September 1923

Saturday 01:

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

Tuesday 04:

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

Saturday 08:

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

Sunday 09:

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

Thursday 13:

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

Friday 14:

Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.