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1923 in United States of America — Page 2
Explore 91 historical events and records for United States of America in 1923.
Historical records for United States of America in 1923
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December
Speaker Election
Is reelected Speaker after Progressive Republican opposition delays House organization.
First Annual Message
Delivers his first annual message to Congress, emphasizing economy, tax reduction and limited government.
Equal Rights Amendment
Introduces the proposed Equal Rights Amendment in Congress.
Budget Policy
Supports continued reduction of federal expenditure and public debt.
Nobel Prize for Electron Charge
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for elementary-charge measurements and photoelectric-effect work.
Tax Reduction
Backs Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's programme for lower taxes and federal economy.
World Court
Continues support for American participation in the World Court.
Other events (month unknown)
A Lost Lady
Cather published A Lost Lady, a novel about social change on the Great Plains.
Affine Field Theory
Explores an affine field theory as a possible extension of general relativity, seeking a unified geometric description of gravitation and electromagnetism.
Agriculture Department
Supports federal agricultural credit measures during a period of farm distress.
Ambassador to Britain
Serves as United States ambassador to Great Britain before later becoming Secretary of State.
April Twilights Revised
Cather issued an expanded edition of her early poetry as April Twilights and Other Poems.
Black Holes
George David Birkhoff proves that the Schwarzschild spacetime geometry is the unique spherically symmetric solution of the Einstein vacuum field equations
Cane
Publication of "Cane"
Cepheid Variable in Andromeda
Hubble identifies a Cepheid variable in the Andromeda Nebula, providing a crucial distance indicator for establishing that Andromeda lies beyond the Milky Way.
Commerce Policy
Promotes business cooperation, standardisation and federal support for economic data collection.
Compton Electron Recoil
Shows that X-rays scattered by electrons lose energy and momentum as expected from photon-electron collisions.
Continues efforts to stabilize postwar diplomacy
Continues efforts to stabilize postwar diplomacy while keeping the United States outside the League of Nations.
Dawes Committee
Begins work with international experts on the German reparations problem.
Dawes Committee
Leads the reparations expert committee that prepares the Dawes Plan; he does not become Vice President until 1925.
Density Distribution in Elliptical Nebulae
Hubble reports measurements of the density distribution in photographic images of elliptical nebulae, an early step toward quantitative analysis of the light profiles of extragalactic systems.
Discovery of X-Rays
Discovers X-Rays exhibit both wave & particle behaviour
General Relativity Academy Paper
Publishes a further Prussian Academy paper on general relativity, revisiting technical aspects of the theory after its rapid international acceptance.
House Leadership
Serves as Republican floor leader in the House of Representatives.
House Minority Leader
Leads House Democrats as minority leader in the 68th Congress.
Invention of Rocket
Invents the liquid fuel rocket
Justice Department
Remains Attorney General as criticism of Harding administration scandals grows.
Labor Department
Continues as Secretary of Labor during the Harding-Coolidge transition.
Leiden Research Stay
Spends an extended period in Leiden amid political threats in Germany, continuing scientific work.
Messier 87 and Belanowsky's Nova
Hubble publishes a study of Messier 87 and the nova reported by Belanowsky, examining an eruptive stellar event associated with the giant elliptical system.
Navy Department
Faces rising scrutiny over naval oil reserve leases connected with Teapot Dome.
New Hampshire
Publication of "New Hampshire"
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on the elementary electric charge and the photoelectric effect.
Post Office Department
Serves as Postmaster General under Harding and then Coolidge.
President Pro Tempore
Serves as president pro tempore of the Senate during the vice-presidential vacancy.
Public Debt
Advocates budget surpluses to reduce the federal public debt after World War I.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Cather received the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours.
Radio Regulation
Presses for clearer federal authority over the rapidly expanding radio industry.
Reparation Commission
Chosen to chair the committee reviewing German reparations after European deadlock.
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