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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 38 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 10, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,872,000 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 ‘trihectaicosaoctagon’ 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 67 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 4,355 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.
1863 –
American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins – Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.
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.\"
1976 –
Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
1980 –
A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 3,000 people.
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.
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.
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?
1749 –
Edward Rutledge, American statesman (d. 1800)
1920 –
Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (d. 1970)
1928 –
Jerry Bock, American musical theatre composer (d. 2010)
1933 –
Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer
1934 –
Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)
1934 –
Robert Towne, American screenwriter and director
1939 –
Betty Everett, American singer (d. 2001)
1945 –
Jim Doyle, American politician
1971 –
Chris Hardwick, American comedian
1978 –
Kayvan Novak, English actor
Who died on November 23?
1769 –
Greek prince Constantine Mavrocordatos of Wallachia and Moldavia (b. 1711)
1910 –
Dr H.H. Crippen, American murderer executed in England (b. 1862)
1937 –
Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1858)
1958 –
Johnston McCulley, American writer (b. 1883)
1992 –
Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922)
1995 –
Junior Walker, American musician (b. 1931)
1996 –
Art Porter, Jr., American jazz musician (b. 1961)
2005 –
Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
2006 –
Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
2010 –
James Tyler, American musicologist and author (b. 1940)
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