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  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 November - 23.   

1893  On November - 23 jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa)   

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

1896  Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher on November - 23.   

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 this day in history the first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)   

1899  1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) on this day in history.   

1899  Norman Hunter, writer on this day in history.   

1901  Lieutenant LC Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, becomes the sixth and last Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Boer War on this day in history.   

1902  On November - 23 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  On November - 23 enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"   

1904  3rd Olympic games close in St Louis on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history 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  On November - 23 joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy   

1906  On November - 23 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 this day in history.   

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 November - 23.   

1910  Hal Schumacher, baseball player on this day in history.   

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

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

1911  On this day in history post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital   

1911  On this day in history peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf)   

1911  On this day in history 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 November - 23.   

1912  On this day in history det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist   

1914  The US Army retreats from Mexico on this day in history.   

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

1402  On this day in history birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)   

1417  On this day in history birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

1553  Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on November - 23.   

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 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  Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies   

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

1457  On November - 23 ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17   

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

1503  On November - 23 death of bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)