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What happened in history on this day: November 23?
On November 23 in ...
- 1793 - Robert Scot is officially appointed chief engraver at the US Mint.
- 1835 - Henry Burden of Troy, New York, patents horseshoe manufacturing machine.
- 1852 - Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30 feet (9m).
- 1863 - Battle of Chattanooga begins.
- 1889 - The first jukebox makes its debut at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco, California. For a nickel, one can listen to a few minutes of music through a tube of an Edison tinfoil phonograph.
- 1899 - First jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco, California).
- 1903 - Enrico Caruso makes his US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, New York) in Rigoletto.
- 1905 - Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti.
- 1909 - 18.2 cm (7.17 inches) of rainfall, in Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record).
- 1936 - First issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce.
- 1942 - Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized.
- 1943 - US forces seize control of Tarawa and Makin from Japanese.
- 1954 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes for the first time above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
- 1960 - Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched.
- 1977 - European weather satellite Meteosat 1 is launched from Cape Canaveral.
- 1981 - US President Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1985 - Retired US Central Intelligence Agency analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin is arrested for spying for China.
- 1989 - Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines.
- 1990 - The first all-female expedition (three Americans, one Japanese and twelve Russians) to the south pole set off from Antarctica on the first leg of a 70-day, 1287-kilometre ski trek.
- 1991 - Square releases the Final Fantasy II video game for the Super NES video game system in the US.
- 1998 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy Color handheld video game system in the USA. Price is US$79.95.
- 2008 - The U.S government rescues Citigroup Inc, agreeing to assume losses on about $250 billion of the bank's risky assets, and inject new capital of $20 billion.
Births on November 23
- 1804 - Birth of Franklin Pierce in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA; 14th US President (1853-1857) (dies 1869).
- 1888 - Birth of Harpo Marx [Adolph] in New York City, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Marx brothers) (dies 1964).
- 1915 - Birth of Esther Loretta Ray AKA Ellen Drew in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Isle of the Dead, Christmas in July).
- 1915 - Birth of John Dehner in Staten Island, New York, USA; Disney animator, radio deejay, actor (Gunsmoke, Palladin in CBS Radio's Have Gun Will Travel, Young Maverick, Big Hawaii, Bare Essence, How the West was Won, Temperatures Rising, Doris Day Show, Don Knotts Show.
- 1917 - Birth of George O'Hanlon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Calvin - Life of Riley, George Jetson - The Jetsons).
- 1926 - Birth of Don Gordon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Prentiss - Lucan).
- 1930 - Birth of Robert Easton in Milwaukee, USA; actor (Someone Up There Likes Me).
- 1939 - Birth of Susan Anspach in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Grace - Yellow Rose, Blume in Love).
- 1945 - Birth of Steve Landesberg in Bronx, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Barney Miller).
- 1956 - Birth of Michael Brainard in Louisiana, USA; actor (Joey Martin - All My Children).
- 1958 - Birth of David Wallace in Miami, Florida, USA; actor (General Hospital, Babysitter, Humongus).
Deaths on November 23
- 1814 - Death of Elbridge Thomas Gerry, American statesman and diplomat, Governor of Massachusetts (1810-11), Vice President (1813-14), at age 70.
- 1987 - Death of Marcia Henderson at age 58 in Yakima, Washington, USA; actress (Kathleen - The Aldrich Family, Two Girls Named Smith, World of Giants, Dear Phoebe).
- 1994 - Death of Art Barr, American professional wrestler (born 1966).
- 2015 - Death of Douglass North, American economist (born 1920).
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