Page 4: Historical Events In November - 23

1890  On this day in history king William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.   

1890  On this day in history willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73   

1892  On this day in history battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed   

1893  On November - 23 harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born   

1893  Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa) on November - 23.   

1894  Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912) on this day in history.   

1896  Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher on November - 23.   

1897  On November - 23 eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before.   

1897  On November - 23 andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars   

1899  On November - 23 the first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)   

1899  On November - 23 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF)   

1899  Norman Hunter, writer on November - 23.   

1901  On November - 23 lieutenant LC Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, becomes the sixth and last Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Boer War   

1902  On November - 23 walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies   

1903  Enrico Caruso, famed Italian tenor, made his debut in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He sang in the role of the Duke in Rigoletto on November - 23.   

1903  On this day in history enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"   

1904  3rd Olympic games close in St Louis on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti   

1905  On this day in history henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti   

1906  Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history mervyn Roberts, composer   

1908  Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter on this day in history.   

1909  On November - 23 18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record)   

1909  7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) on this day in history.   

1909  Nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history hal Schumacher, baseball player   

1910  On this day in history hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed   

1911  Post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital on November - 23.   

1911  Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital on this day in history.   

1911  On November - 23 peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf)   

1911  On this day in history bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies   

1912  Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game on this day in history.   

1912  On November - 23 det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist   

1914  The US Army retreats from Mexico on this day in history.   

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1221  On November - 23 birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

1402  On this day in history birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)   

1417  On November - 23 birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

1553  Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on this day in history.   

1616  John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis) was born on November - 23.   

1632  On November - 23 birth of jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)   

1641  Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) was born on November - 23.   

1669  Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens) was born on November - 23.   

0615  On this day in history columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies   

0947  Death of Berthold, Duke of Bavaria on November - 23.   

0955  Death of Edred, King of England (b. c. 923) on November - 23.   

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on this day in history.   

1407  Death of Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered on November - 23.   

1457  On November - 23 ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17   

1499  Death of Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged on this day in history.   

1503  Death of Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449) on this day in history.