November 23
Frederick, Maryland marks this day as
Repudiation Day, commemorating the repeal, or repudiation, of the
Stamp Act of 1765.
There are
38 days remaining in 2016.
There are
31 days until Christmas.
Events
534 BC –
Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.
1174 –
Saladin enters
Damascus, and adds it to his domain.
1644 –
John Milton publishes
Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.
1876 – Corrupt
Tammany Hall leader
William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
1889 – The first
jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
1924 –
Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the
Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
1936 –
Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
1953 – Pilot
Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson
disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
1963 – The BBC broadcasts the first episode of
An Unearthly Child (starring
William Hartnell), the first story from the first series of
Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
1976 – Apneist
Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
1976 - Ten hours after his last arrest,
Jerry Lee Lewis was arredted again after brandishing a
Derringer pistol outside
Elvis Presley's
Graceland home in Memphis, demanding to see the 'King'. When police arrived they found Lewis sat in his car with the loaded Derringer pistol resting on his knee.
1979 -
Pink Floyd released the single '
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)' which rapidly topped the charts in the UK, followed by the US and a further 9 countries.
1981 –
Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret
National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17)(<--pdf), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support
Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
1992 - American country music singer
Roy Acuff died aged 89. Known as the "King of Country Music," he was the first living artist elected to the
Country Music Hall Of Fame.
1992 – The first smartphone, the
IBM Simon, is introduced at
COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2003 –
Rose Revolution: Georgian president
Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
2007 –
MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the
South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
2015 –
Blue Origin's
New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.
Births
870 – Alexander; 1804 – Franklin Pierce (14th POTUS); 1887 – Boris Karloff
; 1888 – Harpo Marx; 1902 – Victor Jory ('Chief Iron Belly' in
The Mountain Men, highly recommend watching this movie if you haven't seen it); 1915 –
John Dehner;
1926 – R. L. Burnside
; 1936 – Steve Landesberg ('Detective Dietrich' on
Barney Miller); 1942 – Susan Anspach; 1948 – Bruce Vilanch; 1949 – Alan Paul♪ ♫(Manhattan Transfer); 1951 – David Rappaport; 1954 – Bruce Hornsby♪ ♫(Bruce Hornsby & The Range); 1959 – Maxwell Caulfield; 1960 – Robin Roberts; 1961 – John Schnatter (Papa John's Pizza); 1962 – Nicolás Maduro; 1966 – Vincent Cassel; 1992 – Miley Cyrus♪ ♫
Deaths
1814 – Elbridge Gerry (5th VPOTUS); 1910 – Hawley Harvey Crippen (first suspect to be captured with the aid of wireless telegraphy); 1979 – Merle Oberon; 1982 – Rev. Grady Nutt; 1990 – Roald Dahl; 1991 – Klaus Kinski; 1992 – Roy Acuff
; 1994, Tommy Boyce♪ ♫(wrote
"Last Train To Clarksville" &
"Scooby- Doo Where Are You"); 1995 – Louis Malle; 1995 – Junior Walker♪ ♫(Jr. Walker & The All Stars); 2006 – Anita O'Day♪ ♫; 2006 – Willie Pep
; 2012 – Larry Hagman; 2014 – Marion Barry
