Top Historical Events That Happened on November 23

2012  JR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour.   

2014  A suicide bomber results in the deaths of 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan.   

2017  Papua New Guinea Police storm Manus Island refugee camp, forcibly removing asylum seekers   

2017  Brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy.   

2018  In this year, Phil Mickelson claims $9m winner-takes-all prize in dramatic matchplay golf duel with Tiger Woods , finishing under floodlights in Las Vegas; match goes to 22nd hole before Mickelson sinks 4-foot putt for rich victory.   

2018  US Federal Climate report finds climate change will reduce economy by 10% by 2100 with $141 billion cost from heat-related deaths, $118 billion from sea level rise.   

2018  Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana apologize for culturally insensitive video and media posts insulting Chinese culture, cancel Shanghai fashion show.   

2018  Alabama police kill the wrong suspect after a gunman shoots 18-year-old man and 12-year-old girl at Riverchase Galleria Mall in Hoovermall   

2019  An independence referendum begins in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Voters overwhelmingly choose independence.   

2019  The last known Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia dies   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] AstraZeneca's AZD1222 vaccine, developed in collaboration with Oxford University, is shown to be 70% effective in protecting against COVID-19. The efficacy can be raised to 90% if an initial half dose is followed by a full dose a month later, based on interim data   

2021  Manuscript of early workings of Albert Einstein 's theory of relativity "one of the most important scientific documents of the 20th century" sells at auction for $13 million [1]   

2021  A bus crashes in Pernik Province, Bulgaria, killing 46 North Macedonian tourists returning from Istanbul   

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