Timeline Thursday 2 August 1923

Events on Thursday 2 August 1923 4

• 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 – 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.