- 1919 23 Dec The exclusion of women from many occupations is made illegal by the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act.
- 1948 23 Dec General Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese leaders are executed for war crimes at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo.
- 1953 23 Dec Soviet security chief Lavrenti Beria, who killed millions under Stalin, is himself shot for treason.
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