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 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 38 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 10, 2016 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 411,072 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.
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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 66 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 1,433 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 23 Historical Events
- 1499 –Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
- 1808 –French and Poles defeat the Spanish at battle of Tudela
- 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.
- 1955 –The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia.
- 1963 –The BBC broadcasts the first ever episode of Doctor Who (starring William Hartnell) which is the world’s longest running science fiction drama.
- 1979 –In Dublin, Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.
- 1980 –A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 3,000 people.
- 2005 –Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
- 2010 –The Bombardment of Yeonpyeong occurs on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. The North Korean artillery attack kills 2 civilians and 2 South Korean marines.
Who were born on November 23?
- 1616 –John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703)
- 1855 –Stevan Sremac, Serbian writer
- 1897 –Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)
- 1944 –James Toback, American writer and director
- 1946 –Diana Quick, English actress
- 1950 –Chuck Schumer, American politician
- 1953 –Johan de Meij, Dutch conductor and composer
- 1959 –Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)
- 1968 –Hamid Hassani, Iranian scholar and lexicographer
- 1978 –Kayvan Novak, English actor
Who died on November 23?
- 1890 –King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
- 1899 –Thomas Henry Ismay, British shipping company owner (b. 1837)
- 1958 –Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek athlete (b. 1880)
- 1979 –Merle Oberon, British actress (b. 1911)
- 2001 –Mary Whitehouse, British social activist (b. 1910)
- 2006 –Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy (b. 1962)
- 2006 –Betty Comden, American lyricist (b. 1917)
- 2006 –Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
- 2006 –Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
- 2007 –Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1936)
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