Historical Events In November - 23

1960  Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year on November - 23.  

1962  On November - 23 gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81  

1963  On November - 23 horatio Alger Society founded  

1963  JFK's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House on this day in history.  

1964  Beatles release "I Feel Fine" &"She's a Woman" on November - 23.  

1965  On this day in history franc Debenham, Australian geographer/geologer, dies at 81  

1967  Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies on this day in history.  

1969  On November - 23 the first space-to-ground news conference was telecast this day. Reporters in Houston submitted written questions to a lieutenant at the Houston NASA base, who read them to astronauts aboard Apollo 12.  

1970  On this day in history secretary of Defense Melvin Laird discloses the November 21U.S. raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. The raid was conducted almost flawlessly, but no prisoners of war were found in the camp. They had been moved earlier to other locations.  

1970  Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60 on this day in history.  

1971  China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council on November - 23.  

1971  Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies on November - 23.  

1972  Marie Wilson, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history claire Dodd, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64  

1974  On November - 23 cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54  

1976  Andre Malraux, [Berger], author (Conquerors)/min of Culture, dies on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history european weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral  

1979  Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1980  On November - 23 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy  

1980  On this day in history herby Wade, cricketer (South African capt 10 Tests 1935-36), dies  

1982  On November - 23 challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB and mated for STS-6  

1982  On this day in history "Reverend" Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47  

1985  58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijacked Egyptair jet in Malta on November - 23.  

1985  On November - 23 retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China  

1987  On November - 23 the Chicago Board of Trade took its own precautionary steps, implementing a daily price ceiling on the Major Market Index future, as well as the Institutional Index future  

1988  On this day in history south Africa Botha reprieves Sharpeville Six  

1988  On November - 23 wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal  

1988  South Africa: Botha reprieves Sharpeville Six on November - 23.  

1989  On this day in history pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines  

1990  On this day in history bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37  

1991  On November - 23 evander Hollyfield retains HW boxing title, KOs Bert Cooper in 7  

1991  On November - 23 ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82  

1992  Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies on this day in history.  

1993  On November - 23 gerarda "Meik" Rueter, sculptor, dies at 89  

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

1402  On November - 23 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 this day in history.  

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

0947  On this day in history death of berthold, Duke of Bavaria  

0955  On November - 23 death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)  

1249  On this day in history ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies  

1407  Death of Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered on November - 23.  

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

1499  On November - 23 death of perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged  

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