What are the important events that happened on November 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 23 is the 327th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 38 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 10, 2017 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 419,832 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosaheptagon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 88 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,798 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 23 Historical Events
- 1510 –First campaign of Ottoman Empire against Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack its capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.
- 1876 –Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
- 1918 –Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- 1940 –World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
- 1971 –Representatives of the People’s Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
- 1979 –In Dublin, Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.
- 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.
- 1996 –Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
- 2001 –The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
- 2006 –A series of bombing kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
Who were born on November 23?
- 1632 –Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
- 1887 –Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish dancer (d. 1943)
- 1896 –Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (d. 1960)
- 1935 –Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
- 1944 –Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-born American producer and screenwriter
- 1945 –Keith Hampshire, English singer-songwriter
- 1949 –Sandra Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
- 1979 –Nihat Kahveci, Turkish footballer
- 1986 –Luigi Scaglia, Italian footballer
- 1988 –Saab Magalona, Filipina actress
Who died on November 23?
- 1503 –Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)
- 1682 –Claude Lorrain, French painter (b. 1604)
- 1769 –Greek prince Constantine Mavrocordatos of Wallachia and Moldavia (b. 1711)
- 1934 –Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
- 1948 –Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- 1972 –Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
- 1979 –Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. 1944)
- 1992 –Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922)
- 1994 –Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (b. 1939)
- 2006 –Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
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