Year (''' MCMXXIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
- September 1 - Great Kantō Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama , killing an estimated 142,807 people.
- September 4 - In Lakehurst, New Jersey , the first American Airship , the USS ''Shenandoah'' , takes to the sky for the first time.
- September 6 - Italian navy occupies Corfu in retaliation of murder of an Italian officer. League Of Nations protests and they leave September 29 .
- Destroyer s ran aground off the California coast.
- September 9 - Atatürk founded the CHP .
- September 10 - Ireland joins League Of Nations .
- September 13 - Military coup in Spain - Miguel Primo De Rivera takes over, setting up a Dictatorship .
- September 17 - A Major Fire in Berkeley, California erupts, consumed some 640 structures, including 584 homes in the densely-built neighborhoods north of the campus of the University Of California .
- September 18 - 26 - Newspaper printers strike in New York.
- September 26 - In Bayern , Gustav Ritter Von Kahr declares independence from Berlin .
- October 13 - Ankara replaces İstanbul as the capital of Turkey .
- October 26 - in Persia , Reza Khan became Ahmad Shah Qajar 's prime minister.
- October 29 - Turkey becomes a Republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire .
- January 1
- --- Vulo Radev , Bulgaria n Film Director (d. 2001 )
- --- Roméo Sabourin , Canadian World War II spy (d. 1944 )
- January 5 - Sam Phillips , American record producer (d. 2003 )
- January 6 - Jacobo Timerman , Argentine writer (d. 1999 )
- January 7 - Hugh Kenner , Canadian literary critic (d. 2003 )
- January 8 - Johnny Wardle , English cricketer (d. 1985 )
- January 16 - Anthony Hecht , American poet (d. 2004 )
- January 19 - Jean Stapleton , American actress
- January 23 - Stephanie Kwolek , inventor of Kevlar fibers
- January 25 - Arvid Carlsson , Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- January 26 - Anne Jeffreys , American actress
- January 29 - Paddy Chayefsky , American writer (d. 1981 )
- January 31 - Norman Mailer , American writer and journalist
- February 2
- --- James Dickey , American poet and author (d. 1997 )
- --- Liz Smith , American gossip columnist
- February 9 - Brendan Behan , Irish author (d. 1964 )
- February 10 - Cesare Siepi , Italian opera singer
- February 12 - Franco Zeffirelli , Italian film and opera director
- February 13
- --- Yfrah Neaman , Lebanese-born violinist (d. 2003 )
- --- Chuck Yeager , American pilot and NASA official
- February 20 - Forbes Burnham , President Of Guyana (d. 1985 )
- February 24 - David Soyer , American cellist
- February 27 - Dexter Gordon , American jazz saxophone player (d. 1990 )
- March 4 - Sir Patrick Moore , British astronomer and broadcaster
- March 6 - Ed McMahon , American television personality
- March 9 - Walter Kohn , Austrian-born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry
- March 10 - Val Logsdon Fitch , American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- March 12 - Wally Schirra , astronaut (d. 2007 )
- March 21 - Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava , Indian founder of Sahaja Yoga
- March 22 - Marcel Marceau , French Mime
- March 25 - Wim Van Est , Dutch cyclist (d. 2003 )
- March 26 - Bob Elliott , American comedian
- March 27 - Louis Simpson , Jamaican-born poet
- March 30 - Milton Acorn , Canadian writer (d. 1986 )
- April 2 - G. Spencer-Brown , British mathematician
- April 6 - Ramon Valdes , Mexican comedian (d. 1988 )
- April 8
- --- George Fisher , American political cartoonist (d. 2003 )
- --- Edward Mulhare , Irish actor (d. 1997 )
- April 13 - Don Adams , American actor and comedian (d. 2005 )
- April 20 - Mother Angelica , American founder of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
- April 22
- --- Bettie Page , American model
- --- Aaron Spelling , American television producer and writer (d. 2006 )
- April 23 - Dolph Briscoe , Governor of Texas
- April 25 - Albert King , American musician (d. 1992 )
- April 30 - Al Lewis , American actor (d. 2006 )
- May 1 - Joseph Heller , American novelist (d. 1999 )
- May 2 - Patrick Hillery , President Of Ireland
- May 3 - Ralph Hall , American politician
- May 4 - Assi Rahbani , Lebanese composer, musician, conductor, poet and author (d. 1986 )
- May 5 - Richard Wollheim , British philosopher (d. 2003 )
- May 7 - Anne Baxter , American actress (d. 1985 )
- May 10 - Verne Gagne , American professional wrestler
- May 15 - John Lanchbery , English composer (d. 2003 )
- May 16 - Merton Miller , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000 )
- May 18 - Hugh Shearer , Prime Minister Of Jamaica (d. 2004 )
- May 21
- --- Armand Borel , Swiss mathematician (d. 2003 )
- --- Dorothy Hewett , writer (d. 2002 )
- --- Ara Parseghian , American football coach
- May 26 - James Arness , American actor
- May 27 - Henry Kissinger , United States Secretary Of State , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- May 28
- --- György Ligeti , Hungarian composer (d. 2006 )
- --- NTR , Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao , Indian (Telugu) film actor (d. 1996 )
- May 31 - Rainier III, Prince Of Monaco (d. 2005 )
- July 2 - Wislawa Szymborska , Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 4 - Rudolf Friedrich , Swiss Federal Councilor
- July 8 - Harrison Dillard , American athlete
- July 18 - Jerome H. Lemelson , American inventor (d. 1997 )
- July 20 - Stanisław Albinowski , Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005 )
- July 21 - Rudolph A. Marcus , Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 22
- --- Bob Dole , American politician and Presidential candidate
- --- Mukesh , Indian singer (d. 1976 )
- July 23
- --- Witto Aloma , Cuban Major League Baseball player (d. 1997 )
- --- Norma Zimmer , American singer
- --- Estelle Getty , American actress
- July 28 - H.S.S. Lawrence , Indian educationist
- July 29 - Jim Marshall , founder of Marshall Amplification .
- August 5 - Devan Nair , third President Of Singapore (d. 2005 )
- August 16 - Millôr Fernandes , Brazilian cartoonist and playwright
- August 20 - Jim Reeves , American singer (d. 1964 )
- August 21
- --- Shimon Peres , Prime Minister Of Israel , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- --- Larry Grayson , British comedian and game show host (d. 1995 )
- August 24 - Arthur Jensen , American educational psychologist
- August 26 - Wolfgang Sawallisch , German conductor and pianist
- August 29 - Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey Of North Bradley , Chairman of the BBC (d. 2006 )
- September 1
- --- Rocky Marciano , American boxer (d. 1969 )
- --- Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson Of Fleet , Canadian businessman and art collector (d. 2006 )
- September 3 - Mort Walker , American cartoonist
- September 6 - King Peter II Of Yugoslavia (d. 1970 )
- September 7 - Madeleine Dring , British composer and actress (d. 1977 )
- September 9 - Daniel Carleton Gajdusek , American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- September 11 - Dharmsamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda , Indian guru (d. 2003 )
- September 16 - Lee Kuan Yew , Prime Minister of Singapore
- September 17 - Hank Williams , American country musician (d. 1953 )
- September 18 - Queen Anne Of Romania
- September 20 - Geraldine Clinton Little , Irish-born poet (d. 1997 )
- September 22 - Dannie Abse , Welsh poet
- September 26 - Dev Anand , Indian actor
- November 1
- --- Victoria De Los Angeles , Catalan soprano (d. 2005 )
- --- Gordon R. Dickson , Canadian author (d. 2001 )
- November 3 - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich , Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1990 )
- November 8 - Jack Kilby , American electrical engineer, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physics (d. 2005 )
- November 18 - Alan Shepard , American astronaut (d. 1998 )
- November 20 - Nadine Gordimer , South African writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 22 - Arthur Hiller , Canadian film director
- November 23 - Billy Haughton , American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986 )
- November 25 - Mauno Koivisto , President Of Finland
- December 2 - Maria Callas , Greek soprano (d. 1977 )
- December 12 - Bob Barker , American game show host
- December 13
- --- Philip Warren Anderson , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- --- Larry Doby , baseball player (d. 2003 )
- --- Antoni Tàpies , Catalan painter
- December 14
- --- Gerard Reve , Dutch writer (d. 2006 )
- --- Sully Boyar , American actor (d. 2001 )
- December 15 - Freeman Dyson , English-born physicist
- December 17 - Jaroslav Pelikan , American historian (d. 2006 )
- December 23
- --- Claudio Scimone , Italian conductor
- --- James Stockdale , U.S. Navy admiral (d. 2005 )
- December 24 - George Patton IV , American general (d. 2004 )
- December 25 - Sonia Olschanezky , World War II heroine (d. 1944 )
- ''date unknown'' - Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith , English / Canadian Geologist and Glaciologist
- January 9
- --- Katherine Mansfield , British novelist (b. 1888 )
- --- Edith Thompson , Hanged for murder (or adultery; b. 25 December 1893 )
- January 23 - Max Nordau , Hungarian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849 )
- January 31 - Eligiusz Niewiadomski , Polish artist, political activist and assassin (executed) (b. 1869 )
- February 3 - Kuroki Tamemoto , Japanese military leader (b. 1844 )
- February 10 - Wilhelm Röntgen , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845 )
- February 23 - Théophile Delcassé , French statesman (b. 1852 )
- March 8 - Johannes Diderik Van Der Waals , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837 )
- March 26 - Sarah Bernhardt , French actress (b. 1844 )
- March 27 - Sir James Dewar , Scottish chemist (b. 1842 )
- March 28 - Michel-Joseph Maunoury , French general (b. 1847 )
- April 4 - John Venn , British mathematician (b. 1834 )
- April 5 - George Herbert, 5th Earl Of Carnarvon , English financier of Egyptian excavations (b. 1866 )
- April 23 - Princess Louise Of Prussia , Grand Duchess of Baden (b. 1838 )
- June 9 - Princess Helena Of The United Kingdom , third daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1846 )
- June 24 - Edith Södergran , Finnish author (b. 1892 )
- July 10 - Albert Chevalier , music hall comedian (b. 1861 )
- July 23 - Pancho Villa , Mexican revolutionary (b. 1878 )
- August 2 - Warren G. Harding , 29th President Of The United States (b. 1865 )
- August 24 - Kato Tomosaburo , 21st Prime Minister Of Japan (b. 1861 )
- September 9 - Hermes Rodrigues Da Fonseca , 8th President of Brazil (b. 1855 )
- October 30 - Andrew Bonar Law , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1858 )
- November 9 (among those killed in Beer Hall Putsch):
- --- Oskar Körner , businessman (b. 1875 )
- --- Karl Laforce , student (b. 1904 )
- --- Ludwig Maximilian Erwin Von Scheubner-Richter , diplomat and revolutionary (b. 1884 )
- November 14 - Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince Of Hanover (b. 1845 )
- December 12 - Raymond Radiguet , French author (b. 1903 )
- December 13 - Théophile Steinlen , Swiss painter (b. 1859 )
- ''date unknown'' - Carl L. Boeckmann , Norwegian-American artist (b. 1867 )
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