EVENTS ON 23rd NOVEMBER IN HISTORY
- 1584 - English parliament expels Jesuits
- 1654 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense, mystical vision that marks him for life.
- 1848 - Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston
- 1871 - Railway bridge over Dutch Deep opens
- 1892 - P de Coubertin launches plan for Modern Olympic Games
- 1897 - Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love
- 1942 - Col-gen Von Paul asks Hitler to surrender
- 1943 - British Forces Broadcasting Service begins operation
- 1971 - China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council
- 1978 – Cyclone kills about 1000 people in Eastern Sri Lanka.
- 1983 - Soyuz T-9 lands
- 1992 - 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
- 1996 - The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization.
- 2009 – The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines
- 2014 - A suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan
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