What happened this day in history November 23

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 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.

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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 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.

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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)

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