Historical Events In November - 23

1890  On this day in history 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  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 November - 23.  

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

1897  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 on November - 23.  

1897  Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars on this day in history.  

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 November - 23.  

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 November - 23.  

1902  Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies on November - 23.  

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 November - 23.  

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

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

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

1905  Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti on this day in history.  

1906  On November - 23 joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy  

1906  Mervyn Roberts, composer on this day in history.  

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

1909  On this day in history 18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record)  

1909  On this day in history 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)  

1909  On this day in history 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 November - 23.  

1911  On this day in history 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  Peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf) on November - 23.  

1911  Bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies on this day in history.  

1912  On November - 23 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 November - 23.  

1914  On November - 23 the US Army retreats from Mexico.  

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1221  On this day in history birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)  

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  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  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  On this day in history death of berthold, Duke of Bavaria  

0955  On this day in history death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)  

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

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

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 November - 23.