Year 1892
Belgium defeated Arabia in Lomani Congo’s war. Nearly three thousand people died in the war.
NOVEMBER 23
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23 November: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 23 November.
Year 1904
Third Olympic Games concluded in St. Louis, US.
Year 1924
Edwin Hubble asserted that Andromeda is a galaxy.
Year 1936
Life Magazine was reprinted as a photo magazine.
Year 1946
Six thousand died in a fierce fire in a French naval ship in Hafyong city, Vietnam.
Year 1948
The beseiged garrison of Punch was relieved a full year after its siege. This meant that a firm grip had been established all the way from Pathankot on the major portions of this province.
Year 1955
Occupation of Cocos Islands from England to Australia.
Year 1971
China attended the UN General Assembly for the first time.
Year 1983
Commonwealth summit held in New Delhi for the first time in the country.
Year 1991
Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
Year 1992
The first IBM Simon smartphone was launched.
Year 1996
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
Year 2002
G20 conference began in New Delhi.
Year 2006
The US lifted a ban on Russian jet manufacturing company Sukhoi.
Year 2009
Murder of 32 media persons in the Philippines.
Born 0870
Byzantine Emperor Alexander.
Born 1755
Thomas Lord, founder of Lord’s Cricket Ground.
Born 1882
Walchand Hirachand Doshi, an Indian industrialist.
Born 1897
Nirad C. Chaudhary, Bengali-English writer.
Born 1900
Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born.
Born 1908
Sitaram Mahadeo Bapat, teacher and author, was born at Miraj in district Sangli.
Born 1914
Krishan Chander, an Indian Urdu, and Hindi writer.
Born 1919
The first Khilafat Conference was held. Maulvi Fazal-ul-Haq in his presidential address emphasized on enlisting the support of non-Muslims. Gandhi announced to join hands with the Muslims.
Born 1926
Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian guru, and philanthropist.
Born 1930
Geeta Dutt, a prominent Indian playback singer.
Born 1933
Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
Born 1950
Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri, Indian indologist, author, and academic
Born 1961
John Santner, founder of Papa John’s Pizza.
Born 1962
Sanjeev Sam Gambhir, an Indian-American scientist, and pioneer of nuclear imaging.
Born 1967
Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer, and Coach.
Born 1968
Shrikant Bhasi, an Indian entrepreneur.
Born 1984
Amruta Khanvilkar, Indian actress and dancer
Born 1986
Naga Chaitanya, an Indian film actor.
Born 1991
Ahmed Shehzad, Pakistani cricketer.
Died 1937
Jagadish Chandra Bose, an Indian biologist, physicist, botanist, and an early writer of science fiction.
Died 1946
Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.
Died 1970
Yusof bin Ishak, Singapore’s first president.
Died 1979
Merle Oberon, Indian-American actress.
Died 1990
Roald Dahl, a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot.
Died 1990
Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper "Turun Bharat", passed away.
Died 1993
Bruno Rossi, Italian-American physicist.
Died 2006
Jesús Blancornelas, co-founder of Zeta Magazine.
Died 2012
Larry Martin Hagman, an American film and television actor, director, and producer.
Died 2015
Douglass North, an American economist.
Died 2018
Robert C. McNair, an American businessman, and philanthropist.