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 327^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 38 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 10, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,960 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.

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 86 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 4,720 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 23 Historical Events

• 1808 –
  French and Poles defeat the Spanish at battle of Tudela
• 1910 –
  Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
• 1959 –
  General Charles de Gaulle, President of France, declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for a “Europe, ”from the Atlantic to the Urals.\"
• 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.
• 1990 –
  The first all woman expedition to the South Pole (3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 12 Russians), sets off from Antarctica on the 1st leg of a 70 day, 1287 kilometre ski trek.
• 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.
• 2001 –
  The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
• 2009 –
  The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines
• 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?

• 1785 –
  Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (d. 1853)
• 1889 –
  Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator and journalist (d. 1964)
• 1908 –
  Nelson S. Bond, American writer (d. 2006)
• 1916 –
  P. K. Page, Canadian poet (d. 2010)
• 1935 –
  Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
• 1951 –
  David Rappaport, English actor (d. 1990)
• 1952 –
  Bill Troiano, American musician
• 1954 –
  Ross Brawn, English motorsport engineer and F1 team owner
• 1955 –
  Steven Brust, American author
• 1971 –
  Khalid Al-Muwallid, Saudi footballer

Who died on November 23?

• 1503 –
  Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)
• 1890 –
  King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
• 1899 –
  Thomas Henry Ismay, British shipping company owner (b. 1837)
• 1923 –
  Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1883)
• 1937 –
  George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)
• 1966 –
  Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician (b. 1882)
• 2001 –
  Mary Whitehouse, British social activist (b. 1910)
• 2001 –
  O.C. Smith, American singer (b. 1932)
• 2002 –
  Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
• 2009 –
  Juzefas Jurgelevičius, Lithuanian footballer (b. 1947)