Historical Events In November - 23

1994  Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70 on November - 23.   

1995  Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66 on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history a series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Sadr City, Baghdad, kill at least 215 people and injure 257 others.   

2006  On this day in history alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB agent, is killed by Polonium-210 in a London sushi bar.   

2010  North Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea. The incident caused an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula and prompted widespread international condemnation. The United Nations declared it to be one of the most serious incidents since the end of the Korean War on November - 23.   

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 on this day in history.   

2012  JR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour on November - 23.   

2014  On November - 23 a suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan   

2017  On this day in history papua New Guinea Police storm Manus Island refugee camp, forcibly removing asylum seekers   

2017  On this day in history brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy   

2018  Phil Mickelson claims $9m winner-takes-all prize in dramatic matchplay golf duel with Tiger Woods , finishing under floodlights in Las Vegas; match goes to 22nd hole before Mickelson sinks 4-foot putt for rich victory on November - 23.   

2018  US Federal Climate report finds climate change will reduce economy by 10% by 2100 with $141 billion cost from heat-related deaths, $118 billion from sea level rise on this day in history.   

2018  Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana apologize for culturally insensitive video and media posts insulting Chinese culture, cancel Shanghai fashion show on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history alabama police kill the wrong suspect after a gunman shoots 18-year-old man and 12-year-old girl at Riverchase Galleria Mall in Hoovermall   

2019  On November - 23 an independence referendum begins in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Voters overwhelmingly choose independence.   

2019  On this day in history the last known Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia dies.   

2020  On November - 23 [COVID-19 pandemic] AstraZeneca's AZD1222 vaccine, developed in collaboration with Oxford University, is shown to be 70% effective in protecting against COVID-19. The efficacy can be raised to 90% if an initial half dose is followed by a full dose a month later, based on interim data.   

2021  Manuscript of early workings of Albert Einstein 's theory of relativity "one of the most important scientific documents of the 20th century" sells at auction for $13 million [1] on November - 23.   

2021  A bus crashes in Pernik Province, Bulgaria, killing 46 North Macedonian tourists returning from Istanbul on November - 23.   

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1221  On November - 23 birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

1402  Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468) was born on November - 23.   

1417  On November - 23 birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

1553  On November - 23 birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)   

1616  John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On November - 23 birth of jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)   

1641  Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On November - 23 birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)   

0615  On November - 23 columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies   

0947  Death of Berthold, Duke of Bavaria on this day in history.   

0955  Death of Edred, King of England (b. c. 923) on this day in history.   

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on this day in history.   

1407  On this day in history death of louis, duke of Orleans, murdered   

1457  Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17 on November - 23.   

1499  Death of Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged on this day in history.   

1503  Death of Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449) on this day in history.