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September 8, 1923

On September 8, 1923, honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. Jules Deschênes, Jules Deschênes, Jules Deschênes would arrive in the same year.

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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 September 8, 1923

  1. 1923 Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.

    Largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships

    S. Navy ships in history. On the foggy night of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers traveling at 20 knots (37 km/h) ran aground and wrecked at California's Honda Point.

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Jules Deschênes 1923– Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000)
Jules Deschênes 1923– Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000)
Jules Deschênes 1923– Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000)
Jules Deschênes 1923– Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000)

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