Timeline September 1923

Events in September 1923 7

• 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.
• 1923 – 1984 Peter Lawford (1923-1984) English-born American actor, member of the Rat Pack and brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy.
• 1923 Peter Lawford born in London Peter Lawford is born in London.
• 1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera seizes power in Spain A military coup establishes a dictatorship Captain General Miguel Primo de Rivera led a bloodless coup with the acquiescence of King Alfonso XIII, suspending the constitution and establishing a military directorate. His dictatorship lasted until 1930. The coup ended the troubled parliamentary system of the Spanish Restoration.
• 1923 – 2015 Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015) Died 23 March 2015, aged 91 Lee Kuan Yew was the founding prime minister of Singapore, leading the city-state from independence in 1965 until 1990. He is widely credited with transforming Singapore from a small port into one of the world's wealthiest nations. His authoritarian style of governance and emphasis on economic pragmatism influenced leaders across Asia.
• 1923 Hank Williams born in Mount Olive, Alabama Hiram King Williams Born with a spinal condition that later causes him great pain.
• 1923 Ethiopia joins the League of Nations Membership formalizes Ethiopian sovereignty in international law Ethiopia was admitted to the League of Nations, reinforcing its status as one of the few independent states in Africa not under European colonial rule. The membership later proved significant when Ethiopia appealed to the League after Italy's invasion in 1935. Empress Zewditu reigned with Ras Tafari Makonnen as regent at the time of admission.