November 23 in History

Historical Events on November 23

1174 Saladin enters Damascus, and adds it to his domain.

1248 Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.

1510 First campaign of the Ottoman Empire against the Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack the capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.

1644 John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.

1863 American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

1914 Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

1939 World War II: HMS Rawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

1981 Iran-Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

2011 Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.

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Famous Birthdays on November 23

1934 Lew Hoad

1950 Charles Schumer

1962 Nicolás Maduro

1992 Miley Cyrus

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Famous Deaths on November 23

1814 Elbridge Gerry

1990 Roald Dahl

2014 Marion Barry

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