Page 8: Historical Events In November - 23

1994  Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70 on November - 23.   

1995  Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66 on November - 23.   

2006  On November - 23 a series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Sadr City, Baghdad, kill at least 215 people and injure 257 others.   

2006  On November - 23 alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB agent, is killed by Polonium-210 in a London sushi bar.   

2010  On November - 23 north Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea. The incident caused an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula and prompted widespread international condemnation. The United Nations declared it to be one of the most serious incidents since the end of the Korean War.   

2011  On November - 23 arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.   

2012  On November - 23 jR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour   

2014  On November - 23 a suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan   

2017  Papua New Guinea Police storm Manus Island refugee camp, forcibly removing asylum seekers on November - 23.   

2017  On November - 23 brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy   

2018  On this day in history phil Mickelson claims $9m winner-takes-all prize in dramatic matchplay golf duel with Tiger Woods , finishing under floodlights in Las Vegas; match goes to 22nd hole before Mickelson sinks 4-foot putt for rich victory   

2018  US Federal Climate report finds climate change will reduce economy by 10% by 2100 with $141 billion cost from heat-related deaths, $118 billion from sea level rise on November - 23.   

2018  On November - 23 italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana apologize for culturally insensitive video and media posts insulting Chinese culture, cancel Shanghai fashion show   

2018  On this day in history alabama police kill the wrong suspect after a gunman shoots 18-year-old man and 12-year-old girl at Riverchase Galleria Mall in Hoovermall   

2019  On November - 23 an independence referendum begins in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Voters overwhelmingly choose independence.   

2019  The last known Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia dies on November - 23.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] AstraZeneca's AZD1222 vaccine, developed in collaboration with Oxford University, is shown to be 70% effective in protecting against COVID-19. The efficacy can be raised to 90% if an initial half dose is followed by a full dose a month later, based on interim data on November - 23.   

2021  On November - 23 manuscript of early workings of Albert Einstein 's theory of relativity "one of the most important scientific documents of the 20th century" sells at auction for $13 million [1]   

2021  On November - 23 a bus crashes in Pernik Province, Bulgaria, killing 46 North Macedonian tourists returning from Istanbul.   

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1221  On November - 23 birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

1402  On November - 23 birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)   

1417  William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.   

1553  Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On November - 23 birth of john Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)   

1632  Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707) was born on this day in history.   

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 November - 23.   

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

0947  On November - 23 death of berthold, Duke of Bavaria   

0955  Death of Edred, King of England (b. c. 923) on November - 23.   

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on this day in history.   

1407  Death of Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered on November - 23.   

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

1499  Death of Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged on November - 23.   

1503  Death of Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449) on this day in history.