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November 23: Day of the Week
November 23, 2024 is the 328th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 38 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.
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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
November 23 Historical Event(s)
1510
First campaign of Ottoman Empire against Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack its capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.
1531
The Second war of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
1808
French and Poles defeat the Spanish at battle of Tudela
1936
Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
1955
The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia.
1972
The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching N-1 Rocket. The launch is a failure and the rocket is destroyed.
1985
Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
1993
Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
2001
The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
2003
Rose Revolution: the Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
Who were born on November 23?
1887
Boris Karloff, British actor (d. 1969)
1907
Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
1914
Roger Avon, English actor (d. 1998)
1931
Gloria Lynne, American singer
1945
Jim Doyle, American politician
1949
Sandra Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
1955
Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist
1955
Steven Brust, American author
1967
Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer
1980
Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
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