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!
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
Statue of Charlemagne nearby the Notre Dame de 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
Flag of the Olympics
• 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
Flag of Ethiopia
• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 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
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