Monday, November 23, 2009

This was 327th day of the year and 38 days remained in the year.


November 23 Birthdays

Franklin Pierce
1804–1869, 14th President of the United States

John Wallis
mathematician (1616)

 William H. Bonney
outlaw A.K.A. Billie The Kid (1859)

 Manuel de Falla
composer (1876)

 Boris Karloff
actor (1887)

 Miley Cyrus
actor (1992)

November 23 in History

1889

The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco.

1936

First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands. The cover photograph, by Margaret Bourke-White, featured the Fort Peck Dam.

1945

U.S. wartime food rationing, of meat, butter, and other foods, ended.

1971

People's Republic of China was seated at the UN Security Council.

2003

Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president of Georgia.

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