November 23 Events 534 BC - Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage. 1174 - Saladin enters Damascus , and adds it to his domain. 1248 - Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile . 1499 - Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London . He had invaded England in 1497 , claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England . 1531 - The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland. 1644 - John Milton publishes Areopagitica , a pamphlet decrying censorship . 1733 - The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies . 1808 - French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela . 1810 - Sarah Booth debuts at the Royal Opera House . 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee , and counter-attack Confederate troops. 1867 - The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester , England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody. 1876 - Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain. 1889 - The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco . 1890 - King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him. 1910 - Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden . 1914 - Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz , occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair . 1918 - Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . 1924 - Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way , is first published in The New York Times . 1934 - An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal , well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis . 1936 - Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success. 1939 - World War II: is sunk by the German battleships and. 1940 - World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact , officially joining the Axis powers . 1943 - World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin . 1943 - World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces. 1946 - French naval bombardment of Hai Phong , Vietnam , kills thousands of civilians. 1953 - Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior . 1955 - The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia. 1959 - French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals". 1963 - The BBC broadcasts An Unearthly Child , the first episode of the first story from the first series of Doctor Who , which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama. 1968 - 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston , Massachusetts . 1971 - Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations , including the United Nations Security Council , for the first time . 1972 - The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket . 1974 - Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government . 1976 - Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment. 1978 - Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka. 1978 - The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies. 1980 - The 6.9 Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X, killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934. 1981 - Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17, giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua . 1985 - Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo . When the plane lands in Malta , Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid. 1992 - The first smartphone, the IBM Simon , is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada . 1993 - Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the 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. 2001 - The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary . 2003 - Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections. 2004 - The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi , the largest religious building in Georgia , is consecrated. 2005 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country. 2006 - A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City , making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003 . 2007 -, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands . There are no fatalities. 2009 - The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines . 2010 - Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. 2011 - Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen , Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity. 2015 - Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.Births 870 - Alexander , Byzantine emperor 912 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor 1190 - Pope Clement IV 1221 - Alfonso X of Castile 1402 - Jean de Dunois , French soldier 1417 - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel , English politician 1496 - Clément Marot , French poet 1508 - Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg , youngest son of Henry the Middle 1553 - Prospero Alpini , Italian physician and botanist 1632 - Jean Mabillon , French monk and scholar 1641 - Anthonie Heinsius , Dutch lawyer and politician 1687 - Jean Baptiste Senaillé , French violinist and composer 1705 - Thomas Birch , English historian and author 1715 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier , French astronomer and author 1719 - Spranger Barry , Irish actor 1749 - Edward Rutledge , American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina 1760 - François-Noël Babeuf , French journalist and activist 1781 - Theodor Valentin Volkmar , German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Marburg 1785 - Jan Roothaan , Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus 1803 - Theodore Dwight Weld , American author and activist 1804 - Franklin Pierce , American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States 1820 - Isaac Todhunter , English mathematician and author 1837 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals , Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist, Nobel Prize laureate 1838 - Stephanos Skouloudis , Greek banker and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Greece 1858 - Albert Ranft , Swedish actor and director 1860 - Hjalmar Branting , Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden , Nobel Prize laureate 1864 - Henry Bourne Joy , American businessman 1868 - Mary Brewster Hazelton , American painter 1869 - Valdemar Poulsen , Danish engineer 1871 - William Watt , Australian accountant and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria 1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky , Russian journalist and politician 1876 - Manuel de Falla , Spanish pianist and composer 1878 - Frank Pick , English lawyer and businessman 1883 - José Clemente Orozco , Mexican painter 1886 - Eduards Smiļģis , Latvian actor and director 1887 - Boris Karloff , English actor 1887 - Henry Moseley , English physicist and chemist 1888 - Harpo Marx , American comedian and musician 1889 - Harry Sunderland , Australian-English journalist and businessman 1890 - El Lissitzky , Russian photographer and architect 1892 - Erté , Russian-French illustrator and designer 1896 - Klement Gottwald , Czechoslovak politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 1896 - Tsunenohana Kan'ichi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna 1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, British-Indian historian, author, and critic 1897 - Karl Gebhardt , German physician and war criminal 1899 - Manuel dos Reis Machado , Brazilian martial artist and educator 1901 - Bennie Osler , South African rugby player 1902 - Aaron Bank , American colonel 1902 - Victor Jory , Canadian-American actor 1905 - K. Alvapillai, Sri Lankan civil servant 1906 - Betti Alver , Estonian author and poet 1907 - Lars Leksell , Swedish physician and neurosurgeon 1907 - Run Run Shaw , Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB 1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American author and playwright 1909 - Nigel Tranter , Scottish historian and author 1912 - George O'Hanlon , American actor and screenwriter 1914 - Donald Nixon , American businessman 1914 - Wilson Tucker , American projectionist and author 1915 - John Dehner , American actor 1915 - Marc Simont , French-American illustrator 1915 - Anne Burns , British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot 1916 - Michael Gough , Malaysian-English actor 1916 - P. K. Page, English-Canadian author and poet 1920 - Paul Celan , Romanian-French poet and translator 1921 - Fred Buscaglione , Italian singer and actor 1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne , Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia 1922 - Võ Văn Kiệt , Vietnamese soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vietnam 1923 - Daniel Brewster , American colonel, lawyer, and politician 1923 - Billy Haughton , American harness racer and trainer 1923 - Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral 1923 - Gloria Whelan , American author and poet 1924 - Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist 1924 - Josephine D'Angelo , American baseball player and educator 1924 - Paula Raymond , American model and actress 1924 - Colin Turnbull , English-American anthropologist and author 1925 - José Napoleón Duarte , Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador 1925 - Johnny Mandel , American composer and conductor 1925 - Elaine Horseman , English author and educator 1926 - Sathya Sai Baba , Indian guru and philosopher 1926 - R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1927 - John Cole , Irish-English journalist and author 1927 - Guy Davenport , American author and scholar 1927 - Angelo Sodano , Italian cardinal 1928 - Jerry Bock , American composer 1928 - John Coleman , Australian rules footballer and coach 1928 - Elmarie Wendel , American actress and singer 1929 - Hal Lindsey , American evangelist and author 1929 - Gloria Lynne , American singer 1930 - Geeta Dutt , Indian singer and actress 1930 - Robert Easton , American actor 1930 - Jack McKeon , American baseball player and manager 1932 - Michel David-Weill , French-American banker 1932 - Kunie Tanaka , Japanese actor 1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki , Polish composer and conductor 1933 - Ali Shariati , Iranian sociologist and activist 1934 - Lew Hoad , Australian tennis player 1934 - Robert Towne , American actor, director, and screenwriter 1935 - Ken Eastwood , Australian cricketer 1935 - Vladislav Volkov , Russian engineer and astronaut 1936 - Robert Barnard , English author, critic, and educator 1936 - Frank Caprio , American judge 1936 - Steve Landesberg , American actor and screenwriter 1936 - Mats Traat , Estonian poet and author 1937 - Graham Hearne , English lawyer and businessman 1938 - Patrick Kelly , English archbishop 1938 - Donald Roller Wilson , American artist 1939 - Betty Everett , American singer and pianist 1940 - Luis Tiant , Cuban-American baseball player and coach 1941 - Alan Mullery , English footballer and manager 1941 - Franco Nero , Italian actor and producer 1942 - Susan Anspach , American actress 1943 - Andrew Goodman , American activist 1943 - Sue Nicholls , English actress 1943 - David Nolan , American activist and politician 1943 - Petar Skansi , Croatian basketball player and coach 1944 - Joe Eszterhas , Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer 1944 - Peter Lindbergh , German-French photographer and director 1944 - James Toback , American actor, director, and screenwriter 1945 - Assi Dayan , Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter 1945 - Jim Doyle , American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of Wisconsin 1945 - Keith Hampshire , English-Canadian singer-songwriter and radio host 1945 - Jerry Harris , American sculptor 1945 - Tony Pond , English race car driver 1946 - Giorgos Koudas , Greek footballer and manager 1946 - Diana Quick , English actress 1946 - Bobby Rush , American activist and politician 1947 - Jean-Pierre Foucault , French radio and television host 1948 - Bruce Vilanch , American actor and screenwriter 1948 - Frank Worthington , English footballer and manager 1949 - Alan Paul , American singer-songwriter and actor 1949 - Sandra Stevens , English singer 1950 - Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri , Indian indologist, author, and academic 1950 - Carlos Eire , Cuban-born American author and academic 1950 - Charles Schumer , American lawyer and politician 1950 - Paul Wilson , Scottish footballer 1951 - Maik Galakos , Greek footballer and manager 1952 - Bill Troiano , American tuba player and educator 1953 - Rick Bayless , American chef and author 1953 - Francis Cabrel , French singer-songwriter and guitarist 1953 - Johan de Meij , Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor 1953 - Martin Kent , Australian cricketer 1954 - Pete Allen , English clarinet player and saxophonist 1954 - Glenn Brummer , American baseball player 1954 - Bruce Hornsby , American singer-songwriter and pianist 1954 - Aavo Pikkuus , Estonian cyclist 1955 - Steven Brust , American singer-songwriter, drummer, and author 1955 - Ludovico Einaudi , Italian pianist and composer 1955 - Dinos Kouis , Greek footballer and coach 1955 - Mary Landrieu , American politician 1956 - Bruce Edgar , New Zealand cricketer 1956 - Shane Gould , Australian swimmer and coach 1956 - Karin Guthke , German diver 1958 - Martin Snedden , New Zealand cricketer and lawyer 1959 - Maxwell Caulfield , English-American actor 1960 - Robin Roberts , American sportscaster and journalist 1961 - Keith Ablow , American psychiatrist and author 1961 - Nicolas Bacri , French composer 1961 - Merv Hughes , Australian cricketer 1961 - Peter Stanford , English journalist and author 1962 - Lance King , American singer-songwriter and producer 1962 - Nicolás Maduro , Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela 1963 - Gwynne Shotwell , American businesswoman, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX 1964 - Lorna Jane Clarkson , Australian fashion designer, entrepreneur, and author 1964 - Marilyn Kidd , Australian rower 1964 - Frank Rutherford , Bahamian triple jumper 1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht , American historian, author, and poet 1966 - Vincent Cassel , French actor and producer 1966 - Kevin Gallacher , Scottish footballer and sportscaster 1966 - Jerry Kelly , American golfer 1967 - Steve Deacon , Australian rugby league player 1967 - Gary Kirsten , South African cricketer and coach 1967 - Salli Richardson , American actress, director, and producer 1968 - Robert Denmark , English runner and coach 1968 - Hamid Hassani , Iranian lexicographer, linguist, and academic 1968 - Mark Soden , Australian rugby league player 1968 - Anthony Sullivan , English rugby league and union player 1968 - Kirsty Young , Scottish journalist 1969 - Olivier Beretta , Monégasque race car driver 1969 - Mike Lünsmann , German footballer 1969 - Robin Padilla , Filipino actor, martial artist, and screenwriter 1969 - Jonathan Seet , Singaporean-Canadian singer-songwriter and producer 1970 - Zoë Ball , English radio and television host 1970 - Oded Fehr , Israeli-American actor 1970 - Danny Hoch , American actor and screenwriter 1970 - Karsten Müller , German chess player and author 1971 - Khaled Al-Muwallid , Saudi Arabian footballer 1971 - Lisa Arch , American actress 1971 - Vin Baker , American basketball player and coach 1971 - Chris Hardwick , American comedian, actor, producer, and television host 1972 - Christopher James Adler , American drummer 1974 - Juventud Guerrera , Mexican wrestler and sportscaster 1974 - Saku Koivu , Finnish ice hockey player 1974 - Malik Rose , American basketball player and sportscaster 1974 - Jamie Sharper , American football player 1976 - Cüneyt Çakır , Turkish footballer and referee 1976 - Page Kennedy , American actor and rapper 1976 - Tony Renna , American race car driver 1976 - Murat Salar , German-Turkish footballer and manager 1976 - Kohei Suwama , Japanese wrestler 1977 - Myriam Boileau , Canadian diver 1977 - Adam Eaton , American baseball player 1977 - David Lucas , English footballer 1978 - Ali Güneş , German-Turkish footballer 1978 - Tommy Marth , American saxophonist 1978 - Alison Mosshart , American singer-songwriter 1978 - Kayvan Novak , English actor, director, and screenwriter 1979 - Kelly Brook , English model and actress 1979 - Nihat Kahveci , Turkish footballer and manager 1979 - Ivica Kostelić , Croatian skier 1980 - Ishmael Beah , Sierra Leonean child soldier and American author 1980 - David Britz , American nanotechnologist and engineer 1980 - Jonathan Papelbon , American baseball player 1982 - Colby Armstrong , Canadian ice hockey player 1982 - Dallas Johnson , Australian rugby league player 1982 - Asafa Powell , Jamaican sprinter 1983 - Nasser Al-Shamrani , Saudi Arabian footballer 1983 - Fatih Yiğituşağı , Turkish footballer 1984 - Amruta Khanvilkar , Indian actress and dancer 1984 - Justin Turner , American baseball player 1985 - Viktor An , South Korean speed skater 1987 - Nicklas Bäckström , Swedish ice hockey player 1990 - Shaun Hutchinson , English footballer 1990 - Eddy Kim , South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist 1990 - Alena Leonova , Russian figure skater 1990 - Christopher Quiring , German footballer 1991 - Ahmed Shehzad , Pakistani cricketer 1992 - Miley Cyrus , American singer-songwriter and actress 1992 - Gabriel Landeskog , Swedish ice hockey player 1994 - Wes Burns , Welsh footballer 1995 - Kelly Rosen , Estonian footballer 1996 - Anna Yanovskaya , Russian ice dancerDeaths 386 - Jin Feidi , emperor of the Jin Dynasty 947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria 955 - Eadred , English king 1161 - Adam , Abbot of Ebrach 1183 - William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester 1407 - Louis I, Duke of Orléans 1457 - Ladislaus the Posthumous , Hungarian king 1464 - Blessed Margaret of Savoy 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne 1503 - Bona of Savoy 1503 - Margaret of York 1572 - Bronzino , Italian painter and poet 1585 - Thomas Tallis , English composer 1616 - Richard Hakluyt , English priest and author 1682 - Claude Lorrain , French-Italian painter and engraver 1763 - Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff , German field marshal and diplomat 1769 - Constantine Mavrocordatos , Greek prince 1803 - Roger Newdigate , English politician 1804 - Richard Graves , English minister and author 1804 - Ivan Mane Jarnović , Italian violinist and composer 1807 - Jean-François Rewbell , French lawyer and politician 1814 - Elbridge Gerry , American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States of America 1833 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan , French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs 1890 - William III of the Netherlands 1899 - Thomas Henry Ismay , English businessman, founded White Star Line 1905 - John Burdon-Sanderson , English physiologist and academic 1910 - Hawley Harvey Crippen , American physician and murderer 1927 - Miguel Pro , Mexican priest and martyr 1934 - Giovanni Brunero , Italian cyclist 1937 - Jagadish Chandra Bose , Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist 1937 - George Albert Boulenger , Belgian-English zoologist and botanist 1937 - Miklós Kovács , Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet 1940 - Stanley Argyle , Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria 1943 - Ernie Jones , Australian cricketer and footballer 1948 - Hack Wilson , American baseball player 1958 - Nikolaos Georgantas , Greek discus thrower 1958 - Johnston McCulley , American author and screenwriter 1966 - Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland 1970 - Yusof bin Ishak , Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore 1972 - Marie Wilson , American actress 1973 - Sessue Hayakawa , Japanese actor, director, and producer 1974 - notable victims of the Massacre of the Sixty: * Abiye Abebe , Ethiopian general and politician * Aman Andom , Ethiopian general and politician, President of Ethiopia * Aklilu Habte-Wold , Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia * Asrate Kassa , Ethiopian commander * Endelkachew Makonnen , Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia 1974 - Cornelius Ryan , Irish-American journalist and author 1976 - André Malraux , French theorist and author 1979 - Merle Oberon , Indian-American actress and singer 1979 - Judee Sill , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1982 - Grady Nutt , American minister and author 1983 - Juhan Muks , Estonian painter 1983 - Waheed Murad , Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter 1984 - Leonard Baker , American historian and author 1990 - Roald Dahl , British novelist, poet, and screenwriter 1990 - Bo Díaz , Venezuelan baseball player 1991 - Klaus Kinski , German-American actor and director 1992 - Roy Acuff , American singer-songwriter and fiddler 1992 - Jean-François Thiriart , Belgian politician 1994 - Art Barr , American wrestler 1994 - Irwin Kostal , American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher 1995 - Louis Malle , French-American director, producer, and screenwriter 1995 - Junior Walker , American singer and saxophonist 1996 - Mohamed Amin , Kenyan photographer and journalist 1996 - Art Porter, Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter 1997 - Jorge Mas Canosa , Cuban-American businessman 2000 - Brian Rawlinson , English actor and playwright 2001 - Bo Belinsky , American baseball player 2001 - Mary Whitehouse , English educator and activist 2002 - Roberto Matta , Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor 2004 - Pete Franklin , American radio host 2005 - Constance Cummings , American-English actress 2005 - Frank Gatski , American football player and soldier 2006 - Jesús Blancornelas , Mexican journalist, co-founded Zeta Magazine 2006 - Nick Clarke , English journalist 2006 - Betty Comden , American actress, singer, and screenwriter 2006 - Alexander Litvinenko , Russian spy and defector 2006 - Philippe Noiret , French actor 2006 - Anita O'Day , American singer 2006 - Willie Pep , American boxer and referee 2007 - Joe Kennedy , American baseball player 2007 - Óscar Carmelo Sánchez , Bolivian footballer and manager 2007 - Robert Vesco , American-Cuban financier 2007 - Pat Walsh , New Zealand rugby union player 2009 - José Arraño Acevedo , Chilean journalist and historian 2010 - Nassos Daphnis , Greek-American painter and sculptor 2010 - Joyce Howard , English-American actress 2011 - Jim Rathmann , American race car driver 2012 - José Luis Borau , Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 2012 - Chuck Diering , American baseball player 2012 - Larry Hagman , American actor, director, and producer 2012 - Diana Isaac , English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist 2013 - Connie Broden , Canadian ice hockey player 2013 - Jay Leggett , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 2013 - Peter B. Lewis, American businessman and philanthropist 2013 - Wayne Mills , American singer-songwriter 2013 - Costanzo Preve , Italian philosopher and theorist 2014 - Marion Barry , American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia 2014 - Dorothy Cheney , American tennis player 2014 - Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut 2014 - Murray Oliver , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach 2014 - Clive Palmer , English banjo player 2014 - Pat Quinn , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 2015 - Jamiluddin Aali , Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic 2015 - Manmeet Bhullar , Canadian lawyer and politician 2015 - Dan Fante , American author and playwright 2015 - Douglass North , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 2015 - Jim Sochor , American football player and coach 2016 - Rita Barberá Nolla , Spanish politician 2016 - Ralph Branca , American baseball player 2016 - Andrew Sachs , German-born British actor 2016 - Joe Esposito , road manager for Elvis Presley 2017 - Stela Popescu , Romanian actressHolidays and observances Christian feast day: * Alexander Nevsky * Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro - one of Saints of the Cristero War * Columbanus * Felicitas of Rome * Paulinus of Wales * Pope Clement I * Trudo * Wilfetrudis * November 23 Earliest day on which Black Friday can fall, while November 29 is the latest; observed on the day after Thanksgiving , and its related observances: *Buy Nothing Day Labor Thanksgiving Day Repudiation Day Rudolf Maister Day St George's Day or Giorgoba
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