November 23 historical events
1256 — Siege of Maymun-Diz
The siege of Maymun-Diz, an unlocated fortress and the stronghold of the leader of the Nizari Ismaili state, Imam Rukn al-Din Khurshah, occurred in 1256, during the Mongol campaign against the Nizaris led by Hülegü. The new Nizari Imam was already engaged in negotiations with Hülegü as he was advancing toward his stronghold. The Mongols insisted that all Nizari fortresses be dismantled, but the Imam tried to negotiate a compromise.
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1271 — Battle of Qaqun
The Battle of Qaqun was a military engagement between the Crusaders and the Mamluks in Qaqun. The Crusaders, who were led by Prince Edward, led a raid against the Mamluk fortress of Qaqun. Initially successful, the Crusaders failed to take Qaqun and were routed by a Mamluk relief force.
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1305 — Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Malwa
In 1305, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji sent an army to capture the Paramara kingdom of Malwa in central India. The Delhi army defeated and killed the powerful Paramara minister Goga, while the Paramara king Mahalakadeva took shelter in the Mandu fort. Alauddin appointed Ayn al-Mulk Multani as the governor of Malwa. After consolidating his power in Malwa, Ayn al-Mulk besieged Mandu and killed Mahalakadeva.
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1407 — Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War
The Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War was a conflict between two cadet branches of the French royal family: the House of Orléans (Armagnac faction) and the House of Burgundy (Burgundian faction) from 1407 to 1435. It began during a lull in the Hundred Years' War against the English and overlapped with the Western Schism of the papacy.
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1473 — Siege of Dâmbovița Fortress
The siege of Dâmbovița Fortress took place on 23 November 1473 when an army of Moldavia, led by Stephen the Great, besieged the fortress where Radu the Handsome, ruler of Wallachia, had taken refuge. After the loss at Vodna stream, in 18–20 November 1473, Radu the Handsome retreated to Dâmbovița Fortress (Bucharest). However, he did not have time to properly organize his defence, the fortress being besieged on 23 November by the troops of Stephen the Great.
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1563 — Battle of Gibraltar (1563)
The 1563 Battle of Gibraltar was a naval battle between an English fleet and the Spanish garrison of the Fortress of Gibraltar led by Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz.
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1619 — Battle of Humenné
The Battle of Humenné (Hungarian: Homonnai csata, Polish: bitwa pod Humiennem or pierwsza odsiecz wiedeńska) took place on November 23, 1619 near Humenné (eastern Slovakia) during the first period of the Thirty Years' War between the Transylvanian army and the Polish forces of Lisowczycy. It was the only battle of that war to involve the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The battle was won by the Polish cavalry led by Walenty Rogawski against the Transylvanian corps commanded by George Rákóczi, the future Prince of Transylvania.
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1650 — Action of 23 November 1650
The Action of 23 November 1650 was a minor naval battle between Spain and France, in which a small Spanish squadron of 6 galleys commanded by Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, Duke of Alburquerque, captured an entirety of a French squadron of galleons under the Baron de Ligny, near Cambrils, during the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659). The French fleet consisted of a galleon of 500 tons and 30 cannons, 2 of 300 tons with 20 cannons, and the last of 300 tons and 16 cannons.
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1733 — 1733 slave insurrection on St. John
The 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (Danish: Slaveoprøret på Sankt Jan), also known as the Slave Uprising of 1733, was a slave insurrection started on Sankt Jan in the Danish West Indies (now St. John, United States Virgin Islands) on November 23, 1733, when 150 African slaves from Akwamu, in present-day Ghana, revolted against the owners and managers of the island's plantations.
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1745 — Battle of Hennersdorf
The Battle of Hennersdorf, sometimes referred to as Catholic-Hennersdorf, was a minor encounter that took place on November 23, 1745 in Katholisch-Hennersdorf in Silesia (Prussia, present-day Poland) during the War of the Austrian Succession. The Prussians under Frederick II defeated the Austrians under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. The Prussians surprised the Austrians and Saxons in their cantonments in Lusatia with the most success at Hennersdorf. There a force of two regiments of hussars and two regiments of cuirassiers under Zieten attacked a small force of two battalions of Saxon infantry and three regiments of Saxon cavalry.
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1780 — Battle of Fort St. George
The Battle of Fort St. George (or Fort George) was the culmination of a Continental Army raiding expedition led by Benjamin Tallmadge against a fortified Loyalist outpost and storage depot at the Manor St. George on the south coast of Long Island on November 23, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. Tallmadge's raid was successful; the garrison was surprised, and many provisions and prisoners were taken.
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1808 — Battle of Tudela
The Battle of Tudela (23 November 1808) saw an Imperial French army led by Marshal Jean Lannes attack a Spanish army under General Castaños. The battle resulted in the complete victory of the Imperial forces over their adversaries. The combat occurred near Tudela in Navarre, Spain during the Peninsular War, part of a wider conflict known as the Napoleonic Wars. Spanish casualties were estimated to be about 4,000 dead and 3,000 prisoners out of a total force of 33,000. The French and Poles lost no more than 600 dead and wounded out of a total of 30,000.
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1809 — Battle of Carpio
The Battle of Carpio or Battle of El Carpio took place at El Carpio, near Medina del Campo, Valladolid, on 23 November 1809, between a Spanish force of 19,000 men commanded by the Lieutenant-General Diego de Cañas y Portocarrero, Duke del Parque and a French force of 10,000 regulars and 1,700 cavalry under the General François Étienne de Kellermann during the Peninsular War.
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1812 — Battle of Loschniza
The Battle of Loschniza (Loshnitsa) or the second battle of Borisov was a meeting engagement that took place on 23 November 1812, between parts of the French army and parts of the Russian armies. The French under Nicolas Oudinot defeated in detail the Russian troops under Pavel Chichagov.
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1816 — 1816 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1816 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 23, 1816, in order to elect the governor of North Carolina. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor William Miller was re-elected by the North Carolina General Assembly as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election is unknown.
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1823 — Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
The "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis" was the popular name for a French army mobilized in 1823 by the Bourbon King of France, Louis XVIII, to help the Spanish Bourbon royalists restore King Ferdinand VII of Spain to the absolute power of which he had been deprived during the Liberal Triennium. Despite the name, the actual number of troops was between 60,000 and 90,000.
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1833 — Siamese–Vietnamese War (1833–1834)
The Siamese–Vietnamese War of 1833–1834 (Thai: อานามสยามยุทธ (พ.ศ. 2376 – พ.ศ. 2377), Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt–Xiêm (1833–1834)), was a part of centuries-long conflict between Siam and Vietnam for suzerainty over Post-Angkor Cambodia. After the Siamese–Vietnamese conflict over Cambodia during 1811–1813, Cambodia shifted from being under Siamese domination to the period of Vietnamese influence. Though losing Cambodia, Siam had always entertained the idea of retaking Cambodia.
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1835 — 1835 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1835 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 23, 1835, in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Democratic candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 4th district Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly against Whig candidate and former member of the North Carolina Senate William B. Meares, Democratic candidate and incumbent member of the North Carolina Senate William Dunn Moseley and Whig candidate and former member of the North Carolina Senate Joseph M. Carson.
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1836 — 1836 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
A presidential election was held in Rhode Island on November 23, 1836 as part of the 1836 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Rhode Island voted for Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren over Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. Van Buren won Rhode Island by a narrow margin of 4.48%.
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1836 — Battle of Majaceite
The Battle of Majaceite was fought in the First Carlist War. Ramón María Narváez y Campos was ordered to intercept the expedition of the Carlist general Miguel Gómez Damas. Narváez left Madrid in October 1836 with three divisions, while Gómez Damas left Ronda on 18 November 1836, entering Algeciras on 22 November. On 23 November, when he departed Algeciras, Gómez Damas found himself surrounded at the citadel known as Alcalá de los Gazules.
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1837 — Battle of Saint-Denis (1837)
The Battle of Saint-Denis was fought on November 23, 1837, between British colonial authorities under Lieutenant-Colonel Gore and Patriote rebels in Lower Canada as part of the Lower Canada Rebellion. The Patriotes were led by Wolfred Nelson. Gore was sent to quell the uprising in the Richelieu River valley in conjunction with a force led by Lieutenant-Colonel George Wetherall. Gore was the first to arrive at a Patriote-held site.
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1840 — 1840 United States presidential election in South Carolina
A presidential election was held in South Carolina on November 23, 1840 as part of the 1840 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, rather than by popular vote, who voted for president and vice president. South Carolina cast 11 electoral votes for the Democratic candidate Martin Van Buren. These electors were chosen by the South Carolina General Assembly, the state legislature.
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1847 — Skirmish at Matamoros
The Skirmish at Matamoros on November 23, 1847, was a U.S. victory of Gen. Joseph Lane, over a detachment under Colonel Piedras guarding the depot of the Mexican Army Light Corps that had been harassing the U. S. Army line of communications on the National Road under Gen. Joaquín Rea late in the Mexican-American War.
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1852 — Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1852–1853)
The Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1852–1853) (Serbian: Црногорско-турски рат, romanized: Crnogorsko-turski rat) broke out after Ottoman retaliation for the Montenegrin secret aid to Herzegovinian rebels.
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1856 — Battle of San Juan del Sur
The Battle of San Juan del Sur was a minor naval engagement during the Filibuster War between the Nicaraguan (Filibusters) schooner Granada and the Costa Rican brig Once de Abril, which took place off San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.
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1861 — Battle of Pensacola (1861)
The Battle of Pensacola was a 15-month armed struggle for Pensacola, Florida that began before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Confederate forces took control of the port city on the Gulf of Mexico while U.S. forces retained a foothold on nearby Santa Rosa Island. In May 1862 Confederate troops evacuated and the U.S. occupied the city.
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1863 — Union forces advance on Orchard Knob
Union troops under George H. Thomas advanced on Orchard Knob outside Chattanooga on 23 November 1863, pushing Confederate forces back toward Missionary Ridge.
This was a November action within the wider Chattanooga campaign, rather than the October fighting at Wauhatchie.
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1890 — Italian general election, 1890
General elections were held in Italy on 23 November 1890, with a second round of voting on 30 November. The "ministerial" left-wing bloc emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 401 of the 508 seats. As in 1886, the election was held using small multi-member constituencies with between two and five seats.
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1899 — Battle of Belmont (1899)
The Battle of Belmont is the name of an engagement of the Second Boer War on 23 November 1899, where the British under Lord Methuen assaulted a Boer position on Belmont kopje. Methuen's three brigades were on their way to raise the Boer siege of Kimberley. A Boer force of about 2,000 men had entrenched on the range of Belmont kopje to delay their advance. Methuen sent the Guards Brigade on a night march to outflank the Boers, but due to faulty maps the Grenadier Guards found themselves in front of the Boer position instead.
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1899 — Battle of Willow Grange
The Battle of Willow Grange, which took place on 23 November 1899 at Willow Grange, south of Estcourt, saw the Boer forces under General Piet Joubert defeat the British forces. The battle was fought in adverse weather conditions; lightning struck, killing one civilian and knocking two others unconscious, and also killed six horses. Additionally, one British soldier was struck by lightning.
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1910 — Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden
Johan Alfred Andersson Ander (27 November 1873 – 23 November 1910) was a convicted Swedish murderer and the last person to be executed in Sweden. The only person to be executed in Sweden following the instatement of the guillotine, he remains the only person executed by this means in Swedish history (before 1907, capital punishment was executed through manual beheading).
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1911 — 1911 Hitchin by-election
The 1911 Hitchin by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 23 November 1911. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
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1911 — Russian involvement in the Persian Constitutional Revolution
The Russian involvement in the Persian Constitutional Revolution (Russian: Участие Российской империи в Персидской конституционной революции; Persian: مداخله امپراتوری روسیه در انقلاب مشروطه ایران) was to support the authoritarian faction led by Mohammad Ali Shah to defeat the constitutionalists. Until 20 April 1909, when the Russian army under Major General I. Snarsky occupied Tabriz to protect the Russian consuls, the Russian Empire indirectly supported Ali Shah and the authoritarian faction.
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1914 — Battle of Veracruz (1914)
The Battle of Veracruz was a military conflict between the United States and Mexico that took place in the Mexican port city of Veracruz between April 21 to November 23, 1914. The incident occurred in the midst of tense diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States related to the ongoing Mexican Revolution.
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1914 — Winter operations 1914–1915
Winter operations 1914–1915 is the name given to military operations during the First World War, from 23 November 1914 – 6 February 1915, in the 1921 report of the British government Battles Nomenclature Committee. The operations took place on the part of the Western Front held by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), in French and Belgian Flanders.
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1916 — Battle of Robănești
The Battle of Robănești (frequently referred to as the Charge of Robănești) is a confrontation which took place between Romanian and German troops during the Romanian Campaign of World War I.
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1918 — Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia
The Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia was a military engagement that ensued in the aftermath of World War I between forces loyal to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and later the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and forces loyal to the Republic of German-Austria. The main theater of the conflict was the linguistically mixed region in southeastern Carinthia.
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1921 — Willis–Campbell Act
The Willis–Campbell Act of 1921 was a piece of legislation in the United States intended to clarify and tighten regulations around the medicinal use of alcohol during Prohibition. The law, sponsored by Republican Sen. Frank B. Willis of Ohio and Rep. Philip P. Campbell of Kansas, specified that only "spirituous and vinous liquors" (i.e. spirits and wine, thus excluding beer) could be prescribed medicinally, reduced the maximum amount of alcohol per prescription to half a pint, and limited doctors to 100 prescriptions for alcohol per 90-day period.
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1924 — The New York Times reports Hubble’s evidence for other galaxies
On 23 November 1924, The New York Times reported Edwin Hubble’s findings that spiral nebulae were separate stellar systems beyond the Milky Way. His observations of a Cepheid variable in Andromeda had provided evidence that it was a separate galaxy.
This records the newspaper report, rather than the 1923 photographic observations or the January 1925 scientific presentation.
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1932 — 1932 Calgary municipal election
The 1932 Calgary municipal election was held on November 23, 1932 to elect seven Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Along with positions on Calgary City Council, a Commissioner, three trustees for the Public School Board, and two trustees for the Separate School Board. Calgary City Council governed under "Initiative, Referendum and Recall" which is composed of a Mayor, Commissioner and twelve Aldermen all elected to staggered two year terms.
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1934 — An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission encounters Italian forces at Walwal
An Anglo-Ethiopian survey commission and its Ethiopian escort encountered an Italian military post at Walwal in the Ogaden. The British members of the commission withdrew. Fighting near the post took place in December.
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1936 — Battle of Ciudad Universitaria
The Battle of Ciudad Universitaria took place around the campus of the Complutense University of Madrid between 15 and 23 November 1936, during the Spanish Civil War.
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1940 — Battle of Morava–Ivan
The Battle of Morava–Ivan was the first major Greek offensive in the Greco-Italian War of 1940-1941. It took place on the eastern flank of the Greek-Italian front, where the Italian forces had remained on the defensive during the initial Italian invasion toward Epirus. It was a major success for the Greek forces, not only on operational terms, but also as a morale boost, as the breaching of Morava–Ivan line led to the fall of the city of Korçë to Greek hands, and made news internationally.
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1940 — Romania signs its accession to the Tripartite Pact
Romanian leader Ion Antonescu signed the agreement joining the Tripartite Pact in Berlin on 23 November 1940.
Romania’s accession followed the original pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan in September 1940.
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1942 — Operation Uranus
Operation Uranus (19–23 November 1942) was a Soviet strategic operation on the Eastern Front of World War II which led to the encirclement of Axis forces in the vicinity of Stalingrad: the German Sixth Army, the Third and Fourth Romanian armies, and portions of the German Fourth Panzer Army. The Red Army carried out the operation at roughly the midpoint of the five-month long Battle of Stalingrad, aiming to destroy German forces in and around Stalingrad.
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1943 — Battle of Tarawa
The Battle of Tarawa was fought on 20–23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, now part of the Republic of Kiribati but then a Japanese-occupied British colony. The battle was part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts, and ended in a decisive American victory.
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1944 — Liberation of Strasbourg
The liberation of Strasbourg took place on 23 November 1944 during the Alsace campaign (November 1944 – March 1945) in the last months of World War II. After the liberation of Mulhouse on 21 November 1944 by the 1st Armored Division, General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque and the 2nd Armored Division entered the city of Strasbourg in France after having liberated Sarrebourg and La Petite-Pierre from Nazi Germany, clearing the way for the advance on Strasbourg.
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1944 — World War II: The Lotta Svärd Movement is disbanded under the terms of the armistice treaty in Finland after the Continuation War
Lotta Svärd (Finland Swedish: [ˈlotːɑ ˈsvæːrd]) was a Finnish voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women. The women were called lotat (sing. lotta, lit. 'Lottas') in Finnish. Formed originally in 1918, it had a large membership undertaking volunteer social work in the 1920s and 1930s. It was formed to support the White Guard. During the Second World War, it mobilized to replace men conscripted into the army.
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1946 — Haiphong incident
The Haiphong Incident or the Haiphong Massacre occurred on November 23, 1946, when the French cruiser Suffren and several avisos bombarded the Vietnamese coastal city of Haiphong, killing between 2,000 and 6,000 Vietnamese. On December 2, the city was completely seized by the French.
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1946 — 1946 Tasmanian state election
The 1946 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 November 1946 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — six members were elected from each of five electorates. Incumbent Premier Robert Cosgrove continued to lead the Labor Party into the 1946 election.
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1947 — 1947 Chinese National Assembly election
National Assembly elections were held between 21 and 23 November 1947 in China. They were the first elections under the newly ratified 1947 constitution. Under this constitution, the National Assembly was a constitutional convention and presidential electoral college. A total of 2,961 delegates were elected from across the country.
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1948 — Battle of Chunj
The Battle of Chunj, also known as the Chunj Operation, was a military campaign fought between Pakistani and Indian forces from 25 June until 23 November 1948, during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947–1948. The Indian 163rd Brigade first advanced from Handwara to Tithwal and from Uri to Urusa. The 163rd Brigade then launched an offensive from Tithwal, raising a threat to Pakistani-held Muzaffarabad.
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1952 — 1952 Durand Cup final
The 1952 Durand Cup final was the 49th final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Hyderabad City Police on 23 November 1952 at the Delhi Gate Stadium in New Delhi. East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 2nd Durand Cup title.
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1955 — The Cocos (Keeling) Islands become an Australian territory
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands passed from British administration to Australia. Before the transfer, the islands had been administered as part of the British colony of Singapore.
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1957 — 1957 Israel Super Cup
The 1957 Israel Super Cup was the first edition of the Israel Super Cup, an annual Israeli football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup. As the match was not set by the Israel Football Association, it was considered an unofficial cup, with the cup being donated by the family of Lt-Col Zivi Tzafriri, who died in battle during the Sinai War In the match, held on 23 November 1957, league champions Hapoel Tel Aviv had beaten Hapoel Petah Tikva 3–0.
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1957 — Attacks on Spanish positions mark the start of the Ifni War
On 23 November 1957, liberation forces attacked Sidi Ifni and Spanish posts in the surrounding territory, marking the beginning of the Ifni War.
Ifni was then under Spanish control; Sidi Ifni lies in present-day Morocco.
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1958 — 1958 Hessian state election
The 1958 Hessian state election was held on 23 November 1958 to elect the 4th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and All-German Bloc/League of Expellees (GB/BHE) led by Minister-President Georg-August Zinn. The election saw major losses for the Free Democratic Party (FDP) matched by gains for the SPD and Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which established itself as the major opposition to the SPD-led government.
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1958 — 1958 Bavarian state election
The 1958 Bavarian state election was held on 23 November 1958 to elect the members of the Fourth Bavarian Landtag, and was notable for being held in the midst of the Casino Affair, which indicted several Bavarian politicians in the previous government on charges of corruption. The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) has won every Bavarian state election since 1958, as of 2026.
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1959 — 1959 Plentong by-election
The Plentong by-election was a state assembly by-election that was held on 23 November 1959 in the state of Johor, Malaysia. The Plentong seat fell vacant following the resignation of its UMNO MLA Mohamed Noah Omar due to his appointment as the first Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat. He won the seat in 1959 Malayan general election, with a 3,434 majority.
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1963 — Release of Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series first broadcast by the BBC in 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, follows the adventures of the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being from a humanoid species known as Time Lords. The Doctor travels through space and time using a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, which has an exterior that resembles a British police box.
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1967 — Battle of Dak To
The Battle of Dak To (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Đắk Tô - Tân Cảnh) in Vietnam was a series of major engagements of the Vietnam War that took place between 3 and 23 November 1967, in Kontum Province, in the Central Highlands of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). The action at Đắk Tô was one of a series of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) offensive initiatives that began during the second half of the year.
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1968 — Operation Lancaster II
Operation Lancaster II was a U.S. Marine Corps security operation that took place in northern Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam from 20 January to 23 November 1968 during the Vietnam War. The operation followed on directly from Operation Lancaster. The Marines patrolled aggressively. The response of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) was mixed; prolonged lulls alternated with fierce fighting.
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1971 — 1971 United Nations Security Council election
The 1971 United Nations Security Council election was held on 23 November 1971 during the Twenty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Guinea, India, Panama, Sudan, and Yugoslavia, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 1972.
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1974 — Massacre of the Sixty
The Massacre of the Sixty, or Black Saturday (Amharic: ጥቁሩ ቅዳሜ?, tikuru kidami), took place on the morning of 23 November 1974 (Ethiopian calendar: 14 Hidar 1967), when 60 imprisoned former government officials were executed by the Derg at Kerchele prison (commonly called Alem Bekagn - "Farewell to the World") in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was considered the sudden death of the hopes that Ethiopia's revolution, barely ten weeks old, could remain bloodless, as epitomised by the slogan "Ityopiya tikdem, yala mimin dem” — “Let Ethiopia progress, without any bloodshed”. It presaged the Red Terror and Ethiopian Civil War that would follow.
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1977 — A major earthquake strikes Caucete and San Juan
A powerful earthquake struck San Juan Province in western Argentina, with its epicenter near Caucete. It damaged homes and infrastructure and caused widespread soil liquefaction.
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1978 — The 1975 Geneva Frequency Plan enters into force
The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 entered into force on 23 November 1978, reorganizing medium-wave broadcasting frequencies in ITU Regions 1 and 3 and long-wave frequencies in Region 1.
The agreement was concluded in Geneva in 1975; its effective date was 23 November 1978 at 00:01 GMT.
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1978 — A cyclone strikes eastern Sri Lanka near Batticaloa
The cyclone crossed the eastern coast near Batticaloa and caused widespread damage across the Eastern Province. It crossed Sri Lanka and reached southern India the following day.
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1980 — 1980 Irpinia earthquake
The 1980 Irpinia earthquake (Italian: Terremoto dell'Irpinia) took place in Italy on 23 November 1980, with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). It left at least 2,483 people dead, at least 7,700 injured, and 250,000 homeless.
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1985 — EgyptAir Flight 648
EgyptAir Flight 648 was a regularly scheduled international flight between Athens Ellinikon International Airport (Greece) and Cairo International Airport (Egypt). On 23 November 1985, a Boeing 737-200 airliner, servicing the flight was hijacked by the Palestinian terrorist organization Abu Nidal. The subsequent raid on the aircraft by Egyptian troops killed 56 of the 86 passengers, two of the three hijackers and two of the six crew.
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1986 — Austrian legislative election, 1986
Early parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 23 November 1986. They were called by Chancellor Franz Vranitzky of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), as he was not prepared to continue the coalition government with new Freedom Party leader Jörg Haider, who had ousted Norbert Steger at the party convention. The SPÖ won the most seats, and formed a grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party, as neither were willing to work with Haider.
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1989 — Survivor Series (1989)
The 1989 Survivor Series was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the third annual Survivor Series and took place on Thanksgiving Day in the United States on Thursday, November 23, 1989, at the Rosemont Horizon in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. The event centered on the Survivor Series match, a tag team elimination match that pits teams of multiple wrestlers against each other.
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1990 — 1990 Brno municipal election
Municipal election in Brno was held as part of Czech municipal elections in 1990. Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia received highest number of votes but remained in opposition. Civic Forum formed the new council and leader of Association for Brno Václav Mencl became new Mayor.
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1991 — November 1991 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
A leadership election for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) was held in Czechoslovakia on 23 November 1991. Václav Klaus was confirmed as the leader of ODS. 327 delegates voted for him while 14 voted against him.
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1991 — Freddie Mercury publicly confirms he has AIDS
On November 23, 1991, Queen singer Freddie Mercury released a statement confirming that he had tested positive for HIV and had AIDS. He said he had kept the diagnosis private to protect those close to him, and called for others to join the fight against the disease. He died the following day, November 24.
The statement was released on November 23, 1991; Mercury died on November 24.
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1992 — 1992 J.League Cup final
1992 J.League Cup final was the 1st final of the J.League Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on November 23, 1992. Verdy Kawasaki won the championship.
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1993 — 1993 J.League Cup final
1993 J.League Cup final was the 2nd final of the J.League Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on November 23, 1993. Verdy Kawasaki won the championship.
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1993 — 1993 Atlanta mayoral election
The 1993 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 2, 1993, with a runoff election held on November 23, 1993. Incumbent mayor Maynard Jackson declined to seek reelection to what would have been a fourth overall (and second consecutive) term, citing family and personal reasons. Since no candidate received a majority in the general election, a runoff election was held between the top-two finishers.
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1994 — Survivor Series (1994)
The 1994 Survivor Series was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the eighth annual Survivor Series and took place on Thanksgiving Eve in the United States on Wednesday, November 23, 1994, at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas.
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1996 — Hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crashes off Grande Comore
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked on November 23, 1996, after taking off from Addis Ababa. When the Boeing 767 ran out of fuel, its pilots attempted to ditch near Grande Comore in the Indian Ocean. The aircraft broke apart, and 125 of the 175 people aboard died.
The crash site was off Grande Comore, Comoros; Australia was the hijackers’ intended destination, not the event location.
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1996 — 1996 Czech Senate election
Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic for the first time on 15 and 16 November 1996, with a second round on 22 and 23 November. the first after independence. The Civic Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 32 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 35% in the first round and 31% in the second.
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1997 — 1997 Slovenian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 23 November 1997. The result was a victory for incumbent Milan Kučan, who won 55.54% of the vote. Voter turnout was 68.65%.
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1997 — World War 3 (1997)
The 1997 World War 3 was the third World War 3 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on November 23, 1997 from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Nine matches were contested at the event. The main event was the traditional World War 3 battle royal, in which the winner would receive a future title shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
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1999 — FMW 10th Anniversary Show
FMW 10th Anniversary Show: Entertainment Wrestling Special Live was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on November 23, 1999, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. This was the tenth edition of the company's premier event Anniversary Show, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the company.
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2000 — West Bromwich West by-election, 2000
The West Bromwich West by-election, 2000 was a by-election held on 23 November 2000 for the British House of Commons constituency of West Bromwich West. The constituency's Member of Parliament (MP) was the Rt. Hon. Betty Boothroyd, the Speaker. She resigned from the House of Commons on 2 September 2000, triggering the by-election In 1997 the major parties had observed a recent tradition by not opposing the Speaker seeking re-election. On its return to partisan politics the seat reverted to Labour, much where it been in 1992.
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2000 — 2000 Glasgow Anniesland by-elections
By-elections for both the United Kingdom parliamentary and Scottish Parliament constituencies of Glasgow Anniesland were held on 23 November 2000 following the death of incumbent Scottish Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) and First Minister of Scotland, Donald Dewar. Both seats were retained by Labour.
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2000 — 2000 Preston by-election
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Preston was held on 23 November 2000, following the death of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Audrey Wise. Labour candidate Mark Hendrick won the by-election, holding the seat comfortably albeit with a reduced vote share. It was held on the same day as by-elections in Glasgow Anniesland and West Bromwich West, both also won by Labour.
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2001 — Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
The Convention on Cybercrime, also known as the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime or the Budapest Convention, is the first international treaty seeking to address Internet and computer crime (cybercrime) harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques, and increasing cooperation among nations. It was drawn up by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, with the active participation of the Council of Europe's observer states Canada, Japan, the Philippines, South Africa and the United States.
The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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2002 — Endeavour launches on STS-113 to the International Space Station
On 23 November 2002, Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on mission STS-113. It carried the Expedition 6 crew and the P1 truss to the International Space Station.
Launch was at 7:49 p.m. EST on 23 November, corresponding to 00:49 UTC on 24 November.
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2003 — Wan Chai District Council election, 2003
The 2003 Wan Chai District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 11 elected members to the 14-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Tuen Mun District Council election
The 2003 Tuen Mun District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 29 elected members to the 37-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Sha Tin District Council election
The 2003 Sha Tin District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 36 elected members to the 46-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Sham Shui Po District Council election
The 2003 Sham Shui Po District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 21 elected members to the 26-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Sai Kung District Council election
The 2003 Sai Kung District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 20 elected members to the 27-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Eastern District Council election
The 2003 Eastern District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 36 elected members to the 45-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Kwai Tsing District Council election
The 2003 Kwai Tsing District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 28 elected members to the 36-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Kowloon City District Council election
The 2003 Kowloon City District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 22 elected members to the 27-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 North District Council election
The 2003 North District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 16 elected members to the 25-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Islands District Council election
The 2003 Islands District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 8 elected members to the 20-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Southern District Council election
The 2003 Southern District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 17 elected members to the 21-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election
The 2003 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 16 elected members to the 20-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Tai Po District Council election
The 2003 Tai Po District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 19 elected members to the 26-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Tsuen Wan District Council election
The 2003 Tsuen Wan District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 17 elected members to the 24-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Yuen Long District Council election
The 2003 Yuen Long District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 29 elected members to the 42-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Kwun Tong District Council election
The 2003 Kwun Tong District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 34 elected members to the 42-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 Wong Tai Sin District Council election
The 2003 Wong Tai Sin District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 25 elected members to the 29-member District Council.
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2003 — 2003 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election
The 2003 British Columbia New Democratic Party leadership election was held on November 23, 2003, to elect a successor to Ujjal Dosanjh as leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP). The election was necessary because Dosanjh had left the BC NDP following the party's defeat in the 2001 provincial election; leaving Joy MacPhail as interim leader. Carole James won on the second ballot, defeating Leonard Krog.
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2003 — Adjara's leader declares a state of emergency
On November 23, 2003, Adjara's leader Aslan Abashidze declared a state of emergency immediately after Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze was ousted during the Rose Revolution. The confrontation between Adjara's authorities and the central government continued into 2004.
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2003 — MLS Cup 2003
MLS Cup 2003 was the eighth edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), which took place on November 23, 2003. It was hosted at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, and was contested by the Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes to decide the champion of the 2003 season. Both teams had previously won the MLS Cup and were looking for their second championship.
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2004 — Operation Plymouth Rock
During the Post-invasion of Iraq, Operation Plymouth Rock was a major anti-insurgent sweep of an area south of Baghdad launched on 23 November 2004. Iraqi, American and British troops took part. Elements of the American 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the British Black Watch Regiment took part.
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2004 — Central African Bush War
The Central African Bush War was a civil war in the Central African Republic which lasted from 2004 to 2007 between Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) rebels and government forces. The rebellion began after François Bozizé seized the nation's presidency in 2003. Actual fighting began in 2004. Around 10,000 people were displaced because of the civil unrest.
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2004 — Holy Trinity Cathedral is consecrated in Tbilisi
Patriarch Ilia II consecrated Holy Trinity Cathedral, also known as Sameba, on Mount Elia in Tbilisi. The cathedral became a major centre of Georgian Orthodox worship.
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2005 — Liberia certifies Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s presidential election victory
Liberia’s National Elections Commission announced the final certified results of the presidential runoff, confirming Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as president-elect. She had won 59.4 percent of the vote.
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2005 — Jersey holds its 2005 elections for deputies
Jersey chose deputies for the States Assembly in the November phase of its general election, following the senatorial contest in October.
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2006 — Manx general election, 2006
A general election was held on Thursday, 23 November 2006 on the Isle of Man. The voting age had been lowered to sixteen at this election. As usual, the election was dominated by independents, who took 21 of the 24 seats.
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2006 — 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings
The 2006 Sadr City bombings were a series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Iraq that occurred on 23 November at 15:10 Baghdad time (12:10 Greenwich Mean Time) and ended at 15:55 (12:55 UTC). Six car bombs and two mortar rounds were used in the attack on the Shia slum in Sadr City.
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2007 — MS Explorer became the first cruise ship to sink in the Southern Ocean
MS Explorer or MV Explorer was a Liberian-registered cruise ship, used for Antarctic cruising. She was the first cruise ship to sink there, after striking an iceberg on 23 November 2007. All passengers and crew were rescued. The ship was commissioned and operated by the Swedish explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad. Its 1969 expeditionary cruise to Antarctica was the forerunner for today's sea-based tourism in that region.
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2008 — Survivor Series (2008)
Survivor Series (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), took place on November 23, 2008, at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, It was presented by THQ's WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. The event, the 22nd Survivor Series, involved wrestlers from WWE's all three brands, Raw, SmackDown and ECW. The event's card consisted of six professional wrestling matches. The event received 319,000 pay-per-view buys, less than the previous year's event. The main event was for the World Heavyweight Championship between John Cena, and the champion, Chris Jericho, which Cena won by pinfall after executing an FU.
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2008 — 2008 FAI Cup final
The 2008 FAI Cup final was a football match held at the RDS, Dublin on 23 November 2008 and was the final match of the 2008 FAI Cup competition. The match was the 85th FAI Cup Final, and the second to be held at the RDS since Lansdowne Road shut for redevelopment. The final was contested by Bohemians and Derry City, with Bohemians winning 4–3 on penalties after extra time had finished 2–2.
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2008 — Battle of Kilinochchi (2008–2009)
The Battle of Kilinochchi was a land battle fought between the Sri Lankan Military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for control of the town of Kilinochchi in the Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV during the Sri Lankan civil war between November 2008 and January 2009. The town of Kilinochchi was the administrative center and de facto capital of the LTTE's proposed state of Tamil Eelam.
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2008 — 2008 Venezuelan regional elections
Regional elections were held in Venezuela on 23 November 2008 to choose 22 governors and 2 metropolitan mayors.
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2008 — MLS Cup 2008
MLS Cup 2008 was the 13th edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS). The soccer match took place on November 23, 2008, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, near Los Angeles. It was contested between Columbus Crew and New York Red Bulls, both from the league's Eastern Conference.
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2009 — Maguindanao massacre
The Maguindanao massacre, also known as the Ampatuan massacre after the town where the mass graves were found, occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao province, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. While the 58 victims were on their way to file a certificate of candidacy for Esmael Mangudadatu, vice mayor of Buluan town, they were kidnapped and killed.
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2009 — 2009 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election
The 2009 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election was conducted on 23 November 2009 to elect members to all 150 wards of the municipal corporation. These were the first elections since to the GHMC since its creation in 2007. About 43% of the 57 lakh (5.7 million) voters cast their vote in the polls. The Indian National Congress and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen formed the government in a post-poll agreement.
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2010 — Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010
Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010 or S-Cup 2010 was a shoot boxing event promoted by Caesar Takeshi. It was the seven bi-annual (70kg/154lbs weight class) Shoot Boxing World Tournament, featuring an eight-man single elimination format, with one reserve fight, all fought under Shoot Boxing Rules. The eight finalists and two reserve fighters were a mixture of invitees or had been involved in previous events (for more detail on this see the bulleted list below). As well as tournament matches there were also two 'Opening Fights', a 'Women's Fight' and three 'Super Fights' all fought under Shoot Boxing Rules (various weight classes).
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2010 — 2010 Yeonpyeongdo bombardment
The Bombardment of Yeonpyeongdo (Korean: 연평도 포격전) was an artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces stationed on the island Yeonpyeongdo on 23 November 2010. Following a South Korean artillery exercise in disputed waters near the island, North Korean forces fired around 170 artillery shells and rockets at Yeonpyeongdo, hitting both military and civilian targets. Shelling caused widespread damage on Yeonpyeongdo.
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2012 — Norway wins the first mixed team Ski Jumping World Cup event
Norway finished ahead of Japan and Italy in the World Cup’s first mixed team contest, held on the normal hill in Lillehammer.
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2014 — Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2014
The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2014 took place on 23 November 2014. The three-term incumbent President of the Region, Vasco Errani of the centre-left Democratic Party resigned in July 2014 after the conviction for fraudulent misrepresentation, triggering a snap election. In an election marked by the lowest turnout ever in the Region (37.7%), Stefano Bonaccini, a Democrat, was elected President by defeating several candidates, mainly Alan Fabbri of Lega Nord Emilia (29.9%) and Giulia Gibertoni of the Five Star Movement (13.3%).
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2014 — Survivor Series (2014)
Survivor Series (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on November 23, 2014 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The 28th event under the Survivor Series chronology, this edition was notable for the first appearance of former World Championship Wrestling (WCW) wrestler Sting in WWE, who had a long hold out from the day that he had signed with the company. Also, this was the first Survivor Series since 2001's Survivor Series, where its not to be featured the World title match. Eight matches took place at the event.
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2014 — Tunisian presidential election, 2014
A presidential election was held in Tunisia on 23 November 2014, a month after the parliamentary election. It was the first free and fair presidential election since the country gained independence in 1956, as well as the first regular presidential election after the Tunisian Revolution of 2011 and the adoption of the Constitution in January 2014. Since no candidate won a majority during the first round of voting, a second round between incumbent Moncef Marzouki and Nidaa Tounes candidate Beji Caid Essebsi took place on 21 December. On 22 December official results showed that Essebsi won the election, with 55.68% of the run-off vote.
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2014 — 2014 Norwegian Football Cup final
The 2014 Norwegian Football Cup final was the 109th final of the Norwegian Football Cup. It was played on 23 November 2014 at Ullevaal Stadion, in Oslo, Norway. In the final Odd lost 2-0 to Molde, securing Molde's second cup title in a row and the double for the 2014 season. This was Molde's 7th cup final, while Odd traveled to Ullevaal for the 21st time.
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2014 — 2014 Calabrian regional election
The 2014 Calabrian regional election took place on 23 November 2014. The election took place after the incumbent president, Giuseppe Scopelliti of The People of Freedom (PdL), had been forced to resign because of a conviction for abuse of power. Mario Oliverio of the Democratic Party was elected as his successor.
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2015 — 2015 Party of Free Citizens leadership election
The Party of Free Citizens leadership election of 2015 was held on 23 November 2015. The incumbent leader Petr Mach was reelected. 574 members of the party voted. Mach received 2 thirds of votes. Petr Mach ran for reelection. Petr Hampl was considered his main rival. Hampl was considered far-right candidate. Hampl suggested prior voting that Mach might falsify the result.
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2015 — 2015 Northwest Territories general election
The 2015 Northwest Territories general election was held November 23, 2015. Under the territory's fixed election date legislation, the election was supposed to be held on October 5, 2015, however, since the federal election date of October 19, 2015, overlapped with that date, the N.W.T. government moved the date of the territorial election. The election selected 19 members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
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2015 — Blue Origin lands a New Shepard booster after a suborbital flight
A New Shepard test vehicle carried its capsule to about 100 kilometers above Earth. The booster returned to the West Texas test site and made a controlled vertical landing.
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2018 — Leyenda de Plata (2018)
The Leyenda de Plata (2018) was professional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from November 16, 2018, over the course of two of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México with the finals on November 23, 2018. The annual Leyenda de Plata tournament is held in honor of lucha libre legend El Santo and is one of CMLL's most important annual tournaments.
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2018 — Daraa insurgency
The Daraa insurgency was a conflict waged against the Syrian government and allies by various anti-government forces in Daraa Governorate as part of the Syrian civil war. Insurgent activity began in late 2018, but drastically increased the following year. Over 1,200 attacks occurred in the year after June 2019, when the insurgency intensified. Tensions between reconciled rebels and the Syrian government would lead to heavy armed clashes between the two sides in 2020 and 2021.
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2019 — NXT TakeOver: WarGames (2019)
The 2019 NXT TakeOver: WarGames was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. It was the 27th NXT TakeOver event and the third annual NXT WarGames. It took place on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois as part of that year's Survivor Series weekend and aired exclusively on the WWE Network.
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2019 — 2019 Copa Libertadores final
The 2019 Copa Libertadores final was the final match which decided the winner of the 2019 Copa Libertadores, the 60th edition of the Copa Libertadores, South American's top-tier continental club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The match was played on 23 November 2019 at the Estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru, between Brazilian team Flamengo and the defending champions, River Plate from Argentina.
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2019 — Malaysia’s last known Sumatran rhinoceros dies
Iman, the last known Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia, died at the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary in Sabah. Sumatran rhinoceroses still survived in Indonesia.
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2020 — 2020–2021 Ayn Issa clashes
The 2020–2021 Ayn Issa clashes were a series of clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) in Ayn Issa during the Syrian civil war.
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2021 — 2021 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania election
Elections for the president of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania took place on 23 November 2021. The previous president, Ludovic Orban, elected in 2020, resigned on 13 October 2021 after losing the presidency of the PNL to Florin Cîțu, in the midst of the 2021 Romanian political crisis. The PSD candidate Marcel Ciolacu, supported by the PNL and the UDMR/RMDSZ as part of the then-new parliamentary majority, became the new Chamber president.
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2021 — 2021 AFC Champions League final
The 2021 AFC Champions League final was the final of the 2021 AFC Champions League, the 40th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 19th under the AFC Champions League title. The final was contested as a single match between Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Pohang Steelers from South Korea.
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2021 — Florin Cîțu is elected president of Romania’s Senate
Romania’s Senate elected Florin Cîțu as its president on 23 November 2021. The election resolution specified that it would enter into force on 26 November.
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2024 — UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo
UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo (also known as UFC Fight Night 248 and UFC on ESPN+ 106) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 23, 2024, at the Galaxy Arena in Macau SAR, China.
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2024 — 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final
The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final is the final match of the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League, the fourth edition of Africa's premier women's club football tournament organised by CAF. It was played at Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium in El Jadida, Morocco on 23 November 2024.
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2024 — 2024 Copa Sudamericana final
The 2024 Copa Sudamericana final was the final match which decided the winner of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana. This was the 23rd edition of the Copa Sudamericana, the second-tier South American continental club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The match was played by Argentine club Racing and Brazilian side Cruzeiro on 23 November 2024 at the Estadio General Pablo Rojas in Asunción, Paraguay.
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2024 — Siege of the Argentine Embassy and ambassador's residence in Venezuela
The siege of the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela was a blockade of the Argentine Embassy and ambassador's residence in Caracas. Movement into and out of the compound was restricted between July 30 to September 1, 2024, on September 7–8, 2024, and from November 23, 2024, to May 6, 2025. The siege was ordered by the government of Nicolás Maduro and is part of the Venezuelan post-electoral crisis.
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2024 — 32nd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage
The 32nd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage, also named EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2024 for its sponsorship from Polish power company Energa, took place from 16 to 23 November 2024 in Toruń, Poland, to recognize and reward the best in cinematography in film, television and music videos. Steve McQueen's historical war drama Blitz will serve as the festival's opening film, while the first half of Jon M. Chu's two-part musical fantasy film Wicked will close the festival.
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2025 — 2025 Guinea-Bissau general election
General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 23 November 2025 to elect the president and members of the National People's Assembly. Separate parliamentary and presidential elections were planned. Parliamentary elections had been scheduled for 24 November 2024 after President Umaro Sissoco Embaló dissolved the opposition-controlled parliament on 4 December 2023 following the 2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt. However, Embaló postponed the parliamentary elections in early November 2024.
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2025 — 2025–26 Republika Srpska presidential election
Early presidential elections were held in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 23 November 2025, and repeated ones in 17 municipalities on 8 February 2026. The elections were announced by the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina after the premature removal of then-President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik from office by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 12 June 2025.
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