Timeline October 1923

Events in October 1923 10

• 1865 – 1923 Charles Steinmetz (1865-1923) Died 26 October 1923, aged 58 Charles Steinmetz was a German-born American engineer and mathematician whose work on alternating current systems at General Electric helped establish the foundations of modern electrical engineering. Known as the "Wizard of Schenectady," he held roughly 200 patents. He died in Schenectady, New York.
• 1923 – 2008 Charlton Heston (1923-2008) Died 5 April 2008, aged 84 American actor known for epic film roles in Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments, and for later serving as president of the National Rifle Association. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ben-Hur.
• 1923 – 1985 Italo Calvino (1923-1985) Died 19 September 1985, aged 61 Calvino was an Italian writer known for inventive works including Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler. He died in Siena, Italy, on 19 September 1985 after a stroke.
• 1923 – 1965 Linda Darnell (1923-1965) American actress, a 20th Century Fox star of the 1940s, known for A Letter to Three Wives and Forever Amber.
• 1923 Linda Darnell born in Dallas Linda Darnell is born in Dallas.
• 1923 Walt Disney Company founded Walt and Roy Disney start an animation studio in Los Angeles Walt Disney and his brother Roy founded the Disney Brothers Studio in Los Angeles to produce the Alice Comedies series. The small animation studio grew over the following decades into one of the world's largest entertainment companies. It was later renamed Walt Disney Productions.
• 1923 Hamburg Uprising Communist rebellion fails in Weimar Germany Members of the German Communist Party staged an armed insurrection in Hamburg, seizing police stations in a bid to spark a nationwide revolution amid the year's economic and political turmoil. The poorly coordinated uprising was crushed by police within days. It marked the last major communist attempt to seize power in the Weimar Republic.
• 1923 Nobel Prize awarded for the discovery of insulin Frederick Banting and John Macleod honored for diabetes treatment The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Frederick Banting and John Macleod for the discovery of insulin, first isolated at the University of Toronto in 1921-22. Banting shared his prize money with colleague Charles Best, whom he felt had been unfairly excluded. Insulin therapy transformed diabetes from a fatal diagnosis into a manageable condition.
• 1923 – 1997 Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art · USA Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American Pop Art painter who transformed comic book imagery into fine art. His bold primary colours and Ben-Day dots became one of the most recognisable styles of the 20th century.
• 1923 Republic of Turkey proclaimed Mustafa Kemal Ataturk becomes the first president The Grand National Assembly declared Turkey a republic, ending centuries of Ottoman rule, and elected Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as its first president. The new republic launched sweeping secularizing reforms in law, education, and society over the following years. Ankara was established as the capital.