Timeline August 1923

Events in August 1923 10

• 1848 – 1923 Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) Died 19 August 1923, aged 75 Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist and sociologist known for the Pareto principle and his work on income distribution and elite theory. His concept of Pareto efficiency remains foundational to welfare economics. He died in Celigny, Switzerland.
• 1865 – 1923 Warren G. Harding 29th President — died in office, Teapot Dome scandal Warren G. Harding (Nov 2, 1865 – Aug 2, 1923) was the 29th President 1921-1923. He died in office and his administration was later tainted by the Teapot Dome scandal, one of the worst corruption scandals in US history.
• 1921 – 1923 Harding presidency 29th President — died in office 1923 Warren G. Harding served as the 29th President from March 4, 1921 until his death on August 2, 1923. His "Return to Normalcy" agenda included tax cuts and isolationism. The Teapot Dome scandal emerged after his death.
• 1923 US Championships 1923 Men: Bill Tilden · Women: Helen Wills Helen Wills won the first of four US titles.
• 1923 – 1929 Coolidge presidency 30th President — 1923 to 1929 Calvin Coolidge assumed the presidency on August 2, 1923 after Harding's death, serving until March 4, 1929. He presided over the economic boom of the Roaring Twenties but declined to run for re-election in 1928.
• 1923 – 2016 Shimon Peres (1923-2016) Died 28 September 2016, aged 93 Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and later as its President, holding nearly every senior office in Israeli government over a seven-decade career. He shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Oslo Accords. He remained an active statesman into his nineties.
• 1923 – 1977 Jean Hagen (1923-1977) American actress, the squeaky-voiced Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain.
• 1923 Jean Hagen born in Chicago Jean Hagen is born in Chicago.
• 1923 – 2014 Richard Attenborough (1923-2014) Died 24 August 2014, aged 90 Richard Attenborough, the British actor and director who won two Academy Awards for directing "Gandhi," died in England. He also acted in films including "Jurassic Park" and "The Great Escape." He was a prominent figure in British cinema for over six decades.
• 1923 Corfu incident Italy bombards and occupies the Greek island of Corfu After Italian General Enrico Tellini was killed on the Greek-Albanian border, Italy demanded reparations from Greece and, when rebuffed, bombarded and occupied the island of Corfu. The League of Nations brokered a resolution under pressure from Britain, and Italian forces withdrew after Greece paid an indemnity. The crisis was an early test of the League's authority against a major power.