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January 9, 1923
On January 9, 1923, juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight. Jules Deschênes, Jules Deschênes, Jules Deschênes would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · January 9, 1923
Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva, was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and a self-taught aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of a rotorcraft called Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language. 4 prototype.
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The year in brief
1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1923rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 923rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 23rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1920s decade.
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On January 9, 1923
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1923 Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight. Spanish engineer and count (1895–1936)
Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva, was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and a self-taught aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of a rotorcraft called Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language. 4 prototype.
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1923 Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control. Baltic ethnic group
Lithuanians are a Baltic ethnic group. They are native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,378,118 people. Another two million make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and Canada.
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- April 15 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
- April 15 Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.
- April 26 The Duke of York (the future King George VI) weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
- April 28 Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
- August 16 The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
- August 18 The first British Track and Field championships for women are held in London, Great Britain.
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