A volcano broke through the surface of Dionisio Pulido's cornfield, ultimately obtaining a height of 1,000 feet before it quite erupting in 1952.
American movie executives determined to allow the Office of War Information to censor American movies.
The Saturday Evening Post went to the stands with a dramatic illustration of American troops, it's unclear if they're in the Army or the Marines, wearing the frog pattern camouflage of the era entitled "Night Attack".
The general strike called for in the Ruhr did not materialize.
Humboldt County, California, sustained an earthquake:
ON JANUARY 22ND 1923, A M7.1 EARTHQUAKE STRUCK NEAR CAPE MENDOCINO IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
The Australian parliament adopted the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act. The act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1931, granted the dominions nearly full legislative authority. Australia back dates acceptance to a 1939 date so as to predate the war.
Marines crossed the Matanikau River, putting Henderson Field out of artillery range.The above and other events are discussed for this date on Sarah Sundin's blog:
Today in World War II History—October 9, 1942: First WAVES enlisted schools open. On Guadalcanal, Marines cross Matanikau River, pushing Japanese out of artillery range of Henderson Field.
Albert Peter Low, Canadian geologist and explorer, died at age 81.
British General Sir Charles Harington, who had to deal the prior year with 50,000 Greek troops being deployed to Thrace, now had to deal with Turkish troops who were threatening the neutral zone. In the first crisis, the Turks offered 20,000 troops to help, which were declined, and in the second, the Greeks offered 20,000 troops, but declined.
Today, a century ago, Harington issued an ultimatum to the Turks to withdraw from the neutral zone.
The British were in a bad way, in reality, as their government was not ready to fight without the Dominions, and Canada had refused.
The New York Giants won the National League pennant with a 5 to 4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals
Scenes from around Boulder Canyon taken on this day, as geologist from the USGS made an epic trip.
Caldville Ruins below the Boulder damsite. Note the geologist wearing a "wife beater" t-shirt, and hatless. Very unusual photo for the era.
The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania declared its autocephalous nature at the conclusion of a conference. That status would be recognized by the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1937.
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Today there are seventeen autocephalous, i.e., self-governing, Orthodox Churches, with the most recent one to be granted that status being the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The topic can be a bit controversial in a larger Apostolic Christian sense, as the Catholic Church, which is also comprised of self-governing churches, and which by far makes up the largest body of Christians on Earth, does not recognize the theological claim of the Orthodox Churches that occupant of the Chair of St. Peter is the head of all the Apostolic Christian churches. For its part, Orthodoxy recognizes the legitimacy of the Chair of St. Peter, but holds its occupant to be the "First among Equals". The Catholic Church recognizes the legitimacy of the Orthodox Churches, but disputes its position on that point.
Orthodox Churches that obtain autocephalous status must do so through the Patriarch of Constantinople, who is the head of the "Mother Church".
The Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico formed through the union of a number of similarly minded parties. Its goal was and remains independence for Puerto Rico.
British troops landed with heavy artillery in Turkey in order to prevent the Turks from taking control of the Dardanelles following the Greek defeat. Meanwhile, Anastasios Charalambis became Prime Minister of Greece in the midst of a military revolt, replacing Nikolaos Tirantafyllakos, who had stepped down. His service would last but a single day before King Constantine called upon him to abdicate and Sotirios Krokidas was appointed by the military as the new premier.
Things were not going well in Greece.
The League of Nations approved the Trans Jordan Memorandum setting the boundaries of the Kingdom of Jordan and Palestine. Those boundaries formed the later frame for the boundaries of the state of Israel.
Lev Kamenev was named to a position which was the functional titular equivalent of Prime Minister of the Soviet Union. Kamenev assumed the position as Lenin was becoming increasingly ill.
He was, of course, executed during Stalin's regime, during which the swimming pool of blood rose higher.
Henry Ford enacted a lock out of his plants, idling 100,100 workers, rather than pay what he regarded as profiteers in the coal and steel industries.
Work was progressing on the James Scott Water Fountain in Detroit.
I have to say, as somebody who started off in geology, this is leaving me envious.
The British government reacted with backbone, issuing an ultimatum. But the British commander on the location did not deliver it. British Conservatives, moreover, did not support going to war against Turkey over the issue, contrary to British Liberals Lloyd George and Winston Churchill (yes, at this point in time Churchill was a Liberal). The French did not a war either, nor did the Canadians, whose significant Dominion status mattered given that the British felt that they needed Dominion support. Having defeated the Greeks, the Turks quickly backed down, defusing the crisis, but contributing to one for Lloyd George.
In another Dominion, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and two associates suspended habeus corpus in Ireland due to the Irish Civil War.
Firestone commenced production of rubber tires in Canada. Oddly enough, on the same day William and Alfred Billes combined their savings to purchase the Hamilton Tire and Garage Ltd. which would be multiple retail lines company Canadian Tire.
Back to Turkey, the Turkish Orthodox Church was formed. The church is not recognized by the Eastern Orthodox. Pavlos Karahisarithis was the first Patriarch of what was termed the Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate, which he presided over until 1962. The church principally consistgs of Orthodox Karaman Turks and numbers 47,000 adherants today.
The Council of Foreign Relations commenced publication of Foreign Affairs.
The Episocpal Church in the United States voted to change the Book of Common Prayer requiring the bride to obey her husband, by omitting that verb.
The USGS was at Rainbow Bridge on this day in September, 1922.
