in Melbourne city centre. November 8 – Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government; police and troops crush the attempt the next day. 20 people die as a result of associated violence. November 11 – Adolf Hitler is arrested for his leading role in the Beer Hall Putsch. November 12 – Her Highness Princess Maud of Fife marries Captain Charles Alexander Carnegie, in Wellington Barracks, London. November 15 – Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic: Hyperinflation in Germany reaches its height. One United States dollar is worth 4,200,000,000,000 Papiermark (4.2 trillion on the short scale). Gustav Stresemann abolishes the old currency and replaces it with the Rentenmark, at an exchange rate of one Rentenmark to 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion on the short scale) Papiermark (effective November 20). November 23 – Gustav Stresemann's coalition government collapses in Germany. December 1 – In Italy, the Gleno Dam on the Gleno River, in the Valle di Scalve in the northern province of Bergamo bursts, killing at least 356 people. December 6 – 1923 United Kingdom general election: The governing Conservatives under Stanley Baldwin are reduced to a minority status, with the Labour party gaining second party status. Calvin Coolidge addresses Congress in the first radio broadcast from a U.S. President. December 21 – The Nepal–Britain Treaty is the first to define the international status of Nepal as an independent sovereign country. December 27 – The crown prince of Japan survives an assassination attempt in Tokyo. December 29 – Vladimir K. Zworykin files his first patent (in the United States) for "television systems". Date unknown The Moderation League of New York becomes part of the movement for the repeal of Prohibition in the United States. Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is founded in Denmark. Marcel Duchamp's artwork The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même or The Large Glass) is completed in the United States. The Iraqi women's movement starts with the foundation of the Women's Awakening Club. Births January January 1 Wahiduddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic (d. 2018) Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (d. 2019) Vulo Radev, Bulgarian film director (d. 2001) Roméo Sabourin, Canadian World War II spy (d. 1944) January 2 Abdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy, 38th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2014) Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author (d. 2020) January 3 Renato Guatelli, Italian