Timeline June 1923

Events in June 1923 3

• 1879 – 1923 Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879-1923) Died 14 June 1923, aged 43 Aleksandar Stamboliyski was the Prime Minister of Bulgaria and leader of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, pursuing land reform and a peasant-based political program. He was overthrown in a military coup and killed by his captors days later. His government's fall marked a turning point toward right-wing rule in interwar Bulgaria.
• 1923 Coup d'etat overthrows Bulgarian government Military and nationalist forces oust Prime Minister Stamboliyski Army officers and the nationalist IMRO overthrew the agrarian government of Prime Minister Aleksandar Stamboliyski in a violent coup. Stamboliyski was captured and killed days later, and Aleksandar Tsankov formed a new right-wing government. The coup triggered a communist-led uprising that was suppressed with heavy bloodshed in September.
• 1923 – 1991 Robert Maxwell (1923-1991) Died 5 November 1991, aged 68 British media proprietor Robert Maxwell, owner of the Mirror Group newspapers, was found dead in the sea off his yacht near the Canary Islands. His death was followed by revelations that he had fraudulently plundered his companies' pension funds. The scandal became one of the largest corporate fraud cases in British history.