Page 4: Historical Events In November - 23

1890  On November - 23 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.   

1890  Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed   

1893  Harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born on this day in history.   

1893  Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa) on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912)   

1896  Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher on this day in history.   

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

1899  The first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco) on this day in history.   

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

1899  On this day in history 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 this day in history walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies   

1903  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 on this day in history.   

1903  Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto" on this day in history.   

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

1905  Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti on November - 23.   

1905  On this day in history 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 November - 23 mervyn Roberts, composer   

1908  Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter on November - 23.   

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

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

1909  Nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history hal Schumacher, baseball player   

1910  Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed on November - 23.   

1911  On November - 23 post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital   

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

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  On this day in history hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game   

1912  Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history the US Army retreats from Mexico.   

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1221  Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84) was born on November - 23.   

1402  Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468) was born on this day in history.   

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

1553  On this day in history 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  Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.   

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

1669  Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens) was born on November - 23.   

0615  Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies on November - 23.   

0947  Death of Berthold, Duke of Bavaria on November - 23.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1499  On this day in history death of perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged   

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