November 23rd: This Day in History

 

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

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On this day in the year 800, Charlemagne arrived at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III. The English parliament voted to throw out the Jesuits on this day in 1584. It was on this day in 1654 that French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experienced an intense, mystical vision that marked him for life. On this day in 1940: Romania signed the Driemogendheden pact (or the Tripartite Pact) and officially joined the Axis powers. 

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

Statue of Charlemagne in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

On this day in the year 800, Charlemagne arrived at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III. 

1165 - Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome

1227 - Polish Prince Leszek I the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.

1248 - Conquest of Seville by the Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.

1334 - St Clemens Flood: Dike breaks at Flemish/Zeeuwse/Dutch coast

1499 - Flemish pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from Tower of London. Invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV

1556 - King Philip II confers with Dutch financial experts

1577 - Water Geuzen under capt Slope enter Amsterdam

1584 - English parliament throws out Jesuits

1644 - Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship, and written by John Milton is published.

It was on this day in 1654 that French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experienced an intense, mystical vision that marked him for life.

1700 - Cardinal Francesco Albani elected Pope Clemens XI

1705 - Nicholas Rowe's "Ulysses," premieres in London

1744 - English premier John Carteret resigns

1765 - People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax

1783 - Annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784)

1832 - French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium

1834 - Hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy," premieres

1835 - Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy NY)

Poet John MiltonPoet John Milton 1844 - Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.

1848 - Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston

1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)

1863 - Battle of Chattanooga & Orchard Knob, TN begins

1863 - Patent granted for a process of making color photographs

1864 - -25] Battle at Ball's Ferry Georgia (30 casualties)

1867 - The Manchester Martyrs were hanged in Manchester, England for rescuing two Irish men from jail.

1868 - Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process

1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.

1871 - Railway bridge over Dutch Deep opens

1876 - Columbia, Harvard & Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association

1885 - Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united

1887 - Notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan

1887 - Opera "Trumpeter of Säckingen" 1st American production (NYC)

1889 - Debut of 1st jukebox (Palais Royale Saloon, San Francisco)

1890 - King William III of the Netherlands dies (b. 1817) without a male heir and a special law passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.

1890 - General elections in Italy.

1892 - Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed

1892 - P de Coubertin launches plan for Modern Olympic Games

1897 - Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars

1897 - Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love

1899 - Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers

1903 - Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"

1903 - Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.

1904 - 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis

1905 - Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti

1906 - Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy

1909 - 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)

1909 - Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes

1911 - Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital

1912 - Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game

1914 - The US Army retreats from Mexico.

1921 - Pres Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes

1923 - German army commander Gen Von Seeckt bans NSDAP & KPD

1923 - Germany's Stresemann government falls to SPD

1926 - Noel Coward's "This Was a Man," premieres in NYC

1930 - NY Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage

1931 - Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague

1934 - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, which lay well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.

1936 - 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce

1936 - Life magazine hit newsstands

1936 - The first edition of Life is published.

1937 - Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy," premieres in NYC

1937 - Emile Janson becomes Belgian premier

Author John SteinbeckAuthor John Steinbeck 1937 - John Steinbeck's "Of Mice & Men," premieres in NYC

1939 - Nazi Gov of Poland Hans Frank requires Jews to wear a blue star

1940 - 1st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes

On this day in 1940: Romania signed the Driemogendheden pact (or the Tripartite Pact) and officially joined the Axis powers. 

1940 - SD arrested resistance fighter Bernard Iron wire

1941 - German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow

1942 - 3rd & 5th Romanian army corp surrenders

1942 - Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized

1942 - Col-gen Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender

1942 - German 4th & 6th Army surrounded at Stalingrad

1942 - Japans bombing of Port Darwin, Australia

1942 - Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat is torpedoed

1942 - Russian 21st Army recaptures Kalatsj at Don

1942 - Steward Poon Lim begins floating in a raft 133 days

1943 - 1st printing of illegal "Warheid"

Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf HitlerDictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler 1943 - British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation

1943 - US forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island& amp; Makin from Japanese

1943 - Phils owner William D Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team

1944 - US 7th army under Gen Patch conquers Straatsburg

1945 - Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat& amp; butter, ends

1946 - "Gypsy Lady" closes at Century Theater NYC after 79 performances

1946 - 34th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 28-6

1946 - French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000

1946 - The Workers Party of South Korea is founded.

1947 - French government of Schumann, forms

1947 - Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21)

1948 - Dr Frank G Back (NYC) patents lens to provide zoom effects

1950 - Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres

1953 - KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast

1953 - WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 - For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.

1955 - British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia

1959 - "Fiorello!" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 796 performances

1960 - Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year

1960 - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St

1960 - Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched

1962 - Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NL's MVP

1963 - "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England

1963 - "Tambourines to Glory" closes at Little Theater NYC after 24 perfs

1963 - Horatio Alger Society founded

1963 - JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House

1963 - LBJ proclaims Nov 25 a day of national mourning (for JFK)

1963 - Doctor Who first broadcast

1964 - "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances

1964 - Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"

1964 - Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy

1965 - 31st Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Garrett, Southern Cal (RB)

1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1966 - Chicago outfielder Tommie Agee is voted AL Rookie of Year

1968 - "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth NYC after 36 perfs

1968 - Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love & Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson

1970 - KNCT TV channel 46 in Belton/Killeen, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting

1971 - China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council

1971 - Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement

1974 - 60 Ethiopia government officials executed

1975 - 63rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 9-8

36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson36th US President Lyndon B. Johnson 1975 - Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal

1975 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Greater Ft Myers Golf Classic

1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1976 - Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.

1977 - "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 96 perfs

1977 - European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral

1979 - Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks

1980 - 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy

1980 - 68th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 48-10

1980 - National Black Independent Party forms

1982 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB & mated for STS-6

1982 - FCC drops limits on duration & frequency of TV ads

1982 - NY Islanders & Minn North Stars play to an 8-8 tie

1983 - Soyuz T-9 lands

1983 - USSR leave weapon disarmament talks

1984 - Limited-over intl cricket debut for Wasim Akram, v NZ

1984 - Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 & Bob Holland age 38 (v WI)

1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1984 - Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game & beat Miami 47-45

1985 - 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta

1985 - Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China

1988 - France performs nuclear test

1988 - Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal

1988 - Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract

1989 - Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines

1989 - Xenophobia Zolotas sworn in as premier of Greece

1990 - Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak v WI), scores 0 & 0

1991 - A day before he dies, Freddie Mercury, 45, confirms he has AIDS

Champion Boxer Evander HolyfieldChampion Boxer Evander Holyfield 1991 - Evander Holyfield TKOs Bert Cooper in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

1991 - Martin Lopez-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:56.57)

1991 - Sacramento Kings ends NBA's longest road losing streak at 43 games

1991 - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols

1991 - Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season & 15,031 for career

1992 - "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth NYC for 232 perfs

1992 - 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold

1993 - "Angels in America-Perestroika" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 216 perfs

1996 - Irene Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World

1996 - The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization.

1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship

1997 - Jana Novotna (Czech) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ

1998 - Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom Ranariddh.

2001 - Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.

2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.

President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-SirleafPresident of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf 2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country.

2007 - MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sank in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands.

2009 - The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines

2010 - The Bombardment of Yeonpyeong occurs on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. The North Korean artillery attack kills 2 civilians and 2 South Korean marines.

2011 - Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.

2012 - JR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour

1765 - Frederick County, MD, repudiated the British Stamp Act.   1835 - Henry Burden patented the horseshoe manufacturing machine.   1889 - The first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon.   1890 - Princess Wilhelmina became Queen of the Netherlands at the age of 10 when her father William III died.   1936 - The first edition of "Life" was published.   1943 - During World War II, U.S. forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin from the Japanese during the Central Pacific offensive in the Gilbert Islands.   1945 - The U.S. wartime rationing of most foods ended.   1948 - Dr. Frank G. Back patented the "Zoomar" lens.   1961 - The Dominican Republic changed the name of its capital from Ciudad Trujillo to Santo Domingo.   1971 - The People's Republic of China was seated in the United Nations Security Council.   1979 - In Dublin, Ireland, Thomas McMahon was sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of Earl Mountbatten.   1980 - In southern Italy, approximately 4,800 people were killed in a series of earthquakes.   1983 - The first Pershing II missiles were deployed in West Germany. In response, the U.S.S.R. broke off International Nuclear Forces (INF) talks in Geneva.   1985 - Larry Wu-tai Chin, a retired CIA analyst, was arrested and accused of spying for China. He committed suicide a year after his conviction.   1985 - Gunmen hijacked an Egyptian jetliner en route from Athens to Cairo. The plane was forced to land in Malta.   1986 - In Manila, President Aquino dismissed Defense Minister Enrile.   1988 - Wayne Gretzky scored his 600th National Hockey League (NHL) goal.   1989 - Lucia Barrera de Cerna, a housekeeper who claimed she had witnessed the slaying of six Jesuit priests and two other people at the Jose Simeon Canas University in El Salvador, was flown to the U.S.   1991 - Yugoslavia's rival leaders agreed to a new cease-fire, the 14th of the Balkan civil war.   1991 - The Sacramento Kings ended the NBA's longest road losing streak at 43 games.   1992 - The play "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opened.   1994 - About 111 people, mostly women and children, were killed in a stampede after Indian police baton-charged tribal protesters in the western city of Nagpur.   1995 - Charles Rathbun, free-lance photographer, was booked in Hermosa Beach, CA, for investigation of murder in the disappearance of model Linda Sobek. He was later convicted.   1998 - Dennis Rodman filed for an annulment from Carmen Electra. The two had been married on November 14, 1998.   1998 - The tobacco industry signed the biggest U.S. civil settlement. It was a $206-billion deal to resolve remaining state claims for treating sick smokers.   1998 - A U.S. federal judge rejected a Virginia county's effort to block pornography on library computer calling the attempt unconstitutional.   2001 - A crowd of 87,555 people watched the Texas Longhorns beat the Texas A&M Aggies 21-7. The crowd was the largest to see a football game in Texas.   2010 - North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island.





1889 The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco. 1936 First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands. The cover photograph, by Margaret Bourke-White, featured the Fort Peck Dam. 1945 U.S. wartime food rationing, of meat, butter, and other foods, ended. 1971 People's Republic of China was seated at the UN Security Council. 2003 Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president of Georgia.


The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php

http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/nov23.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory