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 328th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 38 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 10, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 481,200 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 ‘trihectaicosaoctagon’ day.
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 67 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 4,355 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.
- 1644 –John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.
- 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 his heir.
- 1934 –An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
- 1936 –Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
- 1976 –Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
- 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.
Who were born on November 23?
- 1553 –Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
- 1785 –Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (d. 1853)
- 1876 –Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946)
- 1907 –Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
- 1924 –Anita Linda, Filipino actress
- 1930 –Jack McKeon, American baseball manager
- 1933 –Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and revolutionary
- 1965 –J. T. the Brick, American sports talk radio host
- 1971 –Chris Hardwick, American comedian
- 1978 –Kayvan Novak, English actor
Who died on November 23?
- 947 –Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
- 1457 –King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
- 1763 –Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)
- 1910 –Dr H.H. Crippen, American murderer executed in England (b. 1862)
- 1983 –Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
- 1990 –Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1953)
- 1991 –Klaus Kinski, German actor (b. 1926)
- 1995 –Junior Walker, American musician (b. 1931)
- 2006 –Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)
- 2010 –Joyce Howard, British film actress (b. 1922)
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