What is 1923?
{{Year nav|1923}} {{Year in various calendars|1923}} '''1923''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXXIII]]) was a [[common year starting on Monday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. Beginning in February of this year, the [[Julian calendar]] was relegated to church use only. This happened after [[Greece]] adopted the Gregorian calendar. 1923 was the first year to be in the public domain under the Copyright Extension Act. It entered the public domain in 2019. == Events == * [[January 1]] – [[Grouping Act|Grouping]] of all [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[railway]] companies into four larger companies * [[January 10]] – [[Lithuania]] seizes and annexes [[Memel]] * [[January 11]] – Troops from [[France]] and [[Belgium]] [[Occupation of the Ruhr|occupy the Ruhr area]] to force [[Germany]] to pay its reparation payments * [[February 16]] – [[Howard Carter]] unseals the burial chamber of [[Pharaoh]] [[Tutankhamun]] * [[February 22]] – [[Barcelona]] ([[Catalonia]]): [[Albert Einstein]] visits the city, invited by the scientist [[Esteban Terradas i Illa]], as part of the monografics course of High Studies and Exchange organized by the [[Mancomunitat de Catalunya]] and conducted by [[Rafael de Campalans]]. * [[March]] – ''[[Antigone]]'' by [[Jean Cocteau]] appears on a Paris stage. Settings by [[Pablo Picasso]], music by [[Arthur Honegger]], and costumes by [[Gabrielle Chanel]]. [[Antonin Artaud]] played the part of [[Tiresias]]. * [[March 1]] – [[USS Connecticut (BB-18)|USS Connecticut]] decommissioned * [[March 2]] – ''[[Time Magazine]]'' hits newsstands for the first time * [[March 9]] – [[Vladimir Lenin]] suffers a stroke, his third, which renders him bedridden and unable to speak; consequently he retires his position as Chairman of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] government. * [[April]] – End of [[Irish Civil War]] * [[April 12]] – [[Kandersteg International Scout Centre]] came into existence. * [[April 23]] – Ceremonial inauguration of [[Gdynia]] Seaport * [[April 26]] – Wedding of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|Prince Albert]] and [[Lad