A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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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)
534 BC
Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.
1499
Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
1510
First campaign of Ottoman Empire against Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack its capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.
1910
Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
1943
World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
1980
A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 3,000 people.
1981
Iran-Contra Affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
1990
The first all woman expedition to the South Pole (3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 12 Russians), sets off from Antarctica on the 1st leg of a 70 day, 1287 kilometre ski trek.
2005
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
2009
The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines
Who were born on November 23?
1859
Billy the Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881)
1889
Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator and journalist (d. 1964)
1897
Karl Gebhardt, German Nazi figure (d. 1948)
1907
Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
1924
Colin Turnbull, British anthropologist (d. 1994)
1928
Jerry Bock, American musical theatre composer (d. 2010)
1943
Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1945
Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
1959
Maxwell Caulfield, British actor
1986
Gia Johnson, British fashion model
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