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Historical Events on November 23

  • Ferdinand III of Castile

    1248

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

  • Kingdom of Imereti

    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.

  • Third Battle of Chattanooga

    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.

  • United States occupation of Veracruz

    1914

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

  • Andromeda Galaxy

    1924

    Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

  • HMS Rawalpindi

    1939

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

  • Charles de Gaulle

    1959

    French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

  • United Nations Security Council

    1971

    Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.

  • 2011 Yemeni uprising

    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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