Virginia 1923

UK 1923

Period: Jan 1, 1923 to Dec 31, 1923

First outside boradcast by the BBC

Jan 8, 1923

Burial chamber of Tutankhamun unsealed

Feb 16, 1923

Archaeologist Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Tutankhamun, a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt

Wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Apr 26, 1923

Wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in Westminster Abbey

Wembley Stadium opened

Apr 28, 1923

Wembley Stadium, then known as Empire Stadium, was opened to the public for the first time and held the 1923 FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United football clubs

Matrimonial Causes Act established

Jul 18, 1923

Matrimonial Causes Act establishes equal rights in divorce for men and women, making it possible for wives to divorce husbands for adultery

Liquor Act

Jul 31, 1923

Liquor Act makes it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages to under-18s

Radio Times Magazine published

Sep 28, 1923

First publication of the Radio Times (BBC's weekly television and radio programme) listings magazine

General election won by the Conservatives

Dec 6, 1923

The general election is won by the Conservative Party under Stanley Baldwin but without enough seats to form a majority

JJR Macleod wins Nobel Prize, discovery of insulin

Dec 10, 1923

10 December - John James Richard Macleod wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Frederick Banting "for the discovery of insulin".

The chimes of Big Ben broadcasted

Dec 31, 1923

The BBC broadcasts the chimes of Big Ben for the first time