23 November

The 23t o November is the 327t day o the year (328t in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 38 days bidin.

 Events 
 1174 - Saladin enters Damascus.
 1248 - Christian troops conquer Seville.
 1890 - The daith o William III o the Netherlands ends the dual monarchy atween the Netherlands an Luxembourg.
 1904 - End o the 1904 Simmer Olympics in St. Louis.
 1924 - Edwin Hubble's discovery o the Andromeda Galaxy is published in the New York Times.
 1963 - The first episode o Doctor Who is braidcast.
 1974 - In Ethiopie, several oppostition figures are executit in the Massacre o the Sixty.
 1996 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked an crashes off the Comoros, killin 125 fowk.
 2003 - Eduard Shevardnadze resigns as Preses o Georgie efter popular protests.
 2005 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is electit Preses o Liberie.
 2006 - Bombins in Sadr Ceety, Iraq, kill 215 fowk.
 2009 - The Maguindanao Massacre occurs in the Philippines.
 2010 - North Korea bombs Sooth Korea's Yeonpyeong Island.
 2017 - The Banner o the Hebridean isle o Barra is grantit offeecial recogneetion.
 2017 - Dundee's bid for European Ceety o Cultur fails, as Breetish ceeties are preventit frae biddin ower the uncertainties relatin tae Brexit.
 2019 - Fowk in the Autonomous Region o Bougainville (which includes Bougainville Island) stairt votin on whether tae gain unthirldom or get increasit autonomy within Papua New Guinea.

 Births  
 912 - Otto I, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 973)
 1221 - Alfonso X o Castile (d. 1284)
 1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14t Preses o the Unitit States (d. 1869)
 1859 - Billy the Kid, American criminal (d. 1881)
 1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime meenister o Swaden (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, Inglis actor (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, Preses o Venezuela
 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 
 955 - Eadred, Inglis king (b. 923)
 1170 - Owain Gwynedd, King o the Kinrick o Gwynedd (present-day Wales) (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)

 Ootside airtins 

Category:Days o the year