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Birthday November 23, 0912 Otto I (the Great), German king, Holy Roman emperor (962-73) |
Birthday November 23, 1221 Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile and Leon (1252) |
Birthday November 23, 1749 Gov. Edward Rutledge, of S.C., signer of Declaration of Independence |
Birthday November 23, 1749 Reluctant Patriot Edward Rutledge is born |
Birthday November 23, 1804 Franklin Pierce is born |
Birthday November 23, 1804 Franklin Pierce, 14th Pres (1853-1857) |
Birthday November 23, 1819 Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss born |
Birthday November 23, 1859 Billy the Kid born |
Birthday November 23, 1859 Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney), criminal |
Birthday November 23, 1860 Karl Branting, Swedish statesman, diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921) |
Birthday November 23, 1887 Boris Karloff, bogeyman (Frankenstein, Isle of the Dead) |
Birthday November 23, 1930 Vera Miles, in Okla |
Birthday November 23, 1930 William Brock, Sen |
Birthday November 23, 1933 Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (Hiroshima Threnody) |
Birthday November 23, 1935 Vladislav N. Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 11) |
Birthday November 23, 1952 Francie Larrieu, Track runner |
History November 23, 1499 Flemish pretender executed in London |
History November 23, 1852 just past midnight a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30 feet |
History November 23, 1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs |
History November 23, 1874 Far from the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy, is published |
History November 23, 1876 Boss Tweed delivered to authorities |
History November 23, 1903 Colorado governor sends militia to Cripple Creek |
History November 23, 1911 Post Hospital at Presidio SF renamed Letterman General Hospital |
History November 23, 1915 Battle of Ctesiphon in Mesopotamia |
History November 23, 1936 Blues legend Robert Johnson makes first-ever recording |
History November 23, 1940 Romania becomes an Axis power |
History November 23, 1948 Lens to provide zoom effects patented - FG Back |
History November 23, 1959 The Birdman of Alcatraz is allowed a small taste of freedom |
History November 23, 1966 Elvis Presley's Spinout opens in U.S. theaters |
History November 23, 1970 Laird discloses the details of the Son Tay Raid |
History November 23, 1972 Paris peace talks deadlocked |
History November 23, 1979 Merle Oberon dies at 68 |
History November 23, 1979 IRA member sentenced for Mountbatten's assassination |
History November 23, 1980 Mae West dies at 88 |
History November 23, 1980 Southern Italy rocked by earthquake |
History November 23, 1981 Reagan gives CIA authority to establish the Contras |
History November 23, 1984 BC wins on Hail Mary |
History November 23, 1990 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory creator Roald Dahl dies |
History November 23, 2012 Larry Hagman, star of Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie, dies |