Page 4: Historical Events In November - 23

1890  King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73   

1892  Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed on November - 23.   

1893  On November - 23 harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born   

1893  Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa) on November - 23.   

1894  Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher   

1897  On this day in history eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before.   

1897  On November - 23 andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars   

1899  On November - 23 the first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)   

1899  1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) on November - 23.   

1899  On November - 23 norman Hunter, writer   

1901  On November - 23 lieutenant LC Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, becomes the sixth and last Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Boer War   

1902  On November - 23 walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies   

1903  On this day in history enrico Caruso, famed Italian tenor, made his debut in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He sang in the role of the Duke in Rigoletto.   

1903  On November - 23 enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"   

1904  On November - 23 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis   

1905  On November - 23 henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti   

1905  On November - 23 henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti   

1906  Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history mervyn Roberts, composer   

1908  Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter on this day in history.   

1909  18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record) on November - 23.   

1909  On November - 23 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)   

1909  On November - 23 nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce)   

1910  On November - 23 hal Schumacher, baseball player   

1910  Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed on this day in history.   

1911  Post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital on this day in history.   

1911  Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital on November - 23.   

1911  On November - 23 peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf)   

1911  On November - 23 bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies   

1912  Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game on this day in history.   

1912  Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist on November - 23.   

1914  The US Army retreats from Mexico on November - 23.   

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1221  Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84) was born on this day in history.   

1402  On November - 23 birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)   

1417  William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.   

1553  Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on this day in history.   

1616  John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis) was born on November - 23.   

1632  Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707) was born on November - 23.   

1641  On this day in history birth of anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)   

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

0615  On this day in history 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 November - 23.   

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on November - 23.   

1407  Death of Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered on this day in history.   

1457  On this day in history ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17   

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

1503  Death of Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449) on November - 23.