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Historical Events in November 1923

  • Nov 1 Bruno E Lucander forms Aero E/Y (Finnair)
  • Nov 2 Bloody street fights in Aachen led to establishment of the ill-fated Rhenish Republic

Stresemann Government Collapses

Nov 2 Gustav Stresemann's German coalition Government collapses after Social Democrat ministers step down

  • Nov 6 USSR adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"
  • Nov 9 Beer Hall Putsch's second day in Munich; Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die and Adolf Hitler flees
  • Nov 10 German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany
  • Nov 11 Eternal flame lit for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
  • Nov 12 Dr Hjalmar Schacht is appointed special commissioner to deal with the currency problem in Germany; by November 1924 the currency will have been restored
  • Nov 12 In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to seize power during "Beer Hall Putsch" coup
  • Nov 14 Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna.

Bartòk's Dance Suite

Nov 19 Hungarian composer Béla Bartòk's orchestral work "Dance Suite" premieres, celebrating 50th anniversary of cities of Buda and Pest uniting

  • Nov 19 The Oklahoma State Senate ousts Governor Walton for anti-Ku Klux Klan measures
  • Nov 20 American inventor Garrett Morgan patents his traffic signal design, adding a caution between 'stop and 'go', an important development in automobile safety [1]
  • Nov 20 Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark

Lothar Witzke Sentenced to Death

Nov 22 Calvin Coolidge pardons WWI German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death - later deported to Germany

The Ten Commandments

Nov 23 Cecil B. DeMille's first version of "The Ten Commandments" premieres in the USA

  • Nov 23 German army commander General Von Seeckt bans NSDAP & KPD
  • Nov 23 Germany's Gustav Stresemann's government falls to the SPD
  • Nov 24 Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
  • Nov 29 The Dawes Commission, chaired by the American Banker Charles G. Dawes, is set up to look into the German economic situation and make recommendations that the US can accept
  • Nov 30 Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms