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Historical Events
on November 23rd
- Lead Story
- First issue of Life is published,1936
- American Revolution
- Reluctant Patriot Edward Rutledge is born,1749
- Automotive
- Elvis Presley's "Spinout" opens in U.S. theaters,1966
- Civil War
- Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss born,1819
- Cold War
- Reagan gives CIA authority to establish the Contras,1981
- Crime
- The Birdman of Alcatraz is allowed a small taste of freedom,1959
- Disaster
- Southern Italy rocked by earthquake,1980
- General Interest
- Flemish pretender executed in London,1499
- Billy the Kid born,1859
- "Boss" Tweed delivered to authorities,1876
- IRA member sentenced for Mountbatten's assassination,1979
- Hollywood
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory creator Roald Dahl dies,1990
- Literary
- Far from the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy, is published,1874
- Music
- Blues legend Robert Johnson makes first-ever recording,1936
- Old West
- Colorado governor sends militia to Cripple Creek,1903
- Presidential
- Franklin Pierce is born,1804
- Sports
- BC wins on Hail Mary,1984
- Vietnam War
- Laird discloses the details of the Son Tay Raid,1970
- Paris peace talks deadlocked,1972
- World War I
- Battle of Ctesiphon in Mesopotamia,1915
- World War II
- Romania becomes an Axis "power",1940
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