100 Years Ago Today

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13th May 1923

"On Mothers Day, May 13. Thousands of Philadelphia veterans of the American Legion journeyed to Washington to honour the mother of the unknown soldier."


Ship Losses:

D'Aosta (Italy) The cargo ship ran aground off Munxar, Malta. She was refloated on 18 May.

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14th May 1923

Ship Losses:

David (Panama) The cargo ship collided with Yorba Linda ( United States) in the Gulf of Panama 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Panama City and was beached at Bucaro.
Sagama River (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 21 May.

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15th May 1923

In failing health, Vladimir Lenin moves from his office in the Kremlin in Moscow to his vacation dacha in the Gorki Leninskiye neighborhood and would live there eight more months before his death on January 21.

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16th May 1923

Amelia Earhart became the 16th woman in the United States to be issued a pilot's license (#6017) by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).


Ship Losses:

Gul-Djemal (Ottoman Empire) The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Jason.[14] She was refloated on 22 May.

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17th May 1923

Marlene Dietrich marries assistant director Rudolf Sieber in Berlin.


Thousands of railroad officials and workers are fired by the belgian and french occupation forces in the Ruhr area. They are replaced by soldiers and volunteers. This led to a slow increase of coal production, but burdened the french-german relations.


Ship Losses:

Jan (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground in the Northumberland Strait. She was refloated on 23 May.

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18th May 1923

Ship Losses:

Olga (United States) The 76-gross register ton motor schooner was stranded on a sand bar on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska opposite the mouth of Safety Lagoon (64°29′N 164°45′W). During the spring of 1923, she was crushed by ice and then wrecked by a gale.

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19th May 1923

Separatists try to coup against the local government in Trier, Ruhr area, Germany. The uprising is put down by the german police, civilians and local militias. The goal of the Separatists was to form a new „rhine republic“ and install a french puppet government.


Ship Losses:

Maggie Marshall (United Kingdom) The salvage vessel was wrecked at St. Esprit, Nova Scotia, Canada whilst going to the aid of Cymric Queen ( United Kingdom).

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21st May 1923

British Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative Party) resigned because of his terminal throat cancer. His successor in office was the previous Chancellor of the Exchequer, Stanley Baldwin (Conservative Party), who took over the government on May 22nd.


Ship Losses:

Glenburnie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Spot Point, Newfoundland.[ She was refloated on 24 May.[
Marcella (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Rosa (United Kingdom) The coaster ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated on 28 May.[

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22nd May 1923

Ship Losses:

Marvale (United Kingdom) The ocean liner struck the Capr Freel Rock off St. Shott's, Newfoundland and sank. All 436 people on board were rescued.

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23rd May 1923

"In 1923, the Hollywood Association started a campaign to expel the Japanese from their community. Hollywood resident, Mrs. B. G. Miller, points to an anti-Japanese sign on her house. Signs like these are prominent throughout this community."


Ship Losses:

Shoyei Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground on Shimushu Island, Kuril Islands and was abandoned by her crew.

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24th May 1923

"Photo shows Benito Mussolini, acclaimed as the "Theodore Roosevelt" of Italy, caught by the camera in a rather picturesque pose in Rome, during the recent visit of the British Royal Family."

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25th May 1923

Transjordan (modern Jordan), which occupied some 80% of the territory of Britain's Palestinian mandate, became an autonomous state under British supervision under Emir Abdullah ibn Hussein, son of King Hussein of the Hejaz. Transjordan would not achieve full independence until 1946.

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26th May 1923

Ship Losses:

HM Gunboat Blackfly (Royal Navy) The Fly-class gunboat collided with a pontoon bridge over the Tigris at Baghdad, Iraq and sank with the loss of six crew.
Precheur (France) The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°32′N 7°00′W).

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27th May 1923

US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, is born in Furth, Germany.


Ship Losses:

Baron Vernon (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Metagama ( United Kingdom): in the River Clyde at Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire and was beached. She subsequently sank, but was refloated in late July 1924.

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28th May 1923

Young Harry Burn - the very final deciding vote to ratify suffrage in a 48-48 standoff in the Tennessee House of Reps - becomes a lawyer after losing re-election in an act of irony that may not have been lost on him.