Page 4: Historical Events In November - 23

1890  King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir on November - 23.   

1890  Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73 on November - 23.   

1892  On this day in history battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed   

1893  On this day in history harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born   

1893  On November - 23 jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa)   

1894  On November - 23 ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912)   

1896  Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher on this day in history.   

1897  Eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before on this day in history.   

1897  Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars on November - 23.   

1899  On November - 23 the first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)   

1899  1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) on November - 23.   

1899  On November - 23 norman Hunter, writer   

1901  On this day in history lieutenant LC Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, becomes the sixth and last Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Boer War   

1902  On November - 23 walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies   

1903  On this day in history enrico Caruso, famed Italian tenor, made his debut in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He sang in the role of the Duke in Rigoletto.   

1903  Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto" on November - 23.   

1904  3rd Olympic games close in St Louis on November - 23.   

1905  Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti on this day in history.   

1905  On November - 23 henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti   

1906  On November - 23 joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy   

1906  Mervyn Roberts, composer on November - 23.   

1908  On November - 23 leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter   

1909  On this day in history 18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record)   

1909  On this day in history 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)   

1909  Nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce) on this day in history.   

1910  Hal Schumacher, baseball player on this day in history.   

1910  Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed on November - 23.   

1911  On this day in history post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital   

1911  Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital on November - 23.   

1911  On this day in history peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf)   

1911  On November - 23 bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies   

1912  Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game on November - 23.   

1912  On this day in history det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist   

1914  On November - 23 the US Army retreats from Mexico.   

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1221  Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84) was born on this day in history.   

1402  On this day in history birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)   

1417  On November - 23 birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

1553  On November - 23 birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)   

1616  John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707) was born on November - 23.   

1641  On this day in history birth of anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)   

1669  Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens) was born on this day in history.   

0615  On November - 23 columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies   

0947  Death of Berthold, Duke of Bavaria on this day in history.   

0955  On this day in history death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)   

1249  On November - 23 ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies   

1407  On this day in history death of louis, duke of Orleans, murdered   

1457  Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17 on November - 23.   

1499  On this day in history death of perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged   

1503  On November - 23 death of bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)