September 1923

Saturday 01:

The Great Kanto earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 100,000 people.

In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah, takes to the sky for the first time.

Honda Point Disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party (CHP).

Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.

Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.

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