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Events on the 23rd of November in history

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23 Nov 1165 Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome
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23 Nov 1334 St. Clemens Flood: Dike breaks at Flemish / Zeeuwse / Dutch coast
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23 Nov 1556 King Philip II confers with Dutch financial experts
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23 Nov 1577 Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enter Amsterdam
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23 Nov 1584 English parliament throws out Jesuits
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23 Nov 1700 Cardinal Francesco Albani elected Pope Clemens XI
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23 Nov 1744 English Premier John Carteret resigns
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23 Nov 1765 People of Frederick County MD refuse to pay England's Stamp tax
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23 Nov 1783 Annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784)
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23 Nov 1832 French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium
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23 Nov 1835 Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine, Troy, NY
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23 Nov 1848 Female Medical Educational Society founded in Boston
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23 Nov 1852 Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)
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23 Nov 1863 Battle of Chattanooga and Orchard Knob, TN begins
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23 Nov 1863 Battle of Chattanooga begins
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23 Nov 1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
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23 Nov 1868 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process
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23 Nov 1871 Railway bridge over Dutch Deep opens
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23 Nov 1876 Columbia, Harvard & Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association
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23 Nov 1885 Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united
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23 Nov 1887 Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan
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23 Nov 1887 The opera "The Trumpeter of Suckingen" 1st American production (NYC)
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23 Nov 1889 Debut of 1st jukebox (Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco)
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23 Nov 1892 Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed
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23 Nov 1892 P de Coubertin launches plan for Modern Olympic Games
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23 Nov 1897 Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler, " to connect railroad cars
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23 Nov 1897 Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love
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23 Nov 1899 Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
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23 Nov 1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)
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23 Nov 1903 Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"
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23 Nov 1904 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis
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23 Nov 1905 Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti
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23 Nov 1906 Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy
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23 Nov 1909 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)
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23 Nov 1909 Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes
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23 Nov 1909 18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record)
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23 Nov 1911 Post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital
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23 Nov 1912 Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game
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23 Nov 1921 President Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
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23 Nov 1923 German army commander General Von Seeckt bans NSDAP and KPD
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23 Nov 1930 New York Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage
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23 Nov 1931 Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague
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23 Nov 1936 Life magazine hit newsstands
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23 Nov 1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
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23 Nov 1937 Emile Janson becomes Belgian Premier
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23 Nov 1939 Nazi Gov of Poland Hans Frank requires Jews to wear a blue star
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23 Nov 1940 1st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes
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23 Nov 1940 Romania signs Driemogendheden pact
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23 Nov 1940 SD arrested resistance fighter Bernard Iron wire
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23 Nov 1941 German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow
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23 Nov 1942 3rd and 5th Romanian army corp surrenders
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23 Nov 1942 Colonel-General Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender
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23 Nov 1942 German 4th and 6th Army surrounded at Stalingrad
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23 Nov 1942 Japans bombing of Port Darwin, Australia
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23 Nov 1942 Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don
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23 Nov 1942 Steward Poon Lim begins floating in a raft 133 days
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23 Nov 1942 Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized
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23 Nov 1942 Steward Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat was torpedoed
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23 Nov 1943 1st printing of illegal "Warheid"
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23 Nov 1943 British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation
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23 Nov 1943 Phils owner William D Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team
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23 Nov 1943 US forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island and Makin from Japanese
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23 Nov 1943 US forces seized control of Tarawa & Makin from Japanese
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23 Nov 1944 US 7th army under General Patch conquers Straatsburg
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23 Nov 1945 Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends
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23 Nov 1946 "Gypsy Lady" closes at Century Theater NYC after 79 performances
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23 Nov 1946 34th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 28-6
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23 Nov 1946 French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000
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23 Nov 1947 French government of Schumann, forms
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23 Nov 1947 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Chi Cards (45-21)
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23 Nov 1948 Dr Frank G Back (NYC) patents lens to provide zoom effects
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23 Nov 1948 Lens to provide zoom effects patented-FG Back
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23 Nov 1953 KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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23 Nov 1953 WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
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23 Nov 1955 British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia
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23 Nov 1959 "Fiorello!" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 796 performances
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23 Nov 1959 "Fiorello!" premiers on Broadway
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23 Nov 1960 Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
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23 Nov 1960 Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd and Vine St
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23 Nov 1960 Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
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23 Nov 1963 "Doctor Who, " the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England
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23 Nov 1963 "Tambourines to Glory" closes at Little Theater NYC after 24 performances
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23 Nov 1963 LBJ proclaims November 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK)
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23 Nov 1963 Horatio Alger Society founded
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23 Nov 1963 JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House
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23 Nov 1964 "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
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23 Nov 1964 Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
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23 Nov 1964 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
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23 Nov 1965 31st Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Garrett, Southern California (RB)
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23 Nov 1966 Chicago outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year
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23 Nov 1968 Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson
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23 Nov 1970 KNCT TV channel 46 in Belton / Killeen, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
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23 Nov 1971 Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement
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23 Nov 1971 China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council
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23 Nov 1974 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
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23 Nov 1975 63rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 9-8
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23 Nov 1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Greater Ft Myers Golf Classic
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23 Nov 1975 Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal
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23 Nov 1977 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 96 performances
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23 Nov 1977 European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral
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23 Nov 1980 68th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 48-10
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23 Nov 1980 National Black Independent Party forms
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23 Nov 1980 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
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23 Nov 1982 FCC drops limits on duration and frequency of TV ads
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23 Nov 1982 New York Islanders and Minn North Stars play to an 8-8 tie
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23 Nov 1982 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB and mated for STS-6
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23 Nov 1983 Soyuz T-9 lands
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23 Nov 1983 USSR leave weapon disarmament talks
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23 Nov 1984 Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45
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23 Nov 1985 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijacked Egyptair jet in Malta
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23 Nov 1985 Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China
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23 Nov 1988 South Africa: Botha reprieves Sharpeville Six
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23 Nov 1988 Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal
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23 Nov 1988 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
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23 Nov 1989 Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines
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23 Nov 1990 Model Cheryl Tiegs marries actor Tony Peck
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23 Nov 1991 A day before he dies, Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS
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23 Nov 1991 Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career
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23 Nov 1991 Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
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23 Nov 1991 Martin Lopez-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:56.57)
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23 Nov 1991 Evander Hollyfield retains HW boxing title, KOs Bert Cooper in 7
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23 Nov 1992 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
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23 Nov 1993 "Angels in America-Perestroika" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 216 performances
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23 Nov 1996 Irebe Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World
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23 Nov 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship
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23 Nov 1997 Jana Novotna (Czech) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ
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