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November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September November 23, 2003 November 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header November 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 38 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III. Events By Place Europe September 15 - Oldest known mention of Monkey. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Pope Leo III (died June 12, 816) was Pope from 795 to 816 Protected by Charlemagne from his enemies in Rome he subsequently strengthened
• 1227 - Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa. Prince, from the Latin root Princeps, is a general term for a Monarch, for a member of a monarch's or former monarch's family and is a Leszek I the White ( Polish: Leszek Biały; c 1186 &ndash 1227 also listed by some sources as Leszek II the White, was Prince of Sandomierz Piast dynasty is the name used since the 17th century for Polish Royal Dynasty that ruled Poland from its beginnings as Duchy ruled by Mieszko Gąsawa (Gonsawa is a village in Żnin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland
• 1248 - Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile. Seville ( Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic cultural and financial capital of southern Spain. Saint Ferdinand III (July 30 or August 5 1199 &ndash May 30, 1252) was the King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230
• 1499 - Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. Perkin Warbeck (1474 &ndash 23 November 1499) was a Pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower) is a historic monument in central London He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Edward IV ( 28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October
• 1531 - The Second war of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland. The second war of Kappel ( Zweiter Kappelerkrieg) was an armed conflict in 1531 between the Protestant and the Catholic cantons Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
• 1644 - Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship, and written by John Milton is published. Areopagitica A speech of Mr John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England is a Prose tract or Polemic by Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable harmful or sensitive as determined by a censor John Milton ( 9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English Poet, Prose Polemicist and
• 1654 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense, mystical vision that marks him for life. Blaise Pascal (blɛz paskal (June 19 1623 &ndash August 19 1662 was a French Mathematician, Physicist, and religious Philosopher
• 1844 - Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The following is a list of rulers usually dukes who ruled both Schleswig and Holstein, starting from the first Holstein count who received Schleswig until both provinces were The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe
• 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. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Third Battle of Chattanooga (popularly known as The Battle of Chattanooga, and including the Battle of Lookout Mountain and the Battle of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861
• 1867 - The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England for rescuing two Irish men from jail. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Manchester Martyrs were Fenians, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood executed for killing a policeman during a prison escape England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 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. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dumbarton ( Gaelic Dùn Breatainn d̪̊unˈb̊ɾʲɛhd̪̊ɪɲ is a Burgh in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. A clipper was a very fast Sailing ship of the 19th century that had multiple masts and a Square rig. Etymology The ship is named after the cutty sark ( Scots: a short Chemise or Undergarment)
• 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. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Tammany Hall was the Democratic Party Political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics and helping immigrants (most notably William M Tweed ( April 3, 1823 &ndash April 12, 1878) sometimes informally called Boss Tweed, was an American Politician The City of New York Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1889 - The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device usually a Coin -operated machine that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
• 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. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William III ( Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, anglicised William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis of Orange-Nassau) ( February 19, Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie 31 August 1880 &ndash 28 November 1962) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the
• 1903 - Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. James Hamilton Peabody ( August 21, 1852 in Orange County, Vermont - November 23, 1917 in Cañon City, Colorado Cripple Creek is a statutory city that is the County seat of Teller County, Colorado, United States.
• 1914 - The US Army retreats from Mexico. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
• 1934 - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, which lay well within Ethiopian territory. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ogaden (pronounced and often spelled Ogadēn ]] is the international name of the Somali Regional State in Ethiopia. Welwel (also transliterated Walwal; Italian Ual-Ual) is a town in eastern Ethiopia known as the Ogaden. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis. The Abyssinia Crisis was a diplomatic crisis during the interwar period originating in the conflict between Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia
• 1936 - The first edition of Life is published. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1943 - World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an Opera company located in Berlin, Germany, in what was formerly West Berlin. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Charlottenburg is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, named after Queen Sophia Charlotte (1668-1705 It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Deutsche Oper Berlin is an Opera company located in Berlin, Germany, in what was formerly West Berlin.
• 1943 - World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces. Tarawa is an Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, previously the capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Makin is the name of a chain of islands located in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati, specifically in the Gilbert Islands. An atoll (pronounced /ˈætʌl/ is an island of Coral that encircles a Lagoon partially or completely
• 1946 - The Workers Party of South Korea is founded. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Workers Party of South Korea (남조선로동당 was a Communist party in South Korea from 1946 to 1949.
• 1954 - For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( also called the DJIA, Dow 30, INDP, or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929
• 1955 - The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• 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. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région Riphean redirects here For the time period see Riphean stage The Ural Mountains (Ура́льские го́ры Uralskiye "
• 1963 - First episode of Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, is aired on British television. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by 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 (See China and the United Nations). Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National China's seat in the United Nations and membership of the United Nations Security Council has been occupied by the People's Republic of China (PRC since October
• 1976 - Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques Mayol ( April 1, 1927 – December 22, 2001) was the holder of many world records in Free diving.
• 1979 - In Dublin, Ireland, Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Irish Republican Army ( IRA) (Óglaigh na hÉireann was a military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers, established 25 November 1913 and who Thomas McMahon ( Irish: Tomás Mac Mathúna) (b 1948 in Monaghan Town, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland) was a member Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI,
• 1980 - A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• 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. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in November 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all The Contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua 's FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional Sandinista Junta of National Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America
• 1985 - Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) EgyptAir Flight 648 was a Boeing 737 -266 airliner registered SU-AYH hijacked in 1985 by the terrorist Abu Nidal Organization. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the hijacked jetliner, but 60 people die in the raid. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take over of an Aircraft, by a person or group usually armed
• 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. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth.
• 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. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Rachel Whiteread CBE (born 1963 is a British Artist, best known for her Sculptures which typically take the form of casts and first The Turner Prize, named after the painter JMW Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual Artist under 50 The 1994 K Foundation award was an award given by the K Foundation ( Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty) to 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. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked on 23 November 1996 en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi on a Bombay - Addis Ababa -Nairobi- The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface The Comoros (ˈkɒməroʊz; جزر القمر Juzur al-Qumur) officially the Union of the Comoros (Union des Comores الإتّحاد القمريّ
• 1996 - The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central
• 1998 - Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom Ranariddh. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Hun Sen (ហ៊ុន សែន (born April 4 1951 or August 5 1952) is the Prime Minister of Cambodia. Prince Norodom Ranariddh (born January 2, 1944) is the second son of King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half brother of the current king
• 2001 - Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Convention on Cybercrime is the first international Treaty seeking to address Cybercrime and Internet crimes by harmonizing national Laws Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic
• 2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Eduard Amvrosiyevich Shevardnadze (ედუარდ შევარდნაძე ɛduɑrd ʃɛvɑrdnɑdzɛ (born 25 January 1928 in Mamati, Lanchkhuti
• 2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born October 29 1938 is the current President of Liberia. The following is a list of Presidents of the Republic of Liberia, made up of the 24 heads of state in the history of Liberia.
• 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. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. History The Explorer was commissioned by Lars-Eric Lindblad, the Swedish - American pioneer of exotic expedition tours and built in 1969 The Southern Ocean, also known as the Great Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater Ice that has broken off from a snow-formed Glacier or Ice shelf and is floating in open water The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about 120 kilometres north of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Births

• 912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. For the automobile see Porsche 912. Events By Place Europe Orso II Participazio becomes the Doge of Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke 973)
• 1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. Events By Place Africa The Fatimids move their capital to Cairo. Alfonso X (November 23 1221 Toledo Spain &ndash April 4 1284 Seville Spain) was a Spanish monarch who ruled as the King of Castile, 1284)
• 1402 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. John of Orléans Count of Dunois ( French Jean d'Orléans comte de Dunois, also known as John of Orléans and Bastard of Orléans) ( November 1468)
• 1417 - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. William FitzAlan 16th Earl of Arundel ( 23 November, 1417 &ndash 1487 1487)
• 1553 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. Prospero Alpini (also known as Prosper Alpinus, Prospero Alpinio and Prosper Alpin) ( November 23, 1553 - February 6 1617)
• 1616 - John Wallis, English mathematician (d. John Wallis ( November 23, 1616 - October 28, 1703) was an English mathematician who is given partial credit for the 1703)
• 1632 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jean Mabillon ( November 23, 1632 - December 27, 1707) was a Benedictine monk and scholar considered the founder of Palaeography 1707)
• 1641 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Anthonie (or Antonius Heinsius ( November 22 1641, Delft - August 3 1720, The Hague) was a Dutch statesman who served as 1720)
• 1705 - Thomas Birch, English historian (d. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Birch ( November 23, 1705 – January 9, 1766) English Historian, son of Joseph Birch a coffee-mill maker was 1766)
• 1715 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a There was also a French naval admiral Lemonnier Pierre Charles Le Monnier ( November 23, 1715 &ndash May 31, 1799 1799)
• 1719 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Spranger Barry ( November 23, 1719 &ndash January 10, 1777) British Actor, was born in Dublin, the son of a 1777)
• 1749 - Edward Rutledge, U. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1749 ( MDCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Edward Rutledge (November 23 1749 January 23 1800 South Carolina statesman was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later governor of South Carolina S. statesman (d. 1800)
• 1760 - François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (d. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap François-Noël Babeuf ( November 23, 1760 - May 27, 1797) known as Gracchus Babeuf (in tribute to the Roman reformers 1797)
• 1785 - Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (d. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jan Philipp Roothaan ( November 23, 1785, Amsterdam, Netherlands - May 8, 1853, Rome, Italy 1853)
• 1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Franklin Pierce (November 23 1804 &ndash October 8 1869 was an American politician and the fourteenth President of the United States, serving from 1853 to The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1869)
• 1820 - Isaac Todhunter, British mathematician (d. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Isaac Todhunter FRS ( November 23, 1820 &ndash March 1, 1884) was an English Mathematician who is best 1884)
• 1837 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Johannes Diderik van der Waals ( November 23, 1837 &ndash March 8, 1923) was a Dutch Scientist and Thermodynamicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1923)
• 1859 - Billy The Kid, American outlaw (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Henry McCarty (November 23 1859—July 14 1881 better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 1881(?))
• 1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting ( 23 November 1860 – 24 February 1925) was a Swedish politician The Prime Minister (statsminister literally "Minister of the State" is the Head of government in Sweden. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1925)
• 1861 - Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin ( Russian: Константин Алексеевич Коровин, the first name often spelled Constantin) ( 1939)
• 1864 - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Henry Bourne Joy ( November 23, 1864 in Detroit Michigan - November 6, 1936) was President of the Packard Motor Car Company 1936)
• 1869 - Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Valdemar Poulsen ( November 23, 1869, in Copenhagen – July 23, 1942) was a Danish Engineer. 1942)
• 1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1933)
• 1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Manuel de Falla y Matheu ( November 23, 1876 &ndash November 14, 1946) was a Spanish Composer of classical music 1946)
• 1883 - José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common José Clemente Orozco ( November 23, 1883 &ndash September 7, 1949) was a Mexican social realist painter, who 1949)
• 1887 - Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eduardo Corrochio (1869 - 1912 was a Spanish-born dancer who won the first Tap Dancing Championship in New York City in 1890 1943)
• 1887 - Boris Karloff, British actor (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Boris Karloff ( 23 November, &ndash 2 February,) was an English actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s 1969)
• 1887 - Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley ( November 23, 1887 – August 10, 1915) was an English physicist. 1915)
• 1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Arthur Marx (previously Adolph Marx) popularly known as Harpo Marx ( November 23, 1893 &ndash September 28, 1964 1964)
• 1890 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common (Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий על ליסיצקי November 23 1890 – December 30 1941 better known as El Lissitzky (Эль Лисицкий was a 1941)
• 1892 - Erté, French artist (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Romain de Tirtoff ( November 23, 1892 &ndash April 21, 1990) was a Russian born French Artist and designer 1990)
• 1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Nirad C Chaudhuri ( Bangla: নীরদ চন্দ্র চৌধুরী Nirod Chôndro Choudhuri) ( 23 November 1897 &ndash 1999)
• 1897 - Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Karl Gebhardt ( 23 November 1897 in Haag &ndash 2 June 1948 in Landsberg am Lech was a German medical doctor personal physician 1948)
• 1902 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Victor Jory ( November 23, 1902 &ndash February 12, 1982) was a Canadian Actor. 1982)
• 1907 - Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lars Leksell (1907-1986 was a Swedish Physician and Professor of Neurosurgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. 1986)
• 1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American science fiction writer (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Nelson Slade Bond ( November 23 1908, Scranton Pennsylvania - November 4 2006, Roanoke Virginia) was an American author 2006)
• 1909 - Nigel Tranter, British historian and writer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Nigel Tranter OBE ( November 23, 1909 – January 9, 2000) was a Scottish Historian and Author. 2000)
• 1912 - George O'Hanlon, American actor (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting George O'Hanlon ( November 23 1912 - February 11 1989) was an American screen Actor, Comedian and Voice 1989)
• 1914 - Roger Avon, Durham actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Roger Avon was a British film and television actor Some of his television appearances include Dad's Army, When The Boat Comes In 1998)
• 1914 - Michael Gough, English actor
• 1915 - John Dehner, American actor (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Michael Gough (born November 23 1913) is an Academy Award -nominated British Character actor who has appeared in over 100 films Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Dehner ( November 23, 1915 - February 4, 1992) was an American actor in radio television and films playing countless roles 1992)
• 1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Paul Celan (ˈpaʊl tseˈlaːn November 23, 1920 – approximately April 20, 1970) was the most frequently used Pseudonym of 1970)
• 1920 - Wayne Thiebaud, American painter
• 1921 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wayne Thiebaud (born November 23, 1920) is an American painter whose most famous works are of Cakes pastries, Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione ( Turin, 23 November 1921 - Rome, 3 February 1960) was an Italian 1960)
• 1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia
• 1923 - R. L. Burnside, American musician (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Manuel Fraga e Iribarne (born November 23, 1922) is a Spanish Politician from the northwest region of Galicia. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. R L Burnside (born Robert Lee Burnside, November 23 1926 - September 1 2005) was a Blues Singer, Songwriter 2005)
• 1923 - Daniel Brewster, American democrat (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Baugh Brewster ( November 23, 1923 &ndash August 19, 2007) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, 2007)
• 1923 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Billy Haughton, or William R Haughton ( November 23, 1923 – July 15, 1986) was an American harness driver 1986)
• 1924 - Paula Raymond, American actress (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paula Raymond ( November 23 1924 &ndash December 31 2003) was a model who entered films as a stock actress 2003)
• 1924 - Colin Macmillan Turnbull, British-born anthropologist (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Colin Macmillan Turnbull ( November 23 1924 - July 28 1994) was a famous British-American anthropologist who came to public attention 1994)
• 1924 - Anita Linda, Filipino actress
• 1925 - Johnny Mandel, American songwriter
• 1925 - José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadorian politician (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Anita Linda (born Alice Lake; November 23, 1924) is a two-time FAMAS award-winning and Gawad Urian award-winning Filipino Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johnny Mandel (born 23 November, 1925 in New York) is an American Composer and arranger of popular songs Film music José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes ( November 23 1925 &ndash February 23 1990) was a Salvadoran political figure who from 1980 to 1982 El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. 1990)
• 1926 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher
• 1927 - Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sathya Sai Baba ( Telugu: సత్య సాయి బాబా was born as Sathyanarayana Raju on November 23 1926 &mdash or later than Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Guy Mattison Davenport ( November 23 1927 – January 4 2005) was an American Writer, Translator, Illustrator 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. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jerry Bock (born November 23 1928) is a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize -winning American Musical theatre Composer Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harold Lee "Hal" Lindsey (born November 23 1929) is an American evangelist and Christian writer Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Aloysius McKeon (born November 23, 1930 in South Amboy New Jersey) nicknamed Trader Jack, is a former manager in Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dervla Murphy (born 28 November 1931, Ireland) is a female touring Cyclist and author of adventure travel books Gloria Lynne (born Gloria Alleyne 23 November 1931 in New York City) is an American vocalist on several Rhythm and blues Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Michel David-Weill (born November 23, 1932 in Paris, France) is a French Investment banker and former Chairman of Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Krzysztof Penderecki (ˈkʂɨʂtɔf pɛndɛrˈɛ͡tski born November 23 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish Composer and conductor of classical Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Burton Towne (born November 23, 1934) is an American Screenwriter and director. Lewis Alan ("Lew" Hoad (born November 23, 1934 in Glebe New South Wales, Australia, died July 3, 1994 in 1994)
• 1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Владислав Николаевич Волков b 1971)
• 1936 - Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
• 1938 - Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor
• 1939 - Betty Everett, American singer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Barnard (born November 23, 1936) is a Mystery Writer, Critic and Lecturer. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Esko Nikkari ( November 23, 1938 Lapua, Finland – December 17, 2006 in Seinäjoki, Finland) was Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Betty Everett ( November 23 1939, Greenwood Mississippi – August 19 2001, Beloit Wisconsin) was an African-American 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. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luis Tiant (/luˈis tiˈant/ born November 23, 1940 ? in Marianao, Cuba) (then part of Havana Province, born Luis Clemente Tiant Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Franco Nero (born November 23, 1941) is an Italian Actor. Biography Personal life Nero was born Francesco Sparanero Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Susan Anspach (born November 23 1939) is an American stage and motion-picture Actress. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mississippi civil rights workers murders Andrew Goodman ( November 23, 1943 &ndash June 21, 1964) was one of three American 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. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls (born 23 November 1943 in Walsall, Staffordshire) is an English actress, most known today Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Josef Eszterhas (born November 23, 1944) is a Hungarian - American Writer, known for his screenplays for the films Basic James Toback (born November 23, 1944) is an American Screenwriter and Film director. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Keith Hampshire (born November 23, 1945) is a British -born Canadian popular singer of the 1970s famous in Canada for three top ten hits and Steve Landesberg (born November 23 1945) is an American Actor, Comedian and Voice actor. For the similarly named American politician see Dennis Nielsen. Jerry Harris (b Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, b November 23, 1945) is an African American abstract Sculptor, Collagist Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23 1946 is an American politician from Illinois. Giorgos Koudas ( Greek: Γιώργος Κούδας is a retired attacking midfielder Diana Quick (born 23 November 1946) is an English actress. She grew up in Kent, the third of a dentist's four children Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American Comedy writer who caught the public eye when he became a Wisecracking regular Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is the senior U Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January David Stephen Rappaport ( November 23, 1951 &ndash May 2, 1990) was an English Actor, probably one of the best known 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
• 1955 - Mary Landrieu, American politician, senior senator of Louisiana
• 1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, British actor
• 1959 - Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Troiano is a well-known tuba player on Long Island in New York Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francis Cabrel (born 23 November 1953 in Agen, France) is a French Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23 1954 in Williamsburg Virginia) is an American singer Pianist, Accordion player and songwriter Glenn Edward Brummer (born November 23, 1954, in Olney Illinois) was a Major League Baseball catcher Ross Brawn (born November 23, 1954) is a British Motorsport engineer Honda Racing F1 Team is a Formula One team run by Japanese car manufacturer Honda. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Steven Karl Zoltán Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American Fantasy and Science fiction author of Hungarian Ludovico Einaudi (born 23 November 1955) is an Italian Contemporary classical music Composer and Pianist. Mary Loretta Landrieu (born November 23, 1955) is the senior United States Senator from the state of Louisiana, and the only The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maxwell Caulfield (born November 23, 1959) is a Scottish Actor known for his roles in film television and on stage Dominique Dunne ( November 23, 1959 – November 4, 1982) was an American actress. 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. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robin Roberts may refer to Robin Roberts (baseball, member of the Hall of Fame who played mostly for the Philadelphia Phillies Robin Roberts (newscaster Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mervyn Gregory Hughes (born 23 November 1961 Euroa Victoria) is a Australian former Cricket player Keith Russell Ablow (born 23 November 1961 in Marblehead Massachusetts, USA is a Psychiatrist, Author, TV personality and Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joe Ahearne (born 23 November 1963) is a British Television writer and director, best known was a Japanese janitor who committed mass murder of 8 people and wounded 15 others in the 2001 Osaka school massacre. 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 actress and singer

Deaths

• 947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
• 955 - Edred, King of England (b. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Frank Garfield Rutherford Jr MBE (born November 23, 1964) is a retired Triple jumper from the Bahamas. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Jennifer Michael Hecht (b November 23, 1965) is a Poet, Historian, Philosopher, and Author. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Vincent Cassel (born November 23 1966) is a French Actor. He has appeared in both French and English language Films. Professional wins (6 PGA Tour wins (2 2002 (2 Sony Open in Hawaii, Advil Western Open Nationwide Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hamid Hassani or Hamid Hasani (حميد حسني in Persian) (born November 23, 1968 in Saqqez (سقّز Kurdistan Kirsty Jackson Young (born 23 November 1968 in East Kilbride) is a Scottish television journalist presenter actress and radio presenter Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jonathan Seet (born November 23, 1969) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zoë Louise Ball (born 23 November 1970 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English television and radio personality most famous for becoming the Oded Fehr (עודד פהר born 23 November, 1970) is an Israeli film and television Actor. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Lisa Arch (born November 23, 1971) also known as Lisa Kushell, is an American comedic actress known for her roles in the 1997-98 Season of the FOX Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher James Adler (born November 23, 1972) is an American Drummer, best known as a member of the metal band Lamb of God Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band formed in 1990 in Richmond Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Maurice Young, better known as Trick Daddy, is an American Rapper. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Harry James Sharper Jr (born November 23, 1974 in Richmond Virginia) is a former American football player who played in the NFL Saku Antero Koivu (born November 23 1974 in Crazytown) is a So-called Ice hockey player who currently plays center for the Montreal Suck-adiens Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Page Kennedy (born November 23, 1976) is an American Television and Film actor. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Myriam Boileau (born November 23, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian diver. Adam Thomas Eaton (born November 23, 1977 in Seattle Washington) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Kayvan Novak ( born November 23 1978, Cricklewood, North London) is a British Television Actor. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Kelly Brook (born Kelly Ann Parsons on 23 November 1979) is an English model, actress, and occasional swimwear Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) David Alexander Britz (born November 23, 1980) is an American Scientist and Engineer who is best known for his contributions to the field of Jonathan Robert Papelbon (born November 23 1980 in Baton Rouge Louisiana) is a Major League Baseball closer for the Boston Red Sox. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Colby Joseph Armstrong (born on November 23 1982 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey Asafa Powell (born 23 November 1982, in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter and the son of two ministers. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Lucas Stephen Grabeel (ˈgreɪbiːl "GRAY-beel" born November 23 1984 is an American Actor and Singer songwriter. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Ahn Hyun-Soo (안현수 born November 23, 1985 in Seoul) is a Short track speed skating athlete from South Korea and is a three-time Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Lars Nicklas Bäckström (born November 23, 1987, in Gävle, Sweden) is a Swedish professional Ice hockey player currently Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23 1992 is an American Actress and Singer-songwriter. Events By Place Asia The Later Jin Dynasty falls to the Later Han Dynasty (founded by Gaozu of Later Han) in Berthold (c900 &ndash 23 November 947) of the Luitpolding dynasty was the younger son of the margrave Luitpold and Cunigunda and successor Events By Place Europe August 10 — Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I the Great defeats the Magyars, halting King Edred, also known as Eadred or Aedred (c 923 &ndash 23 November, 955) known as 'weak-in-the-feet' was King c. 923)
• 1407 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (murdered) (b. Events By Place Europe June 15 — Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Louis of Valois ( March 13 1372 &ndash November 23 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death Charles VI (3 December 1368 &ndash 21 October 1422 called the Well-loved (le Bien-Aimé and the Mad (French le Fol or le Fou) was the 1372)
• 1457 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. Ladislaus the Posthumous ( February 22, 1440 &ndash November 23, 1457) ruled Bohemia as Ladislav I Hungary as László 1440)
• 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. Perkin Warbeck (1474 &ndash 23 November 1499) was a Pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII of England 1474)
• 1503 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. Margaret of York ( May 3, 1446 &ndash November 23, 1503) &ndash also by marriage known as Margaret of Burgundy &ndash was a Charles the Bold or Charles the Rash (Charles le Téméraire ( 21 November 1433 &ndash 5 January 1477) baptised Charles Martin 1446)
• 1572 - Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (b. Agnolo di Cosimo ( November 17, 1503 &ndash November 23, 1572) usually known as Il Bronzino, or Agnolo Bronzino (mistaken 1503)
• 1585 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. Thomas Tallis (c 1505 &ndash 23 November 1585) was an English Composer. 1505)
• 1616 - Richard Hakluyt, English writer (b. Richard Hakluyt (, or) (c 1552 or 1553 – 23 November 1616 was an English writer 1552)
• 1682 - Claude Lorrain, French painter (b. Claude Lorrain (also Claude Gellée or Le Lorrain) ( Lorraine, c 1604)
• 1763 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Friedrich Heinrich Reichsgraf von Seckendorff ( 5 July 1673 &ndash 23 November 1763) was a Austria Field marshal and 1673)
• 1769 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (b. Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Constantine Mavrocordatos ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μαυροκορδάτος, Romanian: Constantin Mavrocordat; February 27 1711)
• 1783 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (b. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Arima Yoriyuki (有馬 頼徸 December 31, 1714 – December 16, 1783) was a Japanese Mathematician of the Edo era 1714)
• 1803 - Roger Newdigate, British politician (b. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir Roger Newdigate 5th Baronet (30 May 1719 &ndash 23 November 1806 was an English politician and collector of antiquities 1719)
• 1804 - Richard Graves, British writer (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Richard Graves ( May 4, 1715 &ndash November 23, 1804) was an English poet and novelist 1715)
• 1807 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean-François Rewbell ( October 8, 1747 &mdash November 23, 1807) was a French lawyer diplomat and politician of the Revolution 1747)
• 1814 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States of America (b. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Elbridge Thomas Gerry (ˈgɛri (July 17 1744 November 23 1814 was an American statesman and diplomat The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1744)
• 1833 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (b. Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan ( April 29, 1762 &ndash November 23, 1833) was a Marshal of France. 1762)
• 1890 - King William III of the Netherlands (b. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William III ( Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, anglicised William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis of Orange-Nassau) ( February 19, 1817)
• 1902 - Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Major Walter Reed, MD, ( September 13 1851 - November 23 1902) was a U 1851)
• 1923 - Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Urmuz, Pen name of Demetru Dem Demetrescu-Buzău ( March 17 1883, Curtea de Argeş &mdash November 23 1923 1883)
• 1934 - Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero ( 10 April, 1895 - November 23, 1934) was an 1895)
• 1937 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, CSI, CIE, FRS (জগদীশ চন্দ্র বসু Jôgodish Chôndro Boshu) ( November 30 1858)
• 1937 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common George Albert Boulenger (born Brussels, Belgium, October 19, 1858; died Saint Malo, France, November 23 1858)
• 1948 - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lewis Robert "Hack" Wilson ( April 26, 1900 – November 23, 1948) was an American Center fielder in Major 1900)
• 1966 - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Seán Thomas O'Kelly (Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh 25 August 1882–23 November 1966 was the second President of Ireland (1945–1959 1882)
• 1970 - Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yusof bin Ishak (ˈjʊsɒf bɪn ˈɪshɑːk ''YOO-sof bɪn ΙS-haak'') ( 12 August 1910 &ndash 23 November 1910)
• 1972 - Marie Wilson, American actress (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Katherine Elisabeth Wilson (August 19 1916&ndashNovember 23 1972 better known by her stage name Marie Wilson, was an Academy Award -nominated American 1916)
• 1973 - Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. was an Academy Award-nominated Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, 1889)
• 1974 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-born author (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Cornelius Ryan, ( 5 June 1920 &ndash 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American Journalist and Author mainly known 1920)
• 1976 - André Malraux, French author (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. André Malraux (3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976 was a French Author, adventurer and Statesman, and a dominant figure in French politics and culture 1901)
• 1979 - Merle Oberon, British actress (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Merle Oberon ( 19 February 1911 &ndash 23 November 1979) born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was an Academy Award 1911)
• 1979 - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Judee Sill (born Judith Lynn Sill, October 7, 1944 - November 23, 1979) was an American singer and Songwriter. 1944)
• 1983 - Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Juhan Jaagu Muks (born 1899 Tuhalaane Viljandi County, Estonia - Died November 23, 1983, Viljandi County Estonia was an Estonian Artist 1899)
• 1990 - Roald Dahl, British author (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer 1916)
• 1990 - Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 1953)
• 1992 - Roy Acuff, American country musician (b. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Roy Claxton Acuff ( September 15, 1903 &ndash November 23, 1992) was an American country Musician known 1903)
• 1992 - Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Jean-Francois Thiriart (1922&mdash November 23 1992) was a Belgian Far right politician 1922)
• 1994 - Art Barr, American professional wrestler (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Art Barr, full name Arthur Leon Barr ( October 8, 1966 &ndash November 23, 1994) was an American professional 1966)
• 1994 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (b. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Bobby Hart in this songwriting duo is different from songwriter Bob Hart (1900-1993 1939)
• 1995 - Louis Malle, French film director (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Louis Malle (30 October 1932 &ndash 23 November 1995 was a French Film director, working in both French and English. 1932)
• 1995 - Jr. Walker, American musician (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1931)
• 1996 - Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Mohamed "Mo" Amin ( 29 August 1943 - 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist noted for his pictures and videotapes 1943)
• 1996 - Art Porter, Jr., American jazz musician (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur L 'Art' Porter Jr, ( 3 August 1961 - 23 November 1996) was an American Jazz Saxophonist. 1961)
• 1997 - Jorge Más Canosa, anti-Castro activist (b. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Jorge Mas Canosa ( September 21, 1939 – November 23, 1997) was a Cuban-American activist best known for his strong Opposition to Fidel Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until 1939)
• 2001 - Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Robert "Bo" Belinsky (born December 7 1936, in New York NY &ndash November 23 2001) was an American Left-handed 1936)
• 2001 - O.C. Smith, American singer (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. OC Smith ( 21 June, 1936 – November 23, 2001) was an American Musician. 1932)
• 2001 - Mary Whitehouse,'Clean up TV' cmapaigner
• 2002 - Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Whitehouse CBE ( 13 June 1910 – 23 November 2001) was a British campaigner for values of Morality See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Roberto Antonio Sebastián Matta Echaurren ( November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002) usually known as Matta, was one of 1911)
• 2004 - Pete Franklin, American talk radio host (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Pete Franklin ( September 22, 1928 - November 23, 2004) nicknamed "The King", was an American Sports talk 1928)
• 2005 - Constance Cummings, American-born British actress (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Constance Cummings CBE ( May 15 1910 – November 23 2005) was an American -born British actress known for her 1910)
• 2005 - Frank Gatski, American football player (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Frank Gatski ( March 13, 1919 &ndash November 22, 2005) was an American football player 1919)
• 2006 - Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Nicholas Campbell Clarke ( 9 June 1948 – 23 November 2006) was an English radio and television presenter and journalist primarily 1948)
• 2006 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Betty Comden ( May 3 1917 November 23 2006) along with Adolph Green (1914 2002 was one-half of the musical duo Comden and Green 1917)
• 2006 - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Алекса́ндр Ва́льтерович Литвине́нко ( 30 August 1962 – 23 November 2006 1962)
• 2006 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philippe Noiret ( October 1, 1930 - November 23, 2006) was a French film Actor. 1930)
• 2006 - Anita O'Day, American singer (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anita O'Day ( October 18, 1919 &ndash November 23, 2006) was an American Jazz singer 1919)
• 2006 - Willie Pep, American boxer (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Guglielmo Papaleo ( September 19 1922 - November 23 2006) was an American boxer who was better known as Willie 1922)
• 2007 - Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Joseph Darley Kennedy ( May 24 1979 &ndash November 23 2007) nicknamed "The Patriarch" was an American left-handed 1979)
• 2007 - Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer (b. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Óscar Carmelo Sánchez ( July 16 1971 &ndash November 23 2007) was a Bolivian sweeper who played for the Bolivia national 1971)
• 2007 - Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. 1936)

Holidays and observances

• Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints - Pope Clement I
• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Qawl (Speech) - First day of the 14th month of the Bahá'í calendar
• Alexander Nevsky's feast day in the Russian Orthodox Church
• Georgia - St George's Day
• Japan - Kinro kansha no hi (Labour Thanksgiving Day)
• Slovenia - Rudolf Maister Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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