November 23

November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining.

Events:

   * 1863 - Battle of Chattanooga begins
   * 1903 - Governor of Colorado James Peabody sends the state militia into
     the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike
   * 1955 - Cocos Islands transferred from United Kingdom to Asutralian
     control
   * 1963 - Doctor Who debuts.
   * 1971 - People's Republic of China seated in United Nations Security
     Council
   * 1981 - Ronald Reagan signs National Security Decision Directive 17
     (NSDD-17), extablishing the Contras

Births:

   * 912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (+ 973)
   * 1760 - Francois Noel Babeuf, revolutionary (+ 1797)
   * 1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States
   * 1859 - Billy the Kid, bandit (+ 1881)
   * 1860 - Hjalmar Branting, politician (+ 1925)
   * 1876 - Manuel de Falla, composer (+ 1946)
   * 1887 - Boris Karloff, actor (+ 1969)
   * 1888 - Harpo Marx, comedian (+ 1964)
   * 1892 - ErtŽ, artist (+ 1990)
   * 1901 - Marieluise Fleisser, author (+ 1974)
   * 1902 - Victor Jory, actor (+ 1982)
   * 1920 - Paul Celan, poet (+ 1970)
   * 1925 - JosŽ Napole—n Duarte, President of El Salvador (+ 1990)
   * 1928 - Pierre Etaix, actor, film director and writer
   * 1929 - GŸnter Gaus, publicist and politician
   * 1931 - Dervla Murphy, traveller, author
   * 1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, composer
   * 1934 - Robert Towne, writer, director, producer, actor
   * 1935 - Vladislav Volkov, cosmonaut
   * 1938 - Herbert Achternbusch, author and film director
   * 1941 - Franco Nero, actor
   * 1944 - Joe Eszterhas, producer, writer
   * 1944 - James Toback, writer, director
   * 1954 - Bruce Hornsby, musician
   * 1955 - Steven Brust, fantasy author
   * 1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, actor

Deaths:

   * 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England
   * 1814 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States of America
   * 1890 - King William III of the Netherlands
   * 1955 - Shemp Howard, actor, comedian (The Three Stooges)
   * 1965 - Queen Elizabeth of Belgium
   * 1973 - Sessue Hayakawa, actor
   * 1974 - Cornelius Ryan, author
   * 1979 - Merle Oberon, actress
   * 1990 - Roald Dahl, author
   * 1991 - Klaus Kinski, actor
   * 1992 - Roy Acuff, country music performer
   * 1995 - Louis Malle, director
   * 1995 - Junior Walker, musician

Holidays and Observances:

   * Bah‡'’ Faith - Feast of Qawl (Speech) - First day of the 14th month of
     the Bah‡'’ Calendar