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 2022 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, 2022 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,819,360 minutes 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 60 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 3,624 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
- 1889 –The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
- 1943 –World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
- 1971 –Representatives of the People’s Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
- 1972 –The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching N-1 Rocket. The launch is a failure and the rocket is destroyed.
- 1979 –In Dublin, Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.
- 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.
- 1985 –Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
- 2001 –The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
- 2009 –The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines
Who were born on November 23?
- 1820 –Isaac Todhunter, British mathematician (d. 1884)
- 1916 –P. K. Page, Canadian poet (d. 2010)
- 1943 –David Nolan, American political activist (d. 2010)
- 1943 –Sue Nicholls, British actress
- 1950 –Chuck Schumer, American politician
- 1967 –Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer
- 1969 –Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer
- 1971 –Khalid Al-Muwallid, Saudi footballer
- 1976 –Kohei Suwama, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1979 –Kelly Brook, English actress and model
Who died on November 23?
- 1499 –Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. 1474)
- 1585 –Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. 1505)
- 1902 –Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851)
- 1923 –Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1883)
- 1948 –Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- 1979 –Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. 1944)
- 1983 –Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor (b. 1938)
- 1994 –Art Barr, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
- 2006 –Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)
- 2009 –Juzefas Jurgelevičius, Lithuanian footballer (b. 1947)
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