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« on: November 23, 2009, 10:11:38 am »

Monday, November 23rd
The 327th day of 2009.
There are 38 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights in History

   
   On Nov. 23, 1943, during World War II, United States forces seized control of the Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese. (Go to article.)

On Nov. 23, 1892, Erte, the French fashion and stage designer, was born. Following his death on April 21, 1990, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On November  23, 1861, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Trent Affair, a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Britain during the American Civil War. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1765    Frederick County, Md., repudiated the British Stamp Act.

1804    Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, was born in Hillsboro, N.H.

1889    The jukebox made its debut, at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

1903    Singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto."

1936    Life magazine, created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.

1945    Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ended.

1954    The Dow Jones industrial average finally surpassed it's pre-crash high - 25 years after Black Tuesday - when it closed at 382.74.

1971    The People's Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.

1980    A series of earthquakes devastated southern Italy, killing some 2,600 people.

2000    In a setback for Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, the Florida Supreme Court refused to order Miami-Dade County to resume counting ballots by hand.

2001    An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at a van in the West Bank, killing Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, a leading member of the Islamic militant Hamas group.

2003    Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president of Georgia in the face of protests.

2004    Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko declared himself the winner of Ukraine's disputed presidential election and took a symbolic oath of office.

2006    Former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko died in London from radiation poisoning after making a deathbed statement blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Current Birthdays

Miley Cyrus turns 17 years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Actress-singer Miley Cyrus ("Hannah Montana") turns 17 years old today.


81    Jerry Bock
Broadway composer ("Fiddler on the Roof")

68    Franco Nero
Actor

67    Susan Anspach
Actress

65    Joe Eszterhas
Screenwriter

64    James Doyle
Governor of Wisconsin

64    Steve Landesberg
Actor ("Barney Miller")

62    Bruce Vilanch
Actor, comedy writer

55    Bruce Hornsby
Rock musician

54    Mary Landrieu
U.S. senator, D-La.

50    Maxwell Caulfield
Actor

49    John Henton
Actor

49    Robin Roberts
TV host ("Good Morning America")

43    Ken Block
Rock musician (Sister Hazel)

43    Charlie Grover
Rock musician

42    Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Actress

39    Oded Fehr
Actor

37    Kurupt
Rapper, actor

33    Page Kennedy
Actor ("Desperate Housewives")

30    Kelly Brook
Actress ("Smallville")

29    Jonathan Papelbon
Baseball player

25    Lucas Grabeel
Actor ("High School Musical")

14    Austin Majors
Actor ("NYPD Blue")

Historic Birthdays

Erte

11/23/1892 - 4/21/1990
French fashion and stage designer
(Go to obit.)

60    Otto I
11/23/912 - 5/7/973
German king (936-73) and Holy Roman emperor (962-73)

86    John Wallis
11/23/1616 - 10/28/1703
English mathematician

64    Franklin Pierce
11/23/1804 - 10/8/1869
14th president of the United States

21    Billy The Kid
11/23/1859 - 7/14/1881
American gunfighter of the Wild West

64    Karl Branting
11/23/1860 - 2/24/1925
Swedish statesman and 1921 Nobel Peace Prize winner

72    Valdemar Poulsen
11/23/1869 - 7//1942
Danish engineer; contributed to development of radio

69    Manuel de Falla
11/23/1876 - 11/14/1946
Spanish composer

81    Boris Karloff
11/23/1887 - 2/3/1969
English actor

62    Billy Haughton
11/23/1923 - 7/15/1986
American harness racer

64    Jose Napoleon Duarte
11/23/1925 - 2/23/1990
El Salvadoran president (1984-89)


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