Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In November - 23
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
1994 On November - 23 eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70 
1995 On this day in history frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
2006 On November - 23 a series of car bombs and mortar attacks in Sadr City, Baghdad, kill at least 215 people and injure 257 others.
2006 On this day in history alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian KGB agent, is killed by Polonium-210 in a London sushi bar.
2010 On November - 23 north Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea. The incident caused an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula and prompted widespread international condemnation. The United Nations declared it to be one of the most serious incidents since the end of the Korean War.
2011 On November - 23 arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, The Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh Signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
2012 On this day in history jR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour
2014 On this day in history a suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan
2017 On November - 23 papua New Guinea Police storm Manus Island refugee camp, forcibly removing asylum seekers
2017 Brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy on this day in history.
2018 Phil Mickelson claims $9m winner-takes-all prize in dramatic matchplay golf duel with Tiger Woods , finishing under floodlights in Las Vegas; match goes to 22nd hole before Mickelson sinks 4-foot putt for rich victory on November - 23.
2018 US Federal Climate report finds climate change will reduce economy by 10% by 2100 with $141 billion cost from heat-related deaths, $118 billion from sea level rise on November - 23.
2018 On this day in history italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana apologize for culturally insensitive video and media posts insulting Chinese culture, cancel Shanghai fashion show
2018 Alabama police kill the wrong suspect after a gunman shoots 18-year-old man and 12-year-old girl at Riverchase Galleria Mall in Hoovermall on November - 23.
2019 On November - 23 an independence referendum begins in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Voters overwhelmingly choose independence.
2019 On November - 23 the last known Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia dies.
2020 On November - 23 [COVID-19 pandemic] AstraZeneca's AZD1222 vaccine, developed in collaboration with Oxford University, is shown to be 70% effective in protecting against COVID-19. The efficacy can be raised to 90% if an initial half dose is followed by a full dose a month later, based on interim data.
2021 On this day in history manuscript of early workings of Albert Einstein 's theory of relativity "one of the most important scientific documents of the 20th century" sells at auction for $13 million [1]
2021 On this day in history a bus crashes in Pernik Province, Bulgaria, killing 46 North Macedonian tourists returning from Istanbul.
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