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November 23
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November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 38 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to examine the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III .
1227 - Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa .
1248 - Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile .
1499 - Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London . He had invaded England in 1497 , claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England .
1531 - The Second war of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland .
1644 - Areopagitica , a pamphlet decrying censorship , and written by John Milton is published.
1654 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense, mystical vision that marks him for life.
1844 - Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark .
1863 - American Civil War : Battle of Chattanooga begins - Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.
1867 - The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester , England for rescuing two Irish men from jail.
1869 - In Dumbarton , Scotland , the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.
1876 - Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Marcy Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed ) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain .
1889 - The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco .
1890 - King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become.
1903 - Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.
1914 - The US Army retreats from Mexico .
1934 - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal , which lay well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis .
1936 - The first edition of Life is published.
1943 - World War II : The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin .
1943 - World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
1946 - The Workers Party of South Korea is founded.
1954 - For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash .
1955 - The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia .
1959 - General Charles de Gaulle , President of France , declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for a "Europe , from the Atlantic to the Urals ."
1963 - First episode of Doctor Who , An Unearthly Child, is aired on British television.
1971 - The representatives of the People's Republic of China first attended the United Nations , including the United Nations Security Council , as China 's representatives (See China and the United Nations ).
1976 - Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
1979 - In Dublin , Ireland , Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten .
1980 - A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people.
1981 - Iran-Contra Affair : Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua .
1985 - Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo . When the plane lands in Malta , Egyptian commandos storm the hijacked jetliner, but 60 people die in the raid.
1990 - The first all woman expedition to the south pole (3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 12 Russians), sets off from Antarctica on the 1st leg of a 70 day, 1287 kilometre ski trek.
1993 - Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
1996 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 123.
1996 - The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization .
1998 - Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom Ranariddh .
2001 - Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest , Hungary .
2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf , elected president of Liberia , is the first woman to lead an African country.
2007 - MS Explorer , a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sank in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands .
Births
912 - Otto I the Great , Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973 )
1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284 )
1402 - Jean de Dunois , French soldier (d. 1468 )
1417 - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel , English politician (d. 1487 )
1553 - Prospero Alpini , Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617 )
1616 - John Wallis , English mathematician (d. 1703 )
1632 - Jean Mabillon , French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707 )
1641 - Anthonie Heinsius , Dutch statesman (d. 1720 )
1705 - Thomas Birch , English historian (d. 1766 )
1715 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier , French astronomer (d. 1799 )
1719 - Spranger Barry , Irish actor (d. 1777 )
1749 - Edward Rutledge , U.S. statesman (d. 1800 )
1760 - François-Noël Babeuf , French revolutionary (d. 1797 )
1785 - Jan Roothaan , Dutch priest (d. 1853 )
1804 - Franklin Pierce , 14th President of the United States (d. 1869 )
1820 - Isaac Todhunter , British mathematician (d. 1884 )
1837 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923 )
1859 - Billy The Kid , American outlaw (d. 1881 (?))
1860 - Hjalmar Branting , Prime Minister of Sweden , and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925 )
1861 - Konstantin Korovin , Russian painter (d. 1939 )
1864 - Henry Bourne Joy , American automobile executive (d. 1936 )
1869 - Valdemar Poulsen , Danish engineer (d. 1942 )
1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky , Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933 )
1876 - Manuel de Falla , Spanish composer (d. 1946 )
1883 - José Clemente Orozco , Mexican painter (d. 1949 )
1887 - Eduardo Corrochio , Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943 )
1887 - Boris Karloff , British actor (d. 1969 )
1887 - Henry Moseley , English physicist (d. 1915 )
1888 - Harpo Marx , American comedian (d. 1964 )
1890 - El Lissitzky , Russian artist and architect (d. 1941 )
1892 - Erté , French artist (d. 1990 )
1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri , Indian writer (d. 1999 )
1897 - Karl Gebhardt , Nazi doctor (d. 1948 )
1902 - Victor Jory , Canadian actor (d. 1982 )
1907 - Lars Leksell , Swedish physician (d. 1986 )
1908 - Nelson S. Bond , American science fiction writer (d. 2006 )
1909 - Nigel Tranter , British historian and writer (d. 2000 )
1912 - George O'Hanlon , American actor (d. 1989 )
1914 - Roger Avon , Durham actor (d. 1998 )
1914 - Michael Gough , English actor
1915 - John Dehner , American actor (d. 1992 )
1920 - Paul Celan , Romanian-born German poet (d. 1970 )
1920 - Wayne Thiebaud , American painter
1921 - Fred Buscaglione , Italian singer and actor (d. 1960 )
1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne , president of Spanish Galicia
1923 - R. L. Burnside , American musician (d. 2005 )
1923 - Daniel Brewster , American democrat (d. 2007 )
1923 - Billy Haughton , American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986 )
1924 - Paula Raymond , American actress (d. 2003 )
1924 - Colin Macmillan Turnbull , British-born anthropologist (d. 1994 )
1924 - Anita Linda , Filipino actress
1925 - Johnny Mandel , American songwriter
1925 - José Napoleón Duarte , Salvadorian politician (d. 1990 )
1926 - Sathya Sai Baba , Indian guru and philosopher
1927 - Guy Davenport , American author, artist, and scholar (d. 2005 )
1928 - Jerry Bock , American Broadway composer
1929 - Hal Lindsey , American evangelist and Christian writer
1930 - Jack McKeon , American baseball manager
1931 - Dervla Murphy , Irish traveller and author
1931 - Gloria Lynne , American singer
1932 - Michel David-Weill , French investment banker
1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki , Polish composer
1934 - Robert Towne , American screenwriter and director
1934 - Lew Hoad , Australian tennis player (d. 1994 )
1935 - Vladislav Volkov , Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971 )
1936 - Robert Barnard , British mystery writer
1938 - Esko Nikkari , Finnish actor
1939 - Betty Everett , American singer (d. 2001 )
1940 - Luis Tiant , Cuban baseball player
1941 - Franco Nero , Italian actor
1942 - Susan Anspach , American actress
1943 - Andrew Goodman , American civil rights activist (d. 1964 )
1943 - Sue Nicholls , British actress
1944 - Joe Eszterhas , Hungarian-born film producer and writer
1944 - James Toback , American writer and director
1945 - Keith Hampshire , English singer-songwriter
1945 - Steve Landesberg , American actor
1945 - Dennis Nilsen , Scottish serial killer
1945 - Jerry Harris , American sculptor
1946 - Bobby Rush , American politician
1946 - Giorgos Koudas , Greek footballer
1946 - Diana Quick , English actress
1948 - Bruce Vilanch , American comedy writer
1950 - Chuck Schumer , American politician
1951 - David Rappaport , English actor (d. 1990 )
1952 - Bill Troiano , musician
1953 - Francis Cabrel , French singer
1954 - Bruce Hornsby , American musician
1954 - Glenn Brummer , American baseball player
1954 - Ross Brawn , British Honda Racing F1 team principal
1955 - Steven Brust , American author
1955 - Ludovico Einaudi , Italian composer and pianist
1959 - Maxwell Caulfield , British actor
1959 - Dominique Dunne , American actress (d. 1982 )
1960 - Robin Roberts , American television reporter
1961 - Merv Hughes , Australian cricketer
1961 - Keith Ablow , American psychiatrist and author
1963 - Joe Ahearne , British television director
1963 - Mamoru Takuma , Japanese mass murderer and rapist (d. 2004 )
1964 - Frank Rutherford , Bahamian athlete
1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht , American poet and historian
1966 - Vincent Cassel , French actor
1966 - Jerry Kelly , American professional golfer
1968 - Hamid Hassani , Iranian lexicographer
1968 - Kirsty Young , Scottish television journalist
1969 - Jonathan Seet , Canadian singer
1970 - Zoë Ball , British television and radio presenter
1970 - Oded Fehr , Israeli actor
1971 - Lisa Arch , American actress
1972 - Chris Adler , American musician (Lamb of God )
1973 - Trick Daddy , American rapper
1974 - Jamie Sharper , American football player
1974 - Saku Koivu , Finnish ice hockey player
1976 - Page Kennedy , American actor
1977 - Myriam Boileau , Canadian diver
1977 - Adam Eaton , American baseball player
1978 - Kayvan Novak , English actor
1979 - Kelly Brook , English actress/model
1980 - David Britz , American nano-technologist
1980 - Jonathan Papelbon , American baseball player
1982 - Colby Armstrong , Canadian ice-hockey player
1982 - Asafa Powell , Jamaican sprinter
1984 - Lucas Grabeel , American actor and singer
1985 - Ahn Hyun-Soo , South Korean short track skater
1987 - Nicklas Bäckström , Swedish ice hockey player
1991 - Anurag Kashyap , 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
1992 - Miley Cyrus , American Popstar, Hannah Montana
Deaths
947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
955 - Edred , King of England (b. c. 923 )
1407 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans , brother of Charles VI of France (murdered) (b. 1372 )
1457 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440 )
1499 - Perkin Warbeck , Flemish imposter (b. 1474 )
1503 - Margaret of York , wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446 )
1572 - Agnolo di Cosimo , Italian artist and poet (b. 1503 )
1585 - Thomas Tallis , English composer (b. 1505 )
1616 - Richard Hakluyt , English writer (b. 1552 )
1682 - Claude Lorrain , French painter (b. 1604 )
1763 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf , German soldier (b. 1673 )
1769 - Constantine Mavrocordatos , Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (b. 1711 )
1783 - Yoriyuki Arima , Japanese mathematician (b. 1714 )
1803 - Roger Newdigate , British politician (b. 1719 )
1804 - Richard Graves , British writer (b. 1715 )
1807 - Jean-François Rewbell , French politician (b. 1747 )
1814 - Elbridge Gerry , Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744 )
1833 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan , French marshal (b. 1762 )
1890 - King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817 )
1902 - Walter Reed , American bacteriologist (b. 1851 )
1923 - Urmuz , Romanian writer (b. 1883 )
1934 - Giovanni Brunero , Italian cyclist (b. 1895 )
1937 - Jagdish Chandra Bose , Indian physicist (b. 1858 )
1937 - George Albert Boulenger , Belgian naturalist (b. 1858 )
1948 - Hack Wilson , American baseball player (b. 1900 )
1966 - Seán T. O'Kelly , President of Ireland (b. 1882 )
1970 - Yusof bin Ishak , first President of Singapore (b. 1910 )
1972 - Marie Wilson , American actress (b. 1916 )
1973 - Sessue Hayakawa , Japanese actor (b. 1889 )
1974 - Cornelius Ryan , Irish-born author (b. 1920 )
1976 - André Malraux , French author (b. 1901 )
1979 - Merle Oberon , British actress (b. 1911 )
1979 - Judee Sill , American musician and songwriter (b. 1944 )
1983 - Juhan Muks , Estonian artist (b. 1899 )
1990 - Roald Dahl , British author (b. 1916 )
1990 - Bo Diaz , Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1953 )
1992 - Roy Acuff , American country musician (b. 1903 )
1992 - Jean-François Thiriart , Belgian politician (b. 1922 )
1994 - Art Barr , American professional wrestler (b. 1966 )
1994 - Tommy Boyce , American songwriter (b. 1939 )
1995 - Louis Malle , French film director (b. 1932 )
1995 - Jr. Walker , American musician (b. 1931 )
1996 - Mohamed Amin , Kenyan photojournalist (b. 1943 )
1996 - Art Porter, Jr. , American jazz musician (b. 1961 )
1997 - Jorge Más Canosa , anti-Castro activist (b. 1939 )
2001 - Bo Belinsky , American baseball player (b. 1936 )
2001 - O.C. Smith , American singer (b. 1932 )
2002 - Roberto Matta , Chilean painter (b. 1911 )
2004 - Pete Franklin , American talk radio host (b. 1928 )
2005 - Constance Cummings , American-born British actress (b. 1910 )
2005 - Frank Gatski , American football player (b. 1919 )
2006 - Nick Clarke , English radio presenter (b. 1948 )
2006 - Betty Comden , American lyricist (b. 1917 )
2006 - Alexander Litvinenko , Russian spy (b. 1962 )
2006 - Philippe Noiret , French actor (b. 1930 )
2006 - Anita O'Day , American singer (b. 1919 )
2006 - Willie Pep , American boxer (b. 1922 )
2007 - Joe Kennedy , American baseball player (b. 1979 )
2007 - Óscar Carmelo Sánchez , Bolivian footballer (b. 1971 )
2007 - Pat Walsh , New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1936 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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