23 November
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The 23t o November is the 327t day o the year (328t in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 38 days bidin.
Events
- 1174 - Saladin enters Damascus.
- 1248 - Christian troops conquer Seville.
- 1890 - The daith o William III o the Netherlands ends the dual monarchy atween the Netherlands an Luxembourg.
- 1904 - End o the 1904 Simmer Olympics in St. Louis.
- 1924 - Edwin Hubble's discovery o the Andromeda Galaxy is published in the New York Times.
- 1963 - The first episode o Doctor Who is braidcast.
- 1974 - In Ethiopie, several oppostition figures are executit in the Massacre o the Sixty.
- 1996 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked an crashes off the Comoros, killin 125 fowk.
- 2003 - Eduard Shevardnadze resigns as Preses o Georgie efter popular protests.
- 2005 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is electit Preses o Liberie.
- 2006 - Bombins in Sadr Ceety, Iraq, kill 215 fowk.
- 2009 - The Maguindanao Massacre occurs in the Philippines.
- 2010 - North Korea bombs Sooth Korea's Yeonpyeong Island.
- 2017 - The Banner o the Hebridean isle o Barra is grantit offeecial recogneetion.
- 2017 - Dundee's bid for European Ceety o Cultur fails, as Breetish ceeties are preventit frae biddin ower the uncertainties relatin tae Brexit.
- 2019 - Fowk in the Autonomous Region o Bougainville (which includes Bougainville Island) stairt votin on whether tae gain unthirldom or get increasit autonomy within Papua New Guinea.
Births
- 912 - Otto I, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 973)
- 1221 - Alfonso X o Castile (d. 1284)
- 1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14t Preses o the Unitit States (d. 1869)
- 1859 - Billy the Kid, American criminal (d. 1881)
- 1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime meenister o Swaden (d. 1925)
- 1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spaingie componer (d. 1946)
- 1887 - Boris Karloff, Inglis actor an sangster (d. 1969)
- 1888 - Harpo Marx, American actor an sangster (d. 1964)
- 1896 - Sandy Archibald, Scots fitbawer (d. 1946)
- 1896 - Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak politeecian (d. 1953)
- 1907 - Run Run Shaw, Cheenese businessman (d. 2014)
- 1909 - Nigel Tranter, Scots writer (d. 2000)
- 1916 - Michael Gough, Inglis actor (d. 2011)
- 1922 - Joan Fuster, Spaingie writer (d. 1992)
- 1922 - Manuel Fraga, Spaingie politeecian (d. 2012)
- 1926 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian spiritual leader (d. 2011)
- 1950 - Chuck Schumer, American politeecian
- 1950 - Paul Wilson, Scots fitbawer
- 1961 - Deidre Brock, Australie-born Scots politeecian
- 1962 - Nicolas Maduro, Preses o Venezuela
- 1966 - Vincent Cassel, French actor
- 1966 - Kevin Gallacher, Scots fitbawer
- 1968 - Kirsty Young, Scots telly presenter
- 1982 - Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
- 1984 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor, sangster an dancer
- 1985 - Scott Brash, Scots shawjimper
- 1987 - Brian Graham, Scots fitbawer
- 1987 - Snooki, Chilean-born American telly personality an dancer
- 1992 - Miley Cyrus, American actress an sangster
- 1996 - James Maddison, Inglis fitbawer
Daiths
- 955 - Eadred, Inglis king (b. 923)
- 1170 - Owain Gwynedd, King o the Kinrick o Gwynedd (present-day Wales) (b. c. 1100)
- 1814 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1744)
- 1844 - Thomas Henderson, Scots astronomer (b. 1798)
- 1890 - William III o the Netherlands (b. 1817)
- 1990 - Roald Dahl, Welsh writer (b. 1916)
- 1991 - Klaus Kinski, German actor (b. 1926)
- 2006 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
- 2006 - Alexander Litvinenko, Roushie-Breetish KGB agent (b. 1962)
- 2012 - Larry Hagman, American actor (b. 1931)
Halidays
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