweden and was abandoned.

[Jimbuna]

13th March 1924

Germany: Reich Chancellor Wilhelm Marx (Zentrum), Reich President Friedrich Ebert (SPD) dissolves the Reichstag early. The background is the opposition of the Reichstag majority to the emergency regulations (including emergency tax regulations) issued by the minority government.
https://i.postimg.cc/26pyXd9C/march-13th-1924-germany-reich-chancellor-wilhelm-marx-v0-p8wbe5h853oc1.webp (https://postimg.cc/t159s6Hc)

Ship Losses:

Hannevig Brothers (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 17 March.
Niki (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground in the River Neath, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 17 March.
Sygna (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground at Tjøtta, Norway. She was refloated on 17 March.

[Jimbuna]

14th March 1924

Ship Losses:

Deva (United Kingdom) The sand grab caught fire off Liverpool, Lancashire. The barge Ellesburn ( United Kingdom) took off her crew before she capsized and sank.

[Jimbuna]

15th March 1924

Egypt's King Fuad I opened the initial session of the first-ever Egyptian constitutional parliament.
https://i.postimg.cc/QtWzQdby/march-15th-1924-egypts-king-fuad-i-opened-the-initial-v0-a4vn3yf4ohoc1.webp (https://postimg.cc/PpTKhh0W)

"General Robert Lee Bullard, commander, is created a blood brother of the Arapahoe tribe of Indians. The ceremony was held on Governors Island."
https://i.postimg.cc/2S8XHwGv/march-15th-1924-egypts-king-fuad-i-opened-the-initial-v0-a4vn3yf4ohoc1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

16th March 1924

Italy formally annexed Fiume in a colourful ceremony. Crowds cheered as King Victor Emmanuel III read the annexation decree.
https://i.postimg.cc/xC52ZPhz/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/jwDmwysx)

Ship Losses:

Hypolite Worms (France) The cargo ship was in collision with Sarthe ( United Kingdom) off Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure and sank. Her crew were rescued by Sarthe.

[Jimbuna]

17th March 1924

Preparations for the start of the around the world flight.
https://i.postimg.cc/kGVgPnGx/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

The first attempt to fly around the world began as four Douglas World Cruiser airplanes, piloted by members of the United States Army Air Service, departed from Santa Monica, California, for Seattle, the starting point of the global circumnavigation.
https://i.postimg.cc/mk02b01K/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/rRNLjZJ9)

Ship Losses:

Bilbeis (United Kingdom) The passenger ship ran aground at Nyriros, Turkey and was abandoned.

[Jimbuna]

18th March 1924

Ship Losses:

43 (Imperial Japanese Navy) The Ro-16-class submarine was rammed and sunk by the light cruiser Tatsuta ( Imperial Japanese Navy) at Sasebo, Japan, and sank with the loss of all 44 crew.

[Jimbuna]

19th March 1924

Winston Churchill of the Constitutionalists lost the Westminster Abbey by-election by 43 votes to Unionist candidate Otho Nicholson, who had 8,187 votes to Churchill's 8,144. Churchill had originally lost by 33 votes and requested a recount, which showed a larger winning majority.
https://i.postimg.cc/bv8T9fxT/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/K1qBmVsk)

Ship Losses:

Chi Ping (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze at Chunglingtan and was beached. She was refloated on 29 March.

[Jimbuna]

20th March 1924

Cleanup of the wet spots in Chicago and vicinity. After pre-organization work sixty U.S. Dry Agents swooped down on an underground hang out in North Halsted Street. Photo shows several of the Federal men sampling the various intoxicants and other drinkables found, after the raid.
https://i.postimg.cc/NfTBzFPB/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/TpRzyd64)

Ship Losses:

Warren (United States) The cargo ship sank at Shanghai, China.

[Jimbuna]

21st March 1924

Ship Losses:

Dorothy L. Brinckmann (United States) The schooner came ashore on the Oregon Islet and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

22nd March 1924

"New York: Policewomen practice Jiu Jitsu. Photo shows Mrs. Hamilton, who is in charge of the class, giving instructions in how to handle the women annoyers."
https://i.postimg.cc/cL2vRqdX/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/FYbFvBdL)

Ship Losses:

Glyndon (United States) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 52 nautical miles (96 km) south east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of three crew. Survivors were rescued by Cananova ( United States).
Ottar Jarl (Norway) The cargo ship collided with British Princess ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea (53°11′00″N 1°18′30″E) and sank. All 22 crew were rescued by British Princess.

[Jimbuna]

23rd March 1924

"Mussolini Says Fascism Has Put Italy on Feet. Gives Accomplishments of His Reign" Benito Mussolini presided over a Fascist parade in Rome commemorating the fifth anniversary of the founding of the "Fasci Italiani da Combattimento".
https://i.postimg.cc/W4QrcT7J/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/DWPmqVH2)

Ship Losses:

Ottar Jarl (Norway) The cargo ship collided with British Princess ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea (53°11′00″N 1°18′30″E) and sank. All 22 crew were rescued by British Princess.
River Dare (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. All 24 crew were rescued by Lexa Maersk ( Denmark). Both ship's cats perished, but her pigeons were released before she sank.

[Jimbuna]

24th March 1924

"House Votes $10,000,000 German Relief". The U.S. House of Representatives voted to appropriate $10 million for the purchase of food supplies for impoverished women and children in Germany.
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Ship Losses:

Matatua (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with American Merchant ( United States) in the River Thames at Canvey Island, Essex with the loss of eight crew. She was beached at Mucking. She was refloated on 3 April.
President Monroe (United States) The ocean liner ran aground on the Florida Reef. She was refloated on 27 March.

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25th March 1924

The Greek Parliament voted to depose King George II and declare the Second Hellenic Republic. A public referendum on the issue was set for April 13. Beginning of a chaotic period and military coups.
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Squadron Leader Archibald Stuart Charles Stuart-MacLaren, Flying Officer William Noble Plenderleith, Sergeant W. H. Andrews of the Royal Air Force set off from Calshot in a Vickers Vulture II in an eastbound attempt to circumnavigate the world.
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26th March 1924

Ship Losses:

Pelicano (Peru) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Zorritos.

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27th March 1924

Ship Losses:

Tokufuku Maru (Japan) The cargo ship collided with Heimdal ( Germany) in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Dungeness, Kent and sank with the loss of 23 of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by Heimdal and Hans Hemsoth ( Germany).

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28th March 1924

"It's a long trick from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. and used to be a lonely one for John Herne, night watchman at Pier 11, East River, New York. But now the hours fly past on wings and John's shack is always crowded for he has installed a radio set."
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29th March 1924

Funeral of Nicola Bonservizi, a Fascist who was killed by an anarchist in Paris, at la Madeleine.
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Daredevil Gladys Roy walking the wings of a Curtiss JN-4 'Jenny' biplane over Los Angeles whilst blindfolded.
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30th March 1924

Ship Losses:

Pelotas (Brazil) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by San Gaspar ( United Kingdom) and landed at Hamilton, Bermuda on 17 March.

[Jimbuna]

31st March 1924

Colonel Bristow presents Captain Alfred Instone with a clock, inset on the boss of a propeller, on behalf of the staff of the newly formed Imperial Air Transport Company. The IATC has absorbed separate companies operating the airways between London and the Continent.
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Ship Losses:

Plymouth (United States) The 199-foot (60.7 m), 474-gross register ton schooner barge sank with the loss of five lives in the North Atlantic Ocean during a heavy snowstorm and gale off New Jersey in 65 feet (20 m) of water.
Pocono (United States) The 150-foot (45.7 m) (?), 698-gross register ton schooner barge sank in the North Atlantic Ocean during a heavy snowstorm and gale 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) off Sea Bright Beach, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water. Her wreck is known as the "Rudder Wreck."

[Jimbuna]

1st April 1924

Adolf Hitler is sentenced to prison for five years due to his role in the Beer Hall Putsch. He was released after only 8 months.
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At the sentencing of the Hitler-Ludendorff trial. Ludendorff's car drives through the streets of Munich.
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2nd April 1924

Ship Losses

Bella Vista (Portugal) The barque was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean and abandoned by her crew. Seven crew were rescued on 5 April by Starlight (flag unknown).
Liberty (United States) The cargo ship ran aground at Liberty. She was refloated on 7 April.
Malaya (United States) The passenger ship ran aground on Titan Island, Amoy, China and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Manila, Philippines to Ningpo.
Menominee (United States) The tug ran aground at Liberty whilst going to the assistance of Liberty. She was refloated the next day.
Otto Ippen 20 (Germany) The cargo ship sank at Stralsund, Vorpommern.

[Jimbuna]

3rd April 1924

In Chicago, 24-year-old Beulah Annan shot the man with whom she had been having an affair in her apartment. Her story inspired the play (and musical) "Chicago".
https://i.postimg.cc/8z2kwYz4/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Marlon Brando is born in Omaha, Nebraska, as the only son of Marlon Brando Sr. and Dorothy Pennebaker.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y9krBmgm/222.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Frangestan (United Kingdom) The passenger ship caught fire and sank in the Red Sea (18°44′N 39°02′E). Her 1,200-plus passengers and crew were rescued by Clan Maciver ( United Kingdom).
Rica (France) The cargo ship ran aground at Thyna, Tunisia. She was refloated on 7 April.
Westbury (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was driven ashore 22 nautical miles (41 km) west of the Quéquen Lighthouse, Argentina. She was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

4th April 1924

A crowd gathers to watch the departure of the four Douglas DWC World Cruisers of the US Air Service from the company airfield at Santa Monica in California. Leaving Lake Washington, the two survivors returned on 28 September after the first successful aerial circumnavigation of the world.
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Ship Losses:

Admiral Rodman (United States) The cargo ship ran aground at Point Calvert, British Columbia, Canada. She was refloated on 18 April.
Dover Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Otomari, Sakhalin. She was refloated on 7 April.

[Jimbuna]

5th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Sierra Grande (Belgium) The cargo ship collided with West Inskip ( United States) in the Scheldt at Bath, Netherlands and sank. The wreck was broken up in situ in June 1924.

[Jimbuna]

6th April 1924

Eight American pilots depart Seattle’s Sand Point Naval Air Station in four modified Navy torpedo bombers, in hopes of becoming the first people to travel around the entire globe by air—something attempted unsuccessfully by several European flyers in previous years.
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Ship Losses:

Jacques Coeur (France) The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (46°30′N 31°40′W). Her crew were rescued by N.F.C. ( France).
Turlaid (Estonia) The schooner came ashore at Meshedyn, Spanish Morocco. She broke up the next day and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by breeches buoy.

[Jimbuna]

7th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Anahuac (United States) The cargo ship came ashore at Bellport, New York and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.
Fladen Lightship (Sweden) The lightship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued.
HMS L25 (Royal Navy) The L-class submarine ran aground off The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was refloated later that day.
Sainte Anne (France) The cargo ship collided with Blois ( France) the English Channel (50°40′N 0°10′W). Her crew were rescued by Blois.

[Jimbuna]

8th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Bee (United States) The cargo ship was a total loss off Maui, Hawaii.
Maple Branch (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Mala Bank, Ecuador. She was refloated on 17 May.

[Jimbuna]

9th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Monte Pasubio (Italy) The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Argentine coast and was a total loss.
Wyrallah (United Kingdom) The coaster collided with Dilkera ( United Kingdom) off Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, Australia and sank with the loss of eight crew.

[Jimbuna]

10th April 1924

King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania arrived in Paris on a royal visit. Though officially only a friendly visit, it was widely believed that Romania was seeking an alliance with France due to unfriendly relations with Russia, Spain and Italy.
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Political Cartoon by De Mar
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Hugo Stinnes, 54, German industrialist and politician who was the wealthiest man in Germany after World War One until his death, died a month after gall bladder surgery.
https://i.postimg.cc/5NyJ3G6F/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Sirius (France) The schooner collided with the fishing vessel Suzanne et Marie ( France) in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais and sank. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

11th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Nunnington (United Kingdom) The cargo ship departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Sables. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

12th April 1924

The first international soccer football game at Wembley Stadium was played between England and Scotland, ending in 1 to 1 draw, with Billy Walker of England scoring the first goal.
https://i.postimg.cc/4y2M4qY9/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

HMAS Australia (Royal Australian Navy) Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Indefatigable-class battlecruiser was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off the coast of Australia 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) northeast of the Sydney Heads.
Princess Louise (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was a total loss. Her crew survived.

[Jimbuna]

13th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Buchanness (United Kingdom) The cargo liner suffered a failure of her propeller shaft off Start Point in the English Channel and consequently drifted ashore at Burhou, Alderney Channel Islands. All on board were rescued by Baron Cawdor ( United Kingdom) and RFA Slavol ( Royal Navy).

[Jimbuna]

14th April 1924

"Journalists and lawyers congratulate Harry K. Thaw on his release from a mental hospital. In 1906 Thaw shot and killed world-famous architect Stanford White in the roof theater at Madison Square Garden. White had had an affair with Thaw's young wife Evelyn Nesbit."
https://i.postimg.cc/Gm3CnXRP/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/rKHbSCKz)

[Jimbuna]

15th April 1924

Coolidge and Bucky Harris.
https://i.postimg.cc/DZBhCzxT/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/vggCTGRq)

Ship Losses:

Tokwa Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground near Marotsu, Yamaguchi. She was refloated on 17 April.

[Jimbuna]

16th April 1924

Twenty five famous composers, among whom were Victor Herbert, John P. Sousa, Irving Berlin, H. von Tilzer and W. Jerome, from left to right, left New York Wednesday, April 16, for Washington, D. C. to fight the Dill radio bill and seek protection for composers.
https://i.postimg.cc/RV9CPY1S/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

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17th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Ran (Sweden) The cargo ship ran aground on Middelgrunden Øresund. She was refloated on 22 April.

[Jimbuna]

18th April 1924

The Argentine pilot Raoul Pateras Pescara, Marquis of Castelluccio, set the world record for distance in a helicopter with a straight line flight of 736 meters in Issy-les-Moulineaux (recorded by the FAI).
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[Jimbuna]

19th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Mikuni Maru (Japan) The coaster caught fire and was abandoned off Hinomisaki Point.

[Jimbuna]

20th April 1924

The Turkish Constitution, with 105 separate articles, was ratified by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, with provisions that the official religion would be Islam, the official language Turkish and the capital would be Ankara.
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21st April 1924

Celia Cooney, "The Bobbed Haired Bandit", was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida, along with her husband Ed, after gaining national attention for their string of armed robberies in New York City over a period of almost four months and their ability to elude police.
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Ship Losses:

Flandria (Sweden) The cargo liner came ashore near Hirtshals, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was refloated on 27 April.
Llewellyn Howland (United States) Carrying a cargo of fuel oil, the tanker ran aground on Seal Ledge — a reef off Brenton Point in Newport, Rhode Island — broke up, and sank without loss of life in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water at 41°26′05″N 071°20′53″W. She was a total loss.
Paul Beau (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Les Fils de Doumer ( France) 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Canton, China and was beached. She was refloated on 27 April.

[Jimbuna]

22nd April 1924

"Mob at Pennsylvania station rushed detectives almost off feet to see bobbed-hair bandit and husband (with arrows). Celia Cooney, bobbed-hair bandit, and her husband Ed Cooney, whose arrival here caused one of the wildest scenes of its kind New York has known."
https://i.postimg.cc/jS8x1yP3/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

"Bobbed Bandit Admits Guilt" (New York Daily News)
https://i.postimg.cc/BQp482YZ/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/YhvJZLBT)

Ship Losses:

Aldebaran (Germany) The cargo ship came ashore on Saaremaa, Estonia and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 27 April.
Zencons (Latvia) The three-masted schooner came ashore on the west coast of Skagen, Denmark and was abandoned by her crew.

[Jimbuna]

23rd April 1924

Ship Losses:

Garthway (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on Santa María Island, Galapagos Islands and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

24th April 1924

"Girl Bandit Faces 20 Years" (New York Daily News).
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Newcastle United FC supporters arrive by sea for the FA Cup final against Aston Villa FC. Captain and pilot of the SS Bernicia watch the Newcastle FC Mascot 'Felix' being taken down. Newcastle won the Wembley FA Cup final 2-0.
https://i.postimg.cc/NMnQ9kG2/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Java Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground in the Inland Sea of Japan. She was refloated on 30 April.
Gannet (United Kingdom) The passenger ship sprang a leak in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland and was abandoned.

[Jimbuna]

25th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Essex Abbey (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Entinas, Spain. She was refloated in early May, arriving at Gibraltar on 6 May for drydocking and repairs.

[Jimbuna]

26th April 1924

Newcastle United beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the FA Cup Final at Wembley.
https://i.postimg.cc/MKdYT6Qf/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/Czn8rVJw)

Release in Berlin of Fritz Lang's fantasy film "Die Nibelungen – Part II : Kriemhild’s Revenge".
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Ship Losses:

Aurania (Italy) The cargo ship collided with Norrtelje ( Sweden) in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued by Norrtelje.
Robert Dollar II (United States) The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze 50 nautical miles (93 km) downstream of Chunking, China with heavy loss of life.

[Jimbuna]

27th April 1924

Ship Losses:

City of Singapore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire at Adelaide, South Australia. A fireman was killed by an onboard explosion whilst fighting the fire. Having sunk, she was refloated on 5 May.
Martha (United States) While anchored with no one aboard during a blizzard, the 23.3-gross register ton schooner was washed onto a reef and wrecked at the east-northeast entrance to Catons Harbor (54°24′N 162°32′W) on Sanak Island in the Sanak Islands in the Gulf of Alaska.

[Jimbuna]

28th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Dios Irmaos (Brazil) The sailing ship suffered an onboard explosion of her cargo and capsized at Pernambuco.
Ethel (United Kingdom) The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off the Maplin Sands, Essex. Both crew were rescued by the yacht Vanity ( United Kingdom).
James W. Parker (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground at North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was declared a total loss, but was refloated on 1 May.
Spreewald (Germany) The cargo liner ran aground at Emden, Germany. She was refloated on 29 April.

[Jimbuna]

29th April 1924

"Convict Gov. M'Cray- Jailed. Gov. McCray of Indiana placed in jail after conviction of fraud in U.S. court; may be impeached".
https://i.postimg.cc/Pxp4Kk4t/222.webp (https://postimg.cc/1nSw522T)

Ship Losses:

Lewis Luckenbach (United States) The cargo ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated on 4 May.

[Jimbuna]

30th April 1924

Ship Losses:

Aviateur Genthon (France) The auxiliary sailing ship ran aground at Alicante, Spain and was wrecked.
Cragness (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Barracouta Point, Portuguese East Africa and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Lady Denison Pender ( United Kingdom). She was declared a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

1st May 1924

Men work on the propellers of the RMS Mauretania during her refitting in the dry dock at Cherbourg, France.
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Ship Losses:

Ootmarsum (Netherlands) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 16 May.

[Jimbuna]

2nd May 1924

"Lieut. Hubert Julian, an aviator in the Canadian Medical Service during the war expects to "hop off" in New York on July 4 for a flight along the Atlantic Coast to Florida, Cuba, West Indies, his birthplace."
https://i.postimg.cc/qv07sCQX/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Seewolf (Germany) The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France and sank. She was refloated on 5 May.

[Jimbuna]

3rd May 1924

Zinaida Kokorina, the first female military pilot in history, made her first solo flight.
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The SS Catalina was launched on this day. It remained in service until 1975, carrying more passengers than any other vessel.
https://i.postimg.cc/pTZNW7Ng/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Trevier (Belgium) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 16 May.

[Jimbuna]

2nd June 1924

Detectives with evidence gathered in their investigation of the 21st May kidnap and murder of 14-year-old Robert Franks in Chicago. The shoes and sock belong to the victim, while the rest of the clothing and two guns belong to Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.
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An assassination attempt is made on the Austrian Chancellor and prelate Ignaz Seipel. Karl Jaworek's shots at Vienna's South Station injure the politician. The incident leads to his resignation from office.
https://i.postimg.cc/mkppkBvN/june-2nd-1924-detectives-with-evidence-gathered-in-their-v0-sh82ky87174d1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Kobasan Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Ashizuri. She had broken up by 10 May and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

3rd June 1924

Ship Losses:

Pogor (United States) While beached on Warren Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska for repairs, the 12-gross register ton, 28-foot (8.5 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire. Her crew of two survived.

[Jimbuna]

7th June 1924

"Photographed just before they boarded the S.S. Majestic to sail for France, are the Mexican athletes who will take part in the Olympics."
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Ship Losses:

B.B.-59 (United States) The scow sank about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
Potrebillos (Chile) The cargo ship ran aground on North Quiriquina Island and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

10th June 1924

Negro Prisoner Is Abducted From Jail.
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Ship Losses:

Iwami (Imperial Japanese Navy) Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Borodino-class battleship sank west of Jōgashima near the mouth of Tokyo Bay after being used as a target for Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft from 5 to 8 July.
Lismore (United Kingdom) The coaster capsized in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Newtown Head, County Waterford, Ireland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.
Ofanto (Italy) The coaster was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily (36°21′N 13°45′E). Her crew were rescued by Andes Maru ( Japan).
Niitaka Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Chennampo and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

11th June 1924

Ship Losses:

Hesperos (Norway) The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached in the Molyneaux Estuário.

[Jimbuna]

12th June 1924

US President Calvin Coolidge is nominated by the Republican Party Convention with a large majority as candidate for the presidential election on November 4th.
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President George H. W. Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts
https://i.postimg.cc/bNkCh8V2/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/rKyCG6k8)

Ship Losses:

White Rose (United Kingdom) The tug collided with Mungret ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Penarth, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of two crew.

[Jimbuna]

13th June 1924

Gaston Doumergue was sworn in as the 13th President of France, succeeding Alexandre Millerand (Doumergue at the Palace of Versailles).
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Ship Losses:

Marianne (France) The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 41°N 19°W). Her crew were rescued by the sailing ship Estrella III ( Portugal).
Saarbrücken (Germany) The cargo liner ran aground at Tapagadja, Sabang, North Borneo. She was refloated on 17 June.

[Jimbuna]

15th June 1924

Ship Losses:

HMS Firefly (Royal Navy) The Fly-class gunboat was sunk in the Euphrates by insurgents.

[Jimbuna]

16th June 1924

Members of the U.S. Men's Olympic Swimming team aboard the liner America set sail for the games in Paris.
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The Whampoa Military Academy is officially opened by Sun Yat-sen in Canton, China. (Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek.)
https://i.postimg.cc/tJHp0fpP/june-16th-1924-members-of-the-u-s-mens-olympic-swimming-v0-s3txm0t6ax6d1.webp (https://postimg.cc/Hc3fX6Js)

Ship Losses:

Aladdin (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground at the Jussaroe Lighthouse, Hanko, Finland. She was refloated on 10 July.
Pamyat Lenina (Soviet Union) The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Aniwa, Sakhalin. She was refloated on 21 June.

[Jimbuna]

17th June 1924

"Dictator Of Italy Totters. Mussolini Hit By Kidnapping Of Socialist".
https://i.postimg.cc/pXRBJw6j/111.webp (https://postimg.cc/c6kYsbZ1)

Ship Losses:

Haakon Jarl (Norway) The passenger ship collided with Kong Harald ( Norway) in Vestfjorden, Norway, and sank with the loss of sixteen lives.

[Jimbuna]

18th June 1924

"Cabinet Quits as Scandal in Italy Grows. Italian cabinet ministers give Mussolini their resignations as scandal over kidnapping of Socialist deputy grows."
https://i.postimg.cc/j5X54Zc4/june-18th-1924-cabinet-quits-as-scandal-in-italy-grows-v0-6ylkou4eyb7d1.webp (https://postimg.cc/ftVDw76V)

Ship Losses:

Shogiku Maru No.2 (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Sakhalin and subsequently sank.

[Jimbuna]

21st June 1924

Ship Losses:

Espozende (Portugal) The sailing ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (42°25′N 9°30′W) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Masirah ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

22nd June 1924

Murder suspect Fritz Haarmann was arrested in Hanover, Germany, after he was seen stalking boys at the Central Station. A search of his apartment turned up bloodstains and possessions of victims as one of the most notorious serial killers in German history was revealed.
https://i.postimg.cc/m2gxGQSr/111.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Clan Macmillan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Bengal 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Table Island.

[Jimbuna]

23rd June 1924

Lieutenant Russell Maughan makes the first one-day crossing of the United States, completing the flight from Long Island, New York, to San Francisco, California, in a Curtiss PW-8 in 21 hours 48 minutes.
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Ship Losses:

Metagama (United Kingdom) The passenger ship collided with Clara Camus ( Italy) in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Cape Race, Newfoundland. She was beached at St. John's.

[Jimbuna]

14th June 1924

Ship Losses:

Dime (United States) A strong wind and high tide forced the 12-ton scow onto a beach on Golovin Spit (64°35′N 163°10′W), 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) from Golovin, Territory of Alaska. Her two-man crew survived. By the morning of 26 June, ice had crushed her where she lay.

[Jimbuna]

25th June 1924

Britain refuses to accede to Egyptian demands to leave Sudan.
https://i.postimg.cc/sfNhMmW8/june-25th-1924-britain-refuses-to-accede-to-egyptian-v0-d463wlafuo8d1.webp (https://postimg.cc/s15X8pw9)

Ship Losses:

Egremont Castle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship suffere an onboard explosion and fire. She was beached on the Bay Ridge mudflats, New York. Her crew were rescued by Bowes Castle ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

26th June 1924

American Democratic politician Franklin Delano Roosevelt supporting the candidacy of Al Smith for the Democratic nomination in New York.
https://i.postimg.cc/DZQZgw9D/june-26th-1924-american-democratic-politician-franklin-v0-nrz6i1tpnv8d1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Robin Hood (United States) The five-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean between Key West, Florida and Tortugas. Her crew were rescued by a United States Revenue Cutter Service vessel.

[Jimbuna]

27th June 1924

C. B. Wilson (with beard), Mrs. Curtis F. Pike, Mrs. S. G. Rich in the rear, and two unidentified men at the far left and far right, sitting in a row on the floor of Madison Square Garden during the Democratic National Convention, New York.
https://i.postimg.cc/CMnSw2R6/june-27th-1924-c-b-wilson-with-beard-mrs-curtis-f-pike-mrs-v0-nhg7k4gzp29d1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

28th June 1924

The deadliest single tornado in Ohio history hits, causing $12,000,000 in damages, 85 fatalities and 350 injuries.
https://i.postimg.cc/qq63ZJwT/june-28-1924-the-deadliest-single-tornado-in-ohio-history-v0-xuhtiscqdc9d1.webp (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

29th June 1924

London: The Prince of Wales announces that he will start looking for a bride. (The Edmonton Bulletin)
https://i.postimg.cc/02102qd5/june-29th-1924-london-the-prince-of-wales-announces-that-he-v0-inm31nlerf9d1.webp (https://postimg.cc/Dm5XBHMR)

Ship Losses:

Thor (Denmark) The cargo liner capsized 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of the Drogden Lightship ( Denmark) with the loss of eleven of the 25 people on board.