23 November - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on November 23, the day number in a year is 327 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 328. November 23 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
November 23 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1165 | Pope Alexander III returned to Rome after exile. |
| 1499 | Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne during thereign of King Henry VII, was hanged after reportedly attempting toescape from the Tower of London. |
| 1705 | Nicholas Rowe's play "Ulysses" premiered in London. |
| 1723 | The province of Carolina was incorporated into New Bern as New Bern (later became the capital of North Carolina). |
| 1733 | African slaves from Akwamu in the Danish West Indies revoltedagainst their owners, one of the earliest and longest slave revolts inthe Americas. |
| 1808 | Battle of Tudela: French Marshal Lens defeated a Spanish army. |
| 1810 | English actress Sarah Booth began her Hollywood career at the Theater Royal, Covent Garden. |
| 1848 | The Women's Medical Educational Society was established in Boston. |
| 1863 | Patents were granted for the first time to create a color photo process. |
| 1867 | The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England, forkilling a police officer while helping two Irish nationalists escapefrom police custody. |
| 1876 | William 'Boss' Tweed a New York City politician whohad been arrested for embezzlement, was handed to US authorities afterhaving escaped from prison to Spain. |
| 1876 | Porfirio Díaz was made President of Mexico. |
| 1890 | King William III of the Netherlands died. |
| 1890 | The first general election was held in Italy. |
| 1892 | Belgium defeated Arabia in the Battle of Lomani Congo. About 3000 people died in the war. |
| 1909 | The Wright brothers set up the company with the capital of $ 1 million to produce the aircraft. |
| 1924 | Edwin Hubble's discovery that Andromeda, previously believed tobe a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is onlyone of many such galaxies in the universe, was first published in anewspaper. |
| 1924 | Edwin Hubble published evidence in a newspaper that theAndromeda Nebula, previously believed to be part of the Milky Way, isactually another galaxy, one of many in the universe. |
| 1927 | The company named Automated Musical Instruments produced the first juke box. |
| 1934 | An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogadenencountered a garrison of Somalis in Italian service at Walwal, whichled to the Abyssinia Crisis. |
| 1937 | The country's renowned physicist, biologist and archaeologist Jagdishchandra Basu died. |
| 1946 | 6000 people were killed in a fierce fire in a French naval ship in the city of Haiphyong, Vietnam. |
| 1955 | The Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean were transferred fromBritish to Australian control. |
| 1963 | The first episode of Doctor Who, the world's longest-runningscience fiction television show, was broadcast on BBC television,starring William Hartnell as the first incarnation of the title role. |
| 1967 | Former South African batsman Gary Kirsten was born. The Indian team won the World Cup in 2011 under his coaching. |
| 1971 | China became a member of the UN Security Council. |
| 1980 | 2600 people died due to earthquake in Italy. |
| 1983 | The Commonwealth Summit was held in New Delhi for the first time in the country. |
| 1984 | Around 1000 people were trapped in a fire at London's busiest Oxford Circus station. |
| 1992 | IBM introduced the Simon a handheld, touchscreenmobile phone and PDA that is considered the first smartphone. |
| 1996 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked, then crashed intothe Indian Ocean near Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125 ofthe 175 people on board. |
| 2005 | An explosion at a chemical factory on the Songhua River in northeastern China discharges high levels of toxic benzene into the river water. |
| 2005 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the Liberian general election, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa. |
| 2006 | Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian ex-spy who was poisoned in London last weekend, dies. He had earlier been put on a ventilator a heart failure. |
| 2007 | An Israeli psychiatrist and reserve officer has been accused of providing classified information to Russia, Hamas and Iran. |
| 2008 | According to human rights activists and opposition politicians in Russia's southern republic of Ingushetia is now in a state of civil war. |
| 2009 | The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistakenly shot dead by the Metropolitan Police in London in 2005, reach a compensation deal with police, resolving "all litigation" between them. |
| 2009 | A crowd of people on their way to register the candidacy ofEsmael Mangudadatu in the upcoming election for Governor of Maguindanao,Philippines, were attacked by supporters of his rival, resulting in atleast 57 deaths. |
| 2009 | Innocent-innocent 32 media persons were executed in the Philippines. |
| 2010 | Qantas announces that its fleet of Airbus A380 super jumbos will start returning to service on Saturday. |
| 2010 | In response to artillery exercises held near the border betweenthe two nations, North Korea bombarded Yeonpyeong Island, killing fourSouth Korean soldiers and injuring 19 others. |
| 2011 | The European Space Agency claims to have made contact with Russia's stranded Fobos-Grunt probe, two days after the closure of the spacecraft's window for launch to Mars. |
| 2011 | Arab Spring-After 11 months of protests in Yemen, the Yemenipresident Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to transfer power to Vice PresidentAbd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. |
| 2012 | Opposition leaders in Egypt call for large objections after President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi passed a ruling giving himself extensive new powers. Remonstrations for and against his judgment are taking place in Cairo, and violence has befallen Egypt. |
| 2013 | Syrian government air strikes around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo kill 40 people. |
| 2014 | Kenyan security forces cross into Somalia and kill 100 members of Al-Shabaab in response to the terrorist group hijacking a bus and killing 28 people. |
Famous Birthdays of November 23:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1923 | Julien J. LeBourgeois / Admiral / United States of America |
| 1961 | John Schnatter / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1961 | Nicolas Bacri / Composer / France |
| 1968 | Hamid Hassani / Linguist / Iran |
| 1962 | Lance King / Writer / United States of America |
| 1976 | Page Kennedy / Actor / United States of America |
| 1923 | Gloria Whelan / Poet / United States of America |
| 1990 | Alena Leonova / Figure Skater / Russia |
| 1916 | Michael Goff / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1965 | Jennifer Michael Hecht / Author / United States of America |
| 1974 | Juventud Guerrera / Wrestler / Mexico |
| 1971 | Lisa Arch / Actress / United States of America |
| 1956 | Shane Gould / Swimmer / Australia |
| 1890 | El Lissitzky / Photographer / Russia |
| 1943 | David Nolan / Politician / United States of America |
| 1896 | Tsunenohana Kan'ichi / Wrestler / Japan |
| 1897 | Nirad C. Chaudhuri / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1947 | Jean-Pierre Foucault / Radio / France |
| 1912 | George O'Hanlon / Actor / United States of America |
| 1909 | Nigel Tranter / Author / Scotland |
| 1921 | Fred Buscaglione / Actor / Italy |
| 1936 | Mats Traat / Author / Estonia |
| 1886 | Eduards Smiļģis / Actor / Latvia |
| 1930 | Geeta Dutt / Actress / India |
| 1982 | Igor Kuzmin / Rower / Estonia |
| 1976 | Cüneyt Çakır / Footballer / Turkey |
| 1987 | Ossi Kanervo / Figure Skater / Finland |
| 1990 | Shaun Hutchinson / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1946 | Giorgos Koudas / Footballer / Greece |
| 1955 | Mary Landrieu / Politician / United States of America |
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Read in Hindi : 23 नवम्बर की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं