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 328^th 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, 481,200 hours 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.

November 23 Historical Events

• 1876 –
  Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
• 1890 –
  King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.
• 1936 –
  Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
• 1940 –
  World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
• 1963 –
  The BBC broadcasts the first ever episode of Doctor Who (starring William Hartnell) which is the world’s longest running science fiction drama.
• 1976 –
  Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
• 1979 –
  In Dublin, Ireland, Provisional Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2004 –
  The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.

Who were born on November 23?

• 1632 –
  Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
• 1915 –
  John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1923 –
  R. L. Burnside, American musician (d. 2005)
• 1926 –
  Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 2011)
• 1930 –
  Jack McKeon, American baseball manager
• 1943 –
  David Nolan, American political activist (d. 2010)
• 1955 –
  Steven Brust, American author
• 1965 –
  Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian
• 1982 –
  Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
• 1988 –
  Saab Magalona, Filipina actress

Who died on November 23?

• 1503 –
  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)
• 1910 –
  Dr H.H. Crippen, American murderer executed in England (b. 1862)
• 1958 –
  Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek athlete (b. 1880)
• 1994 –
  Art Barr, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
• 1995 –
  Junior Walker, American musician (b. 1931)
• 1996 –
  Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (b. 1943)
• 1997 –
  Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuban anti-Fidel Castro activist (b. 1939)
• 2005 –
  Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
• 2006 –
  Jesus Blancornelas, Mexican journalist (b. 1936)
• 2009 –
  Juzefas Jurgelevičius, Lithuanian footballer (b. 1947)