100 Years Ago Today

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27th December 1922

"Hōshō", Japan's first aircraft carrier, is commissioned. She is the world's first aircraft carrier designed and built as such to be commissioned.


Ship Losses:

Admiral Keyes (United Kingdom) The abandoned schooner drifted ashore in the Christianiafjord at Rauer, Norway.
A. G. Eisnor (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Frank R. Forsey ( United Kingdom).
Glenshee (Norway) The barque ran aground and sank at Arendal, Norway.

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28th December 1922

World-renowned comic book writer Stan Lee was born.


Ship Losses:

Vasco (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground off Surop Point, Estonia. She was refloated on 8 January 1923.

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29th December1922

Ship Losses:

Attrax (Reichsmarine) The tug foundered in the Baltic Sea whilst on a voyage from Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein to Kiel.

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30th December 1922

The Soviet Union is established.

Ship Losses:

Port Union (United Kingdom) The schooner was destroyed by fire at St. John's, Newfoundland.

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31st December 1922

"The American Actress Alice White Listening To The Clock Strike The Midnight Hour In The United States On December 31, 1922."


Ship Losses:

Orzarossa (Spain) The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. Her crew were rescued.
Pasha Baghtche (Turkey) The passenger ship foundered in the Sea of Marmara off the Princes' Islands with the loss of twenty lives.

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1st January 1923

68% of boys born in the Soviet Union this year will be dead by 1946.

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2nd January 1923

An interallied conference began in Paris (with the Prime Ministers of the UK, France and Italy) to address German war reparations. The nations agreed to reduce Germany's reparations debt to 50 billion gold marks, equivalent to $12.5 billion U.S. dollars.

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3rd January 1923

Ship Losses:

Alice M. Colburn (United States) The 225-foot (69 m), 1,603-gross register ton four-masted schooner ran aground on Great Egg Rock off Manchester, Massachusetts, during a storm, broke up, and sank in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water just off the northwest side of the rock.
Four Brothers (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales, with the loss of two lives.

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4th January 1923

"Frances Moves for Invasion. British Refuse To Join Plans; Entente Split" (The reparations conference in Paris broke up without success.)


Lenin's Testament: "Stalin is too coarse and this defect, although quite tolerable in our midst and in dealing among us Communists, becomes intolerable in a Secretary-General. That is why I suggest that the comrades think about a way of removing Stalin from that post..."

Ship Losses:

Anita Phillips (United States) After her gasoline engine broke down and her two anchors dragged, the 21-gross register ton motor vessel ran aground and sank in 210 feet (64 m) of water in Port Snettisham off Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The mail boat George Jr. ( United States) rescued all four people – two passengers and two crew members – on board.
The Victory (United Kingdom) The coaster ran aground at Youghal, County Cork. She was refloated and beached on 6 January but sank in the early hours of 7 January.

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5th January 1923

Tensions rise between France and Germany over war reparations. French airplanes were reported over unoccupied parts of Germany as rumours circulated that France was preparing to move troops into the Ruhr region.


Ship Losses:

Fundus (Germany) The cargo ship sank at Hamburg.

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9th January 1923

French troops prepare to occupy Essen as Germany is again declared in default on reparations.


"Crowds outside Holloway Prison, where Edith Thompson is to be hanged for the murder of her husband, Percy, London. Edith Thompson was jointly convicted with her lover, Frederick Bywaters, who was hanged at Pentonville Prison on the same day."

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10th January 1923

US President Warren G. Harding orders the withdrawal of US troops from the areas on the left bank of the Rhine.


"The Goose That Couldn't— Or Wouldn't." (British Prime Minister Bonar Law and French Prime Minister Poincaré are depicted arguing about whether the Golden Goose (Germany) can pay its reparations).

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12th January 1923

Essen, disembarkation of infantry.


French soldiers in Essen during the occupation of the Ruhr district by French troops.


Ship Losses:

President (United States) While laid up for the winter at Graveyard Point (58°52′N 157°01′W) on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska, the 50-gross register ton, 72.2-foot (22.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in a storm.
West Calumb (United States) The cargo ship collided with Western Plains ( United States) at New York and sank. She was refloated on 16 January.

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14th January 1923

The Duke of York - future British King George VI and father of Queen Elizabeth II - gets engaged to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

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15th January 1923

Participants of the Klaipėda Revolt. Klaipėda, Lithuania.


"French soldier in front of Essen main station confronts a civilian".


Ship Losses:

Carmen (Sweden) The four masted auxiliary schooner ran aground on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued.[11]
Cobden United Kingdom The schooner collided with the trawler Stronsay ( United Kingdom) in the River Humber and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Dorothy (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic and was wrecked.
Patrick Henry (United States) The cargo ship ran aground on Sibay Island, Philippines. She was refloated but was leaking and was beached. Patrick Henry was refloated on 18 January.
Sacramento (Sweden) The schooner capsized in the Baltic Sea south east of Ystad, Skåne County. She was discovered derelict and towed into Saßnitz, Mecklenburg, Germany.