November 23
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November 23 is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 37 days remaining after November 23 until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 800 – Charlemagne arrives at Rome to examine the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.
- 1914 – The US Army retreats from Mexico.
- 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."
- 1961 – Sturt's Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa, becomes the floral emblem of South Australia.
- 1963 – The first episode of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, airs on the BBC.
- 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.
- 1980 – A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people.
- 1981 – 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.
- 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.
- 1996 – The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization.
- 1996 – A plane crash in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros kills 125 people.
- 2003 – Eduard Shevardnadze resigns as President of Georgia.
- 2005 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected President of Liberia, becoming Africa's first female President.
- 2007 – MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands.
- 2009 – The Maguindanao massacre occurs on the island of Mindanao, Philippines.
- 2010 – North Korea attacks Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response from neighbouring South Korea, in one of the fiercest exchanges since the Korean War.
[change] Births
- 912 – Otto I, Duke of the Saxons, King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
- 1221 – King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
- 1616 – John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703)
- 1804 – Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
- 1837 – Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist (d. 1923)
- 1851 – Jonas Basanavicius, Lithuanian physician, scientist and political activist (d. 1927)
- 1859 – Billy the Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881)
- 1860 – Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1925)
- 1876 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946)
- 1887 – Boris Karloff, British actor (d. 1969)
- 1888 – Harpo Marx, American actor, comedian and mime (d. 1964)
- 1916 – Michael Gough, British actor (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
- 1922 – Manuel Fraga Iribarne, President of Spanish Galicia (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian religious and spiritual leader (d. 2011)
- 1933 – Krzystof Penderecki, Polish composer
- 1943 – Andrew Goodman, American Civil rights activist (d. 1964)
- 1945 – Jim Doyle, American politician
- 1954 – Ross Brawn, British Formula 1 team principal
- 1968 – Kirsty Young, Scottish television presenter
- 1970 – Karsten Mueller, German chess player and author
- 1972 – Alf-Inge Haaland, Norwegian footballer
- 1979 – Nihat Kahveci, Turkish footballer
- 1979 – Kelly Brook, British actress and model
- 1982 – Asafa Powell, Jamaican runner
- 1984 – Lucas Grabeel, American actor, singer and songwriter
- 1992 – Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer (Hannah Montana)
[change] Deaths
- 955 – Edred, King of England (b. c. 923)
- 1585 – Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. 1505)
- 1814 – Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States (b. 1744)
- 1864 – Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve German-born Russian astronomer (b. 1793)
- 1890 – King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
- 1902 – Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851)
- 1966 – Séan T Ó Ceallaigh, 2nd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
- 1970 – Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean politician (b. 1910)
- 1983 – Tom Evans, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
- 1990 – Roald Dahl, Welsh writer (b. 1916)
- 1991 – Klaus Kinski, German actor (b. 1926)
- 2001 – Mary Whitehouse, British campaigner (b. 1910)
- 2002 – Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
- 2006 – Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy (b. 1962)
- 2006 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Montserrat Figueras, Spanish operatic soprano (b. 1942)
[change] Holidays and observances
- Bahá'í Faith – Feast of Qawl (Speech) – First day of the 14th month of the Bahá'í calendar
- Georgia – St George's Day
- Japan – Kinro kansha no hi (Labour Thanksgiving Day)
- Slovenia – Rudolf Maister Day
