November, 23th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 23, 2003:
Berkeley Breathed begins the comic strip Opus.

Saturday 23, 1996:
The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Angola.

Tuesday 23, 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.

Saturday 23, 1991:
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury publicly announces that he has AIDS. Freddie dies peacefully the next day.

Friday 23, 1990:
Punk rock band Bad Religion releases their seventh album, Against the Grain in the United States

Saturday 23, 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.

Friday 23, 1984:
Boston College Quarterback Doug Flutie throws a game-winning 48-yard Hail Mary pass to Gerard Phelan to defeat the University of Miami Hurricanes 45-41. It is one of the most famous plays in American college football history.

Monday 23, 1981:
Iran-Contra scandal: 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.

Sunday 23, 1980:
A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people.

Friday 23, 1979:
In Dublin, Ireland, Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.

Tuesday 23, 1971:
The People's Republic of China is given the Taiwan's seat on the United Nations Security Council. (See China and the United Nations)

Saturday 23, 1963:
The first episode of the science fiction television series Doctor Who debuts on the BBC.

Wednesday 23, 1960:
The long-running serial, Ma Perkins, airs its last episode on CBS radio.

Sunday 23, 1958:
Have Gun, Will Travel debuts on radio.

Wednesday 23, 1955:
The Cocos Islands are transferred from United Kingdom to Australian control.

Tuesday 23, 1943:
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.

Monday 23, 1936:
The first edition of Life is published.

Monday 23, 1903:
Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.

Sunday 23, 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 Queen.

Thursday 23, 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.

Tuesday 23, 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.

Monday 23, 1863:
Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.

Wednesday 23, 1644:
Areopagitica by John Milton is published.

Thursday 23, 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.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-november/on-this-day.html


People born on November 23

1992:
Jordan Fry, American actor (b: November 23, 1992) (Biography of Jordan Fry)
Grace Healey, Australian student (b: November 23, 1992) (Biography of Grace Healey)

1977:
Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver (b: November 23, 1977) (Biography of Myriam Boileau)

1974:
Jamie Sharper, American football player (b: November 23, 1974) (Biography of Jamie Sharper)

1970:
Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter (b: November 23, 1970) (Biography of Zoë Ball)

1969:
Michael Neal Phillips, American artist. (b: November 23, 1969) (Biography of Michael Neal Phillips)

1968:
Hamid Hassani, Iranian lexicographer (b: November 23, 1968) (Biography of Hamid Hassani)

1959:
Dominique Dunne, American actress (b: November 23, 1959 ; d: November 4, 1982) (Biography of Dominique Dunne)
Maxwell Caulfield, Scottish actor (b: November 23, 1959) (Biography of Maxwell Caulfield)

1956:
Steve Harvey, American actor and comedian (b: November 23, 1956) (Biography of Steve Harvey)

1955:
Steven Brust, American author (b: November 23, 1955) (Biography of Steven Brust)
Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist (b: November 23, 1955) (Biography of Ludovico Einaudi)

1954:
Bruce Hornsby, American musician (b: November 23, 1954) (Biography of Bruce Hornsby)

1945:
Steve Landesberg, American actor (b: November 23, 1945) (Biography of Steve Landesberg)

1944:
Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-born film producer and writer (b: November 23, 1944) (Biography of Joe Eszterhas)
James Toback, American writer and director (b: November 23, 1944) (Biography of James Toback)

1943:
Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (b: November 23, 1943 ; d: June 21, 1964) (Biography of Andrew Goodman)

1941:
Franco Nero, Italian actor (b: November 23, 1941) (Biography of Franco Nero)

1935:
Vladislav Volkov, cosmonaut (b: November 23, 1935 ; d: June 30, 1971) (Biography of Vladislav Volkov)

1934:
Robert Towne, American writer, director, producer, and actor (b: November 23, 1934) (Biography of Robert Towne)

1933:
Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (b: November 23, 1933) (Biography of Krzysztof Penderecki)

1931:
Dervla Murphy, Irish traveler and author (b: November 23, 1931) (Biography of Dervla Murphy)

1925:
José Napoleón Duarte, President of El Salvador (b: November 23, 1925 ; d: February 23, 1990) (Biography of José Napoleón Duarte)

1924:
Colin Macmillan Turnbull, Scottish-born anthropologist (b: November 23, 1924) (Biography of Colin Turnbull)

1923:
Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (b: November 23, 1923 ; d: July 15, 1986) (Biography of Billy Haughton)
R.L. Burnside, American musician (b: November 23, 1923 ; d: September 1, 2005) (Biography of R.L. Burnside)

1922:
Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia (b: November 23, 1922) (Biography of Manuel Fraga Iribarne)

1921:
Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b: November 23, 1921 ; d: February 3, 1960) (Biography of Fred Buscaglione)

1920:
Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (b: November 23, 1920) (Biography of Paul Celan)

1909:
Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and writer (b: November 23, 1909 ; d: January 9, 2000) (Biography of Nigel Tranter)

1897:
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (b: November 23, 1897 ; d: August 1, 1999) (Biography of Nirad C. Chaudhuri)

1892:
Erté, French artist (b: November 23, 1892 ; d: April 21, 1990) (Biography of Erté)

1890:
El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (b: November 23, 1890 ; d: December 30, 1941) (Biography of El Lissitzky)

1888:
Harpo Marx, American comedian (b: November 23, 1888 ; d: September 28, 1964) (Biography of Harpo Marx)

1887:
Boris Karloff, English actor (b: November 23, 1887 ; d: February 2, 1969) (Biography of Boris Karloff)
Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (b: November 23, 1887) (Biography of Eduardo Corrochio)

1876:
Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b: November 23, 1876 ; d: November 14, 1946) (Biography of Manuel de Falla)

1869:
Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (b: November 23, 1869) (Biography of Valdemar Poulsen)

1860:
Billy the Kid, American bandit (b: November 23, 1860 ; d: July 14, 1881) (Biography of Billy the Kid)
Hjalmar Branting, Swedish statesman, recipient of Nobel Peace Prize (b: November 23, 1860) (Biography of Hjalmar Branting)

1837:
Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: November 23, 1837 ; d: March 8, 1923) (Biography of Johannes Diderik van der Waals)

1820:
Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (b: November 23, 1820 ; d: March 1, 1884) (Biography of Isaac Todhunter)

1804:
Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (b: November 23, 1804 ; d: October 8, 1869) (Biography of Franklin Pierce)

1760:
François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (b: November 23, 1760 ; d: May 27, 1797) (Biography of François-Noël Babeuf)

1749:
Edward Rutledge, U.S. statesman (b: November 23, 1749 ; d: January 23, 1800) (Biography of Edward Rutledge)

1705:
Thomas Birch, English historian (b: November 23, 1705 ; d: January 9, 1766) (Biography of Thomas Birch)

1632:
Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (b: November 23, 1632 ; d: December 27, 1707) (Biography of Jean Mabillon)

1553:
Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b: November 23, 1553 ; d: February 6, 1617) (Biography of Prospero Alpini)

1417:
William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b: November 23, 1417) (Biography of William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel)

1402:
Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b: November 23, 1402 ; d: November 24, 1468) (Biography of Jean de Dunois)

1221:
King Alfonso X of Castile (b: November 23, 1221 ; d: April 4, 1284) (Biography of Alfonso X of Castile)

912:
Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (b: November 23, 912 ; d: May 7, 973) (Biography of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-november/births.html

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They left us on November 23

2004:
Pete Franklin (d: November 23, 2004) (Biography of Pete Franklin)

2002:
Roberto Matta (d: November 23, 2002) (Biography of Roberto Matta)

1995:
Louis Malle, French film director (b: October 30, 1932 ; d: November 23, 1995) (Biography of Louis Malle)
Junior Walker (d: November 23, 1995) (Biography of Junior Walker)

1992:
Roy Acuff, country musician (b: September 15, 1903 ; d: November 23, 1992) (Biography of Roy Acuff)
Jean-François Thiriart (d: November 23, 1992) (Biography of Jean-François Thiriart)

1991:
Klaus Kinski, German actor (b: October 18, 1926 ; d: November 23, 1991) (Biography of Klaus Kinski)

1990:
Roald Dahl, writer (b: September 13, 1916 ; d: November 23, 1990) (Biography of Roald Dahl)

1979:
Merle Oberon, Indian-born actress (b: February 19, 1911 ; d: November 23, 1979) (Biography of Merle Oberon)
Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b: October 7, 1944 ; d: November 23, 1979) (Biography of Judee Sill)

1974:
Cornelius Ryan (d: November 23, 1974) (Biography of Cornelius Ryan)

1973:
Sessue Hayakawa (d: November 23, 1973) (Biography of Sessue Hayakawa)

1966:
Sean O'Kelly, President of Ireland (b: August 25, 1882 ; d: November 23, 1966) (Biography of Sean T. O'Kelly)

1947:
Lawrence Gowan (d: November 23, 1947) (Biography of Lawrence Gowan)

1902:
Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (b: September 13, 1851 ; d: November 23, 1902) (Biography of Walter Reed)

1890:
King William III of the Netherlands (d, 1890) (b: February 17, 1817 ; d: November 23, 1890) (Biography of William III of the Netherlands)

1833:
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (b: April 29, 1762 ; d: November 23, 1833) (Biography of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan)

1814:
Elbridge Gerry (d: November 23, 1814) (Biography of Elbridge Gerry)

1807:
Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (b: October 8, 1747 ; d: November 23, 1807) (Biography of Jean-François Rewbell)

1763:
Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf (d: November 23, 1763) (Biography of Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf)

1682:
Claude Lorrain (d: November 23, 1682) (Biography of Claude Lorrain)

1616:
Richard Hakluyt (d: November 23, 1616) (Biography of Richard Hakluyt)

1585:
Thomas Tallis, English composer (b: January 30, 1505 ; d: November 23, 1585) (Biography of Thomas Tallis)

1572:
Agnolo di Cosimo (d: November 23, 1572) (Biography of Agnolo di Cosimo)

1503:
Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b: May 3, 1446 ; d: November 23, 1503) (Biography of Margaret of York)

1499:
Perkin Warbeck (d: November 23, 1499) (Biography of Perkin Warbeck)

1457:
King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b: February 22, 1440 ; d: November 23, 1457) (Biography of Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary)

1407:
Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (b: March 13, 1372 ; d: November 23, 1407) (Biography of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-november/deaths.html