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 this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73   

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

1893  Harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born on November - 23.   

1893  Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa) on November - 23.   

1894  Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912) on November - 23.   

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

1897  On November - 23 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.   

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

1899  The first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco) on this day in history.   

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

1899  Norman Hunter, writer on this day in history.   

1901  On November - 23 lieutenant LC Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, becomes the sixth and last Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Boer War   

1902  Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies on this day in history.   

1903  On November - 23 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  On this day in history 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis   

1905  Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti on November - 23.   

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

1906  On this day in history joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy   

1906  Mervyn Roberts, composer on November - 23.   

1908  Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter on November - 23.   

1909  On November - 23 18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record)   

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

1909  On this day in history nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce)   

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

1910  Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed on this day in history.   

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

1911  Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital on this day in history.   

1911  Peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf) on November - 23.   

1911  Bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies on November - 23.   

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

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

1914  The US Army retreats from Mexico on this day in history.   

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1221  Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84) was born on November - 23.   

1402  Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468) was born on November - 23.   

1417  On this day in history birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

1553  Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on November - 23.   

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  On November - 23 birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)   

0615  Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies on this day in history.   

0947  On this day in history death of berthold, Duke of Bavaria   

0955  On November - 23 death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)   

1249  On this day in history ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies   

1407  Death of Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered on this day in history.   

1457  On November - 23 ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17   

1499  Death of Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history death of bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)