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It’s the start of a new year, the first ‘23 in of the second millennium AD. People today have heard stories of the last ‘23 of the first millennium, likely from their grandparents. Here’s a list of a few things that happened in 1923, 100 years ago:

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CHAMBER OPENED | FEBRUARY 16 KING TUT’S BURIAL In Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter, after searching for over 30 years, found the burial chamber of the boy Pharoah Tutankhamen. It’s widely claimed many of the people involved in the opening of his tomb fell victim to the “Curse of the Pharaoh,” also known as King Tut’s Curse, including financier of the expedition George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, fifth Earl of Carnarvon, who died on March 25, 1923. Time magazine was first published by Briton Hadden and

Henry Luce. Despite being only 32 pages long, the concise weekly news magazine became a hit, with the slogan “Take

Time - It’s Brief.” By 1927, the magazine boasted a circulation of 175,000 and was known as the most influential newsmagazine in the country. Time’s format of systematic, concise and well-organized newsgathering became the basis for most news magazines today, who began arranging departments to cover beats such as national and international affairs, business, education, science, medicine, law, religion, sports, books and the arts.

Time Magazine releases first issue

March 3

BROTHERS ESTABLISHED | APRIL 4 WARNER Four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner, established Warner Brothers in 1923 as an independent film industry. Today, the company, founded by Jewish immigrants, is known for its array of TV, animation, and video games including Looney Tunes, Austin Powers, Scooby Doo, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, the Lord of the Rings movie series, DC Comics, and hundreds more through its collection of subsidiaries.

Yankee Stadium Officially Opened

Babe Ruth hit the ballpark’s first home run in the stadium on Opening Day 1923 the Bronx in New York City. Yankee Stadium hosted 37 World Series during its existence, with the Yankees winning 26 of them. The stadium hosted 100 World Series games, and 161 postseason games, more than any other stadium in baseball history.

The stadium hosted its final baseball game on Sept. 21, 2008 before being replaced. April 18

100YEARS AGO

By Dani Messick House and Home Feature Writer

ON A MASS SCALE | OCTOBER 15 PRODUCING INSULIN The first commercial supplies of insulin came from Canada, thanks to surgeon Frederick G. Banting, Charles H. Best and J.J.R. Macleod at the University of Toronto, and James Collip and their research beginning in 1921. Banting, Collip and Best were awarded U.S. patents on insulin on Jan. 23 of that year and they sold the patents to the University of Toronto for $1 each. Months later, Banting and Macleod were awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Banting split his half of the money with Best, and Macleod split his half of the money with Collip.

Nazis Failed Coup D'etat

Known as the Beer Hall Putsch, the incident caused

Adolf Hitler, leader of the growing Nazi Party, to be convicted of treason and sentenced to five years in prison.

Unhappy with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the peace settlement at the end of World War I, which required many concessions and reparations from Germany for its part in the war. The plan was to have Bavarian state commissioner Gustav von Kahr lead a march on Berlin to overthrow the

Weimar Republic. Hitler took hundreds of followers and surrounded Bürgerbräukeller in Munich on Nov. 8 fired a shot into the ceiling and declared a “national revolution,” and attempted to kidnap Von Kahr and two colleagues to ransom the country. Hitler left to deal with other matters and his followers were supposed to take over government buildings in Munich, but the city’s military troops overpowered them. Hitler spent less than a year in jail, though, during which time he produced “Mein Kampf,” his political autobiography.

The failed coup and trial turned Hitler into a national figure, allowing him to eventually rebuild the Nazi Party. n November 8 ... and now you know! | Michiana House and Home | January 2023 | 17