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, 29,397,600 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 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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1946
    French Navy fire in Hai Phong, Viet Nam, kills 6,000 civilians.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2001
    The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
  • 2003
    Rose Revolution: the Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
  • 2004
    The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
  • 2007
    MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.

Who were born on November 23?

  • 1890
    El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
  • 1915
    John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)
  • 1922
    Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish Galicia politician
  • 1924
    Paula Raymond, American actress (d. 2003)
  • 1949
    Sandra Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
  • 1953
    Francis Cabrel, French singer
  • 1967
    Salli Richardson, American actress
  • 1968
    Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist
  • 1977
    Adam Eaton, American baseball player
  • 1987
    Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player

Who died on November 23?

  • 947
    Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
  • 955
    King Edred of England (b. c. 923)
  • 1407
    Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (b. 1372)
  • 1457
    King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
  • 1934
    Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
  • 1966
    Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician (b. 1882)
  • 1973
    Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (b. 1889)
  • 1979
    Merle Oberon, British actress (b. 1911)
  • 1998
    Dan Osman, American rock climber (b. 1963)
  • 2002
    Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)

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