November 23: Day of the Week
November 23, 2022 is the 327th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 38 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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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.
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November 23 Historical Event(s)
- 534 BCThespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.
- 1499Pretender 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.
- 1863American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins – Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.
- 1934An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
- 1981Iran-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.
- 1990The 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.
- 1996Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
- 2001The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
- 2003Rose Revolution: the Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
- 2006A series of bombing kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
Who were born on November 23?
- 1902Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services figure (d. 2004)
- 1914Roger Avon, English actor (d. 1998)
- 1928Jerry Bock, American musical theatre composer (d. 2010)
- 1936Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
- 1944James Toback, American writer and director
- 1946Diana Quick, English actress
- 1952Bill Troiano, American musician
- 1976Kohei Suwama, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1984Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
- 1985Ahn Hyun-Soo, South Korean short track skater
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