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
- 534 BC –Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.
- 1248 –Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.
- 1808 –French and Poles defeat the Spanish at battle of Tudela
- 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.
- 1910 –Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
- 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.
- 1980 –A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 3,000 people.
- 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.
- 2004 –The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
Who were born on November 23?
- 912 –Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
- 1859 –Billy the Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881)
- 1887 –Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish dancer (d. 1943)
- 1923 –Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986)
- 1940 –Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player
- 1943 –Sue Nicholls, British actress
- 1965 –Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian
- 1971 –Lisa Arch, American actress
- 1980 –Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
- 1987 –Nicole Polizzi, Chilean-born American reality television personality
Who died on November 23?
- 1499 –Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. 1474)
- 1814 –Elbridge Gerry, 5th Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
- 1902 –Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851)
- 1923 –Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1883)
- 1972 –Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
- 1992 –Roy Acuff, American country musician (b. 1903)
- 2001 –Mary Whitehouse, British social activist (b. 1910)
- 2006 –Betty Comden, American lyricist (b. 1917)
- 2006 –Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
- 2007 –Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1936)
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