November 23

November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining.

Events:

• 1863 - Battle of Chattanooga[?] begins
• 1903 - Governor of Colorado James Peabody[?] sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike
• 1955 - Cocos Islands transferred from United Kingdom to Asutralian[?] control
• 1963 - Doctor Who debuts.
• 1971 - People's Republic of China seated in United Nations Security Council
• 1981 - Ronald Reagan signs National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), extablishing the Contras

Births:

• 912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (+ 973)
• 1760 - Francois Noel Babeuf, revolutionary (+ 1797)
• 1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States
• 1859 - Billy the Kid, bandit (+ 1881)
• 1860 - Hjalmar Branting[?], politician (+ 1925)
• 1876 - Manuel de Falla[?], composer (+ 1946)
• 1887 - Boris Karloff, actor (+ 1969)
• 1888 - Harpo Marx, comedian (+ 1964)
• 1892 - Erté[?], artist (+ 1990)
• 1901 - Marieluise Fleisser[?], author (+ 1974)
• 1902 - Victor Jory[?], actor (+ 1982)
• 1920 - Paul Celan, poet (+ 1970)
• 1925 - José Napoleón Duarte[?], President of El Salvador (+ 1990)
• 1928 - Pierre Etaix[?], actor, film director and writer
• 1929 - Günter Gaus[?], publicist and politician
• 1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, composer
• 1934 - Robert Towne, writer, director, producer, actor
• 1935 - Vladislav Volkov, cosmonaut
• 1938 - Herbert Achternbusch[?], author and film director
• 1941 - Franco Nero, actor
• 1944 - Joe Eszterhas[?], producer, writer
• 1944 - James Toback[?], writer, director
• 1954 - Bruce Hornsby[?], musician
• 1955 - Steven Brust, fantasy author
• 1959 - Maxwell Caulfield[?], actor

Deaths:

• 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England
• 1814 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States of America
• 1890 - King William III of the Netherlands
• 1955 - Shemp Howard[?], actor, comedian (The Three Stooges)
• 1965 - Queen Elizabeth of Belgium[?]
• 1973 - Sessue Hayakawa[?], actor
• 1974 - Cornelius Ryan[?], author
• 1979 - Merle Oberon, actress
• 1990 - Roald Dahl, author
• 1991 - Klaus Kinski, actor
• 1992 - Roy Acuff[?], country music performer
• 1995 - Louis Malle[?], director
• 1995 - Junior Walker[?], musician

Holidays and Observances:

• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Qawl (Speech) - First day of the 14th month of the Bahá'í Calendar

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See Also:

November 22 - November 24 - October 23 - December 23 -- listing of all days

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