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23 Nov 1227
Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Polish dukes at Gsawa
23 Nov 1248
Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile after the city capitulates
23 Nov 1334
St Clemens Flood Dike breaks at FlemishZeeuwseDutch coast
23 Nov 1499
Flemish pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from Tower of London. Invaded England in 1497 claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV
23 Nov 1577
Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enters Amsterdam
23 Nov 1700
Cardinal Francesco Albani elected Pope Clemens XI
23 Nov 1705
Nicholas Rowes play Ulysses premieres in London
23 Nov 1765
People of Frederick County Maryland refuse to pay British Stamp tax
23 Nov 1783
Annapolis Maryland becomes US capital (until June 1784)
23 Nov 1835
Henry Burden patents horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy NY)
23 Nov 1844
Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.
23 Nov 1848
Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston
23 Nov 1852
Just past midnight a sharp jolt likely caused by heavy rains causes Lake Merced California to drop 30 feet (9m)
23 Nov 1863
Battle of Chattanooga & Orchard Knob TN begins
23 Nov 1863
Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
23 Nov 1864
-25] Battle at Balls Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)
23 Nov 1867
The Manchester Martyrs are hung at Salford Gaol Manchester England for shooting a police officer
23 Nov 1868
Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process
23 Nov 1869
In Dumbarton Scotland the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever built and the only one still surviving
23 Nov 1876
Columbia Harvard & Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association
23 Nov 1885
Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united
23 Nov 1887
Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan
23 Nov 1887
Opera Trumpeter of Sckingen 1st American production (NYC)
23 Nov 1889
Debut of 1st jukebox (Palais Royale Saloon San Francisco)
23 Nov 1890
King William III of the Netherlands dies (b. 1817) without a male heir and a special law passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to inherit.
23 Nov 1892
Battle of Lomani Congo Belgian unit beats Arabs 1000-3000 killed
23 Nov 1892
Pierre de Coubertin launches plan for modern Olympic Games at the Union des Socits Franaises de Sports Athltiques AGM
23 Nov 1897
Andrew J Beard invents jerry coupler to connect railroad cars
23 Nov 1899
Battle at Belmont Cape colony general Methuen beats Farmers
23 Nov 1903
Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House NY) in Rigoletto
23 Nov 1903
Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners strike.
23 Nov 1905
Henry Watson Furness an Indiana physican named US minister to Haiti
23 Nov 1906
Joseph Smith leader of the Mormon Church convicted of polygamy
23 Nov 1909
7.17 (18.2 cm) of rainfall Rattlesnake Creek Idaho (state record)
23 Nov 1909
Wright Brothers form million dollar corporation to manufacture airplanes
23 Nov 1911
Post Hospital at Presidio San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital
23 Nov 1912
Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game
23 Nov 1913
Jim Larkin and James Connolly establish the Irish Citizens Army in order to protect strikers
23 Nov 1915
On the Tigris River in Mesopotamia the Battle of Ctesiphon between Allied and Turkish forces enters its second day
23 Nov 1923
German army commander General Von Seeckt bans NSDAP & KPD
23 Nov 1926
Noel Cowards This Was a Man premieres in NYC
23 Nov 1930
NY Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage
23 Nov 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.
23 Nov 1936
1st issue of Life picture magazine created by Henry R Luce published
23 Nov 1940
SD arrested resistance fighter Bernard Iron wire
23 Nov 1942
US Coast Guard Womans Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized
23 Nov 1942
German 4th & 6th Army surrounded at Stalingrad
23 Nov 1943
British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operations
23 Nov 1943
US forces take control of Tarawa Gilbert Island & Makin from Japanese
23 Nov 1943
Philadelphia Phillies owner William D Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team
23 Nov 1944
US 7th army under General Patch conquers Straatsburg
23 Nov 1945
Most US wartime rationing of foods including meat & butter ends
23 Nov 1946
Gypsy Lady closes at Century Theater NYC after 79 performances
23 Nov 1946
34th CFL Grey Cup Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers 28-6
23 Nov 1946
French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam kills 6000
23 Nov 1948
Dr Frank G Back (NYC) patents lens to provide zoom effects
23 Nov 1953
KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
23 Nov 1953
WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
23 Nov 1954
For the first time the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
23 Nov 1955
Britain transfers the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean to Australia
23 Nov 1956
Vladimir Kuts of the Soviet Union runs Olympic record 2845.6 to win the 10000m at the Melbourne Olympics later also wins 5000m gold
23 Nov 1959
Fiorello opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 796 performances
23 Nov 1960
Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
23 Nov 1960
Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St
23 Nov 1962
Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NLs MVP
23 Nov 1963
Debut of Doctor Who the long-running British sci-fi series
23 Nov 1963
Tambourines to Glory closes at Little Theater NYC after 24 performances
23 Nov 1964
Bajour opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
23 Nov 1964
Beatles release I Feel Fine & Shes a Woman
23 Nov 1965
31st Heisman Trophy Award Mike Garrett Southern Cal (RB)
23 Nov 1966
Chicago outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year
23 Nov 1968
Noel Cowards Sweet Potato closes at Booth NYC after 36 performances
23 Nov 1968
Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson
23 Nov 1970
KNCT TV channel 46 in BeltonKilleen TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
23 Nov 1970
Arthur Young resigns as Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
23 Nov 1971
China Peoples Republic seated in UN Security Council
23 Nov 1971
Danny Murtaugh manager of MLB world champions Pittsburgh Pirates announces his retirement
23 Nov 1973
Arab summit conference adopts open and secret resolutions on the use of the oil weapons embargo extended to Portugal Rhodesia and South Africa
23 Nov 1974
Alexis Argello of Nicaragua knocks out Mexican defending champion Rubn Olivares in the 13th round at the Forum in Inglewood California to claim the WBA world featherweight boxing title
23 Nov 1975
63rd CFL Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes 9-8
23 Nov 1975
Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
23 Nov 1976
Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.
23 Nov 1977
Jesus Christ Superstar opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 96 performances
23 Nov 1977
European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral
23 Nov 1980
4800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
23 Nov 1980
68th CFL Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats 48-10
23 Nov 1982
Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB & mated for STS-6
23 Nov 1982
FCC drops limits on duration & frequency of TV ads
23 Nov 1982
NY Islanders & Minn North Stars play to an 8-8 tie
23 Nov 1984
Limited-over international cricket debut for Wasim Akram for Pakistan v New Zealand
23 Nov 1984
Test Cricket debuts of Australians David Boon aged 23 & Bob Holland aged 38 (v WI)
23 Nov 1984
Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards) including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game & beat Miami 47-45
23 Nov 1985
58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta
23 Nov 1985
Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin arrested of spying for China
23 Nov 1986
Second WTA Tour Championship of the year change of tennis schedule Martina Navratilova wins 5th straight and 8th overall title with 76 63 62 win over Steffi Graf in NYC
23 Nov 1987
German tennis star Steffi Graf claims her first WTA Tour Championship with a 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-4 win over Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina at Madison Square Garden NYC
23 Nov 1988
Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
23 Nov 1988
President Reagan announces that he is pocket-vetoing a bill designed to further restrict lobbying by former federal employees.
23 Nov 1989
Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines
23 Nov 1989
Xenophon Zolotas is sworn in as premier of Greece
23 Nov 1990
Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak v WI) scores 0 & 0
23 Nov 1991
Martin Lopez-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (156.57)
23 Nov 1991
Sacramento Kings ends NBAs longest road losing streak at 43 games
23 Nov 1991
Sams Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols
23 Nov 1991
Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4031 yards passed in a season & 15031 for career
23 Nov 1992
Someone Wholl Watch Over Me opens at Booth NYC for 232 performances
23 Nov 1993
Angels in America-Perestroika opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 216 performances
23 Nov 1996
Irene Skliva 18 of Greece crowned 46th Miss World
23 Nov 1996
The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization.
23 Nov 1997
Annika Sorenstam wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship
23 Nov 1997
Czech tennis No. 1 Jana Novotn wins WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden NYC beats Mary Pierce of France 76 62 63
23 Nov 1998
Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival prince Norodom Ranariddh.
23 Nov 2001
Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest Hungary.
23 Nov 2003
Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
23 Nov 2003
Federation Cup Womens Tennis Moscow Russia Amlie Mauresmo beats American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2 6-1 to give France an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 4-1) and their second title
23 Nov 2004
World of Warcraft multiplayer online role-playing video game released worlds most subscribed game
23 Nov 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.
23 Nov 2008
97th Davis Cup Spain beats Argentina in Mar del Plata (3-1)
23 Nov 2008
96th CFL Grey Cup Calgary Stampeders defeats Montreal Alouettes 22-14
23 Nov 2008
Economists at the University of Hawaii report that the state entered recession in the previous quarter based on the drop in tourist figures and growing unemployment with 8800 jobs expected to be cut in 2009
23 Nov 2009
Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan Maguindanao Mindanao Philippines
23 Nov 2009
Susan Boyle releases her debut album I Dreamed a Dream (biggest selling album worldwide 2010 Billboard Album of the Year)
23 Nov 2010
The Bombardment of Yeonpyeong occurs on Yeonpyeong Island South Korea. The North Korean artillery attack kills 2 civilians and 2 South Korean marines.
23 Nov 2011
Arab Spring After 11 months of protests in Yemen The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president in exchange for legal immunity.
23 Nov 2012
JR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour
23 Nov 2013
The Day of the Doctor 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who screens on BBC One 1st episode to feature 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi
23 Nov 2014
A suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan
23 Nov 2014
An adviser to the Kenyan president says the slaughter of 28 people on a bus by the Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab is intended to create a religious war in the country
23 Nov 2014
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes central Japan
23 Nov 2014
Mass protests in Mexico by relatives of 43 missing Mexican students who the authorities say were murdered by a drugs gang
23 Nov 2014
Magnus Carlsen defends his World Chess Championship title after defeating Vishy Anand
23 Nov 2014
103rd Davis Cup Switzerland beats France in Lille (3-1) winning the Davis Cup for the first time
23 Nov 2015
President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia bans female genital mutilation
23 Nov 2017
Papua New Guinea Police storm Manus Island refugee camp forcibly removing asylum seekers
23 Nov 2017
Brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy
23 Nov 1556
King Philip II confers with Dutch financial experts
23 Nov 1869
The clipper Cutty Sark is launched In Dumbarton Scotland one of the last clippers ever built and the only one still surviving
23 Nov 1923
Germanys Gustav Stresemanns government falls to the SPD
23 Nov 1962
LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named National League MVP
23 Nov 1975
CFL Grey Cup McMahon Field Calgary Edmonton Eskimos defeat Montreal Alouettes 9-8 just the 3rd Grey Cup in which no TDs scored game-time temperature -15 degrees Celsius with a 25-kph wind
23 Nov 1980
CFL Grey Cup CNE Stadium Toronto Edmonton Eskimos 3rd straight title outclass Hamilton Tiger-Cats 48-10
23 Nov 1991
Martn Lpez-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (156.57)
23 Nov 2008
CFL Grey Cup Olympic Stadium Montreal Calgary Stampeders beat Montreal Alouettes 22-14 66308 2nd-highest attended Grey Cup game in history
23 Nov 2018
US Federal Climate report finds climate change will reduce economy by 10% by 2100 with 141 billion cost from heat-related deaths 118 billion from sea level rise
23 Nov 2018
Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana apologize for culturally insensitive video and media posts insulting Chinese culture cancel Shanghai fashion show
23 Nov 2018
Alabama police kill the wrong suspect after a gunman shoots 18-year-old man and 12-year-old girl at Riverchase Galleria Mall in Hoovermall
23 Nov 1905
Henry Watson Furness an American physician from Indiana is named US minister to Haiti
23 Nov 1968
Nol Cowards Sweet Potato closes at Booth NYC after 36 performances
23 Nov 1991
Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4031 yards passed in a season and 15031 yards for career
23 Nov 2009
Fela based on music and lyrics by Nigerian singer Fela Kuti opens on Broadway
23 Nov 2019
Sumatran rhino officially declared extinct in Malaysia after last known specimen 25-year-old Iman dies of cancer in Sabah Malaysian Borneo
23 Nov 1783
Annapolis Maryland becomes US capital (until June 1784)
23 Nov 1863
Battle of Chattanooga & Orchard Knob Tennessee begins (results in Union victory 25 Nov)
23 Nov 1864
-25] Battle at Balls Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)
23 Nov 1890
King William III of the Netherlands dies (b. 1817) without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to inherit
23 Nov 1890
General elections in Italy won by the Left group headed by Francesco Crispi
23 Nov 1897
American inventor Andrew Jackson Beard invents the jerry coupler to connect railroad cars
23 Nov 1897
Portable pencil sharpener patented by American inventor John Lee Love
23 Nov 1899
Battle at Belmont General Methuens British brigades engage Boer force during Second Boer War
23 Nov 1931
Nationally Crisis Committee forms in The Hague
23 Nov 1982
Challenger moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for mating in preparation for STS-6
23 Nov 2020
AstraZeneca is the third drugmaker to report an effective vaccine for COVID-19 (62% or 90% effective depending on how it is given) and easy-to make and distribute
23 Nov 1936
1st issue of Life picture magazine created by Henry R. Luce published
23 Nov 1937
Clifford Odets play Golden Boy premieres on Broadway in NYC
23 Nov 1943
Philadelphia Phillies owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team
23 Nov 1946
French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam kills 6000
23 Nov 1948
Dr Frank G. Back (NYC) patents lens to provide zoom effects
23 Nov 1964
Beatles release single I Feel Fine & Shes a Woman
23 Nov 1965
The Beatles film promotional video clips for 5 of their songs at Twickenham Film Studios to provide to television outlets (in lieu of live appearances)
23 Nov 1968
Musical revue Nol Cowards Sweet Potato closes at Booth Theatre NYC after 44 performances
23 Nov 1985
58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijacked Egyptair jet in Malta
23 Nov 2008
Geffen Records releases rock band Guns N Roses sixth and to date last studio album Chinese Democracy 8 years in production with costs over 13 million it is the most expensive rock album ever made
23 Nov 1334
St Clemens Flood Storm surge overwhelms dikes along Flemish and Dutch North Sea coast killing thousands city of Ostend moves church inland to higher ground (an effort repeated twice more over the next two centuries)
23 Nov 1911
Wilhelm Kienzls opera Der Kuhreigen premieres at the Volksoper in Vienna Austria-Hungary
23 Nov 2008
36th American Music Awards Rihanna & Chris Brown win
23 Nov 2014
42nd American Music Awards One Direction Sam Smith and Katy Perry win
23 Nov 1700
Cardinal Francesco Albani elected Pope Clement XI
23 Nov 1863
US Civil War Battle of Chattanooga & Orchard Knob Tennessee begins ends with Union victory on 25 November
23 Nov 1868
Louis Ducos du Hauron patents a process of making color photographs in Paris France
23 Nov 2007
MS Explorer a cruise liner sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an ice field near the South Shetland Islands all 154 passengers and crew were rescued [1]
23 Nov 2018
US Federal Climate report estimates climate change will reduce economy by 10% by 2100 with 141 billion cost from heat-related deaths 118 billion from sea level rise
23 Nov 2020
China launches Change-5 mission to the Moon from Wenchang space site Hainan Island to collect lunar rock and soil samples
23 Nov 2021
At least 45 people are killed when a bus crashes and catches fire near Sofia Bulgaria
23 Nov 2021
Egypt reopens its 3000 year old Avenue of the Sphinxes in Luxor with a grand ceremony [1]
23 Nov 2021
NASA launches its DART Mission to test technology to prevent future impact on earth by hazardous asteroid by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid (in a real life echo of the movie Armageddon) [1]
23 Nov 2022
European Space Agency is the first to announce the inclusion of a disabled person amongst their new class of astronauts - Britains John McFall [1]
23 Nov 2022
Russia steps up airstrike campaign on Ukraine with widespread power blacks across the country and Moldova Kyiv 80% without power or water [1]
23 Nov 2023
Dallas Cowboys defensive back Ron Bland breaks NFL single-season record for interception returns for a touchdown with his fifth in 45-10 win over visiting Washington Commanders previous record of 4 set in 1971 and most recently tied in 1993
23 Nov 1852
Just past midnight a sharp jolt likely caused by heavy rains causes Lake Merced California to drop 30 feet (9 m)
23 Nov 1887
Viktor Nesslers opera Trumpeter of Sckingen premieres in US at the Metropolitan Opera NYC
23 Nov 1889
Debut of the first jukebox at the Palais Royale Saloon San Francisco
23 Nov 1890
King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir so a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to inherit the throne
23 Nov 1926
Nol Cowards play This Was a Man premieres in NYC
23 Nov 1944
Arnold Schoenbergs Ode to Napoleon premieres in NYC
23 Nov 1947
Washington Redskins quarterback Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Chicago Cardinals (45-21)
23 Nov 1948
Dr Frank G. Back of New York City patents a lens to provide zoom effects
23 Nov 1964
Beatles release single I Feel Fine backed with Shes a Woman
23 Nov 1966
Chicago White Sox outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year
23 Nov 1975
David Bowie makes his US primetime TV debut as a guest on the variety show Cher he performs his current single Fame and does two duets with the hostess
23 Nov 1976
Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment
23 Nov 1984
Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes for 472 yards including a game-ending 48-yard hail mary pass for a touchdown to beat Miami 47-45
23 Nov 1989
Xenophon Zolotas is sworn in as non-party Prime Minister of Greece
23 Nov 1991
Freddie Mercury (45) confirms he has AIDS the day before he dies
23 Nov 2004
World of Warcraft a multiplayer online role-playing video game is released and becomes the worlds most subscribed game
23 Nov 2007
MS Explorer a cruise liner sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an ice field near the South Shetland Islands all 154 passengers and crew are rescued [1]
23 Nov 2009
Fela based on music and lyrics by Nigerian singer Fela Kuti opens on Broadway
23 Nov 2012
JR Tokai unveils a maglev LO train prototype capable of traveling up to 500 km per hour
23 Nov 2014
British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit to clinch his second F1 World Drivers Championship 67 points ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg
23 Nov 2015
Lydia Ko (18) of New Zealand wins womens LPGA Player of the Year and retains the Race to the CME Globe title worth 1 million
23 Nov 2018
Phil Mickelson claims 9m winner-takes-all prize in dramatic matchplay golf duel with Tiger Woods finishing under floodlights in Las Vegas match goes to 22nd hole before Mickelson sinks 4-foot putt for rich victory
23 Nov 2019
Sumatran rhino is officially declared extinct in Malaysia after the last known specimen 25-year-old Iman dies of cancer in Sabah Malaysian Borneo
23 Nov 2021
Egypt reopens its 3000-year-old Avenue of the Sphinxes in Luxor with a grand ceremony [1]
23 Nov 2022
European Space Agency is the first to announce the inclusion of a disabled person Britains John McFall among their new class of astronauts [1]
23 Nov 2023
Dallas Cowboys defensive back DaRon Bland breaks NFL single-season record for interception returns for a touchdown with his fifth in 45-10 win over visiting Washington Commanders previous record of 4 set in 1971 and most recently tied in 1993
23 Nov 2024
Storm Bert brings high winds and localised flooding to the UK and Ireland leaving at least four people dead [1]