* 1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

It also played in Chicago and Los Angeles during 1923.

The studio went bankrupt, however, and in 1923 Iwerks followed Disney's move to Los Angeles to work on a new series of cartoons known as “ the Alice Comedies ” which had live action mixed with animation.

By the spring of 1923, original dramatic pieces written specially for radio were airing on stations in Cincinnati ( When Love Wakens by WLW's Fred Smith ), Philadelphia ( The Secret Wave by Clyde A. Criswell ) and Los Angeles ( At Home over KHJ ).

Around 1923, Wyler arrived in Los Angeles and began work on the Universal Studios lot in the swing gang, cleaning the stages and moving the sets.

" A highlight of this time was the first Rose Bowl being broadcast on January 1, 1923 on the Los Angeles station KHJ.

The decision was disputed by the Americans, but their request to allocate the 1928 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles was without success in 1922 and again in 1923.

Other notable buildings are the Forbes Mill annex, dating to 1880 and now housing a history museum ; Los Gatos High School which dates from the 1920s ; and the Old Town Shopping Center, formerly the University Avenue School ( the school was established in 1882 ; the current buildings date to 1923 ).

In 1923, after Walt Disney's previous Laugh-O-Grams cartoon studio went bankrupt, Walt moved from Kansas City to Los Angeles and lived with his brother Roy O. Disney who was working as a banker at the time.

During Summer 1923, Walt Disney created ' The Disney Bros Cartoon Studio ' in his Uncle Robert Disney's garage, located at 4406 Kingswell Avenue, in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.

* Los Angeles Times, Flashes ; Star To Travel Betty Compson Signs For London Films, April 5, 1923, Page II7.

Valhalla was founded in 1923 by two Los Angeles financiers, John R. Osborne and C. C. Fitzpatrick.

On October 6, 1923, Pomona College and USC played in the inaugural game at the Los Angeles Coliseum, with the Trojans prevailing 23-7.

* James Arness ( born May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota as James Aurness ; died June 3, 2011 in Los Angeles, California ) was an actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on the T. V.

Vollmer left the Berkeley Police Department for a brief stint as police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1923 to 1924, but returned upon being disillusioned by the extent of corruption and hostility towards leadership coming from outside the department.

In Los Angeles, California, she broke a leg and three ribs when her plane stalled and crashed on February 22, 1923.

The couple arrived in Los Angeles in 1923.

" World conflicts made it impossible to hold to a strict five-year plan, but BWA has held 20 Congresses: London, 1905 ; Philadelphia, 1911 ; Stockholm, 1923 ; Toronto, 1928 ; Berlin, 1934 ; Atlanta, 1939 ; Copenhagen, 1947 ; Cleveland, 1950 ; London, 1955 ; Rio de Janeiro, 1960 ; Miami Beach, 1965 ; Tokyo, 1970 ; Stockholm, 1975 ; Toronto, 1980 ; Los Angeles, 1985 ; Seoul, 1990 ; Buenos Aires, 1995 ; Melbourne, 2000 ; Birmingham, England, 2005 ; and Honolulu, 2010.

Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby ( January 11, 1923 in Los Angeles, California – April 28, 1998 in San Bernardino, California ) was an American short story writer, editor and scriptwriter, best known for his work in science fiction.

Los Angeles was her center of operations, and Angelus Temple, seating 5, 300 people, was opened in Echo Park in 1923.

Elroy " Crazylegs " Hirsch ( June 17, 1923 – January 28, 2004 ) was an American football running back and receiver for the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Rockets, nicknamed for his unusual running style.

Los Angeles County paved the road in concrete in early 1923, and in 1931 it was added to the state highway system as a branch of Route 19.

* Pat Russell ( born 1923 ) Los Angeles City Council member, 1969 – 87

* 1923 – Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano ( d. 2005 )

* George Alexander ( 1839 – 1923 ), politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles

He worked for the United Press International and the American Legion News Service in 1921 and 1922 and then became a reporter for the Seattle Times in 1922 and 1923.

The English, in particular, lauded Ravel, as The Times reported April 16, 1923, “ Since the death of Debussy, he has represented to English musicians the most vigorous current in modern French music.

Listings in The New York Times and other sources for May 1923 reveal at least 20 dramatic offerings were scheduled ( including one-acts, excerpts from longer dramas, complete three-and four-act plays, operettas and a Molière adaptation ), either as in-studio productions or by remote broadcast from local theaters and opera houses.

In 2005, the magazine Time included this work in their " 100 Best Novels from 1923 – 2005 ", and in 2010 American author Jonathan Franzen hailed the novel as a " masterpiece " in The New York Times.

The novel was included on Times 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.

* The New York Times on May 2, 1923: " Bound Brook Mob Raids Klan Meeting: Thousand Hostile Citizens Surround Church and Lock In 100 Holy Rollers.

ISBN 0-7153-7430-3 Contains a full page readable reproduction of the first edition of the Radio Times, 28 September 1923.

The novel was # 58 on Times 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.

Geoffrey Dawson, editor of The Times from 1912 to 1919 and from 1923 until 1941, was born in Skipton in 1874.

* Radio Times, 1923 – present, London: British Broadcasting Corporation ISSN 0033-8060 02

Blood Meridian ( 1985 ) was among Time magazine's list of 100 best English-language books published between 1923 and 2005 and placed joint runner-up in a poll taken in 2006 by The New York Times of the best American fiction published in the last 25 years.

An experimental model was tried out at the offices of the Fenny Stratford Times Newspaper, and the first production models were installed at the nearby Great Brickhill Waterworks where they were in operation from 1892 to 1923.

Radio Times was first issued on 28 September 1923, carrying details of BBC radio programmes ( newspapers at the time boycotted radio listings, fearing that increased listenership might decrease their sales ).

From 1923 to 1926, he was at The New York Times backing up George S. Kaufman in the drama department and soon after became the first regular theatre critic for The New Yorker, writing a weekly column during 1925 and 1926.

From 1923, he was Dean of the Palestine Board of Higher Studies and The Times Correspondent for Palestine and Transjordan.

Dido and Aeneas premiered in the United States at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 10 February 1923 performed by the girls of the Rosemary School, although The New York Times noted that " considerable liberties " had been taken with the score.

In 1921, the Association established headquarters at the offices of Dancing Times magazine in London and the first Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced level examinations were held in the years that followed, with the first Children's syllabus being published and then examined in 1923 and 1924.

His Life and Times " ( Hurst & Blackett Ltd., 1923 ).

Allison Danzig, the main tennis writer for The New York Times from 1923 through 1968, and the editor of The Fireside Book of Tennis, called Tilden the greatest tennis player he had ever seen.

1880: The Times of India Weekly Edition is launched name later changed to The Times of India Illustrated Weekly and finally to The Illustrated Weekly of India in 1923.

The New York Times, January 19, 1923.

When, in 1923, Prince Albert, Duke of York became the first member of the British royal family to marry a non-princess in more than 300 years ( with the sovereign's approval ), so an announcement was apparently issued by Buckingham Palace and carried in the London Gazette and The Times, " It is officially announced that, in accordance with the settled general rule that a wife takes the status of her husband, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on her marriage has become Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, with the status of a Princess ".