23 November

The23t o Novemberis the 327t day o the year (328t in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 38 days bidin.

Events

1963:Doctor Who'sTARDIS

2017:Banner oBarra

• 1174-SaladinentersDamascus.
• 1248- Christian troops conquerSeville.
• 1890- The daith oWilliam III o the Netherlandsends the dual monarchy atween theNetherlandsanLuxembourg.
• 1904- End o the1904 Simmer OlympicsinSt. Louis.
• 1924-Edwin Hubble's discovery o theAndromeda Galaxyis published in the New York Times.
• 1963- The first episode oDoctor Whois braidcast.
• 1974- InEthiopie,several oppostition figures are executit in the Massacre o the Sixty.
• 1996- Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked an crashes off theComoros,killin 125 fowk.
• 2003-Eduard Shevardnadzeresigns asPresesoGeorgieefter popular protests.
• 2005-Ellen Johnson Sirleafis electitPresesoLiberie.
• 2006- Bombins in Sadr Ceety,Iraq,kill 215 fowk.
• 2009- The Maguindanao Massacre occurs in thePhilippines.
• 2010-North KoreabombsSooth Korea's Yeonpyeong Island.
• 2017- The Banner o theHebrideanisle oBarrais grantit offeecial recogneetion.
• 2017-Dundee's bid forEuropeanCeety o Cultur fails, as Breetish ceeties are preventit frae biddin ower the uncertainties relatin taeBrexit.
• 2019- Fowk in theAutonomous Region o Bougainville(which includesBougainville Island) stairt votin on whether tae gain unthirldom or get increasit autonomy withinPapua New Guinea.

Births

Franklin Pierce

Hjalmar Branting

• 912-Otto I, Haly Roman Emperor(d.973)
• 1221-Alfonso X o Castile(d.1284)
• 1804-Franklin Pierce,14tPreses o the Unitit States(d.1869)
• 1859-Billy the Kid,American criminal (d.1881)
• 1860-Hjalmar Branting,Prime meenisteroSwaden(d.1925)
• 1876-Manuel de Falla,Spaingie componer (d.1946)
• 1887-Boris Karloff,Inglis actor an sangster (d.1969)
• 1888-Harpo Marx,American actor an sangster (d.1964)
• 1896-Sandy Archibald,Scots fitbawer (d.1946)
• 1896-Klement Gottwald,Czechoslovak politeecian (d.1953)
• 1907-Run Run Shaw,Cheenese businessman (d.2014)
• 1909-Nigel Tranter,Scots writer (d.2000)
• 1916-Michael Gough,Inglisactor (d.2011)
• 1922-Joan Fuster,Spaingie writer (d.1992)
• 1922-Manuel Fraga,Spaingie politeecian (d.2012)
• 1926-Sathya Sai Baba,Indian spiritual leader (d.2011)
• 1950-Chuck Schumer,American politeecian
• 1950-Paul Wilson,Scots fitbawer
• 1961-Deidre Brock,Australie-born Scots politeecian
• 1962-Nicolas Maduro,PresesoVenezuela
• 1966-Vincent Cassel,French actor
• 1966-Kevin Gallacher,Scots fitbawer
• 1968-Kirsty Young,Scots telly presenter
• 1982-Asafa Powell,Jamaican sprinter
• 1984-Lucas Grabeel,American actor, sangster an dancer
• 1985-Scott Brash,Scots shawjimper
• 1987-Brian Graham,Scots fitbawer
• 1987-Snooki,Chilean-born American telly personality an dancer
• 1992-Miley Cyrus,American actress an sangster
• 1996-James Maddison,Inglis fitbawer

Daiths

Owain Gwynedd

• 955-Eadred,Inglis king (b.923)
• 1170-Owain Gwynedd,King o the Kinrick oGwynedd(present-dayWales) (b. c.1100)
• 1814-Elbridge Gerry,Vice Preses o the Unitit States(b.1744)
• 1844-Thomas Henderson,Scots astronomer (b.1798)
• 1890-William III o the Netherlands(b.1817)
• 1990-Roald Dahl,Welsh writer (b.1916)
• 1991-Klaus Kinski,German actor (b.1926)
• 2006-Philippe Noiret,French actor (b.1930)
• 2006-Alexander Litvinenko,Roushie-Breetish KGB agent (b.1962)
• 2012-Larry Hagman,American actor (b.1931)

Halidays

• St. George's Day (Georgie)
• Labour Thanksgivin Day (Japan)