November 23
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Art and culture
- 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to examine the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
- 1903 - Opera tenor Enrico Caruso makes his American debut in New York City with the Metropolitan Opera in Rigoletto.
- 1963 - The first episode of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, airs on the BBC.
- 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.
Births
- 1859 - Billy The Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881(?))
- 1887 - Boris Karloff, British actor (d. 1969)
- 1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
- 1890 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
- 1892 - Erté, French artist (d. 1990)
- 1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (d. 1970)
- 1944 - Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-born film producer and writer
Deaths
- 947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
- 955 - Edred, King of England (b. c. 923)
- 1407 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (murdered) (b. 1372)
- 1457 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
- 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. 1474)
- 1503 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)
- 1572 - Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (b. 1503)
- 1585 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. 1505)
- 1616 - Richard Hakluyt, English writer (b. 1552)
- 1682 - Claude Lorrain, French painter (b. 1604)
- 1763 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)
- 1769 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (b. 1711)
- 1783 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (b. 1714)
- 1803 - Roger Newdigate, British politician (b. 1719)
- 1804 - Richard Graves, British writer (b. 1715)
- 1807 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (b. 1747)
- 1814 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
- 1833 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (b. 1762)
- 1890 - King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
- 1902 - Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851)
- 1923 - Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1883)
- 1934 - Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
- 1937 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1858)
- 1937 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)
- 1948 - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- 1966 - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (b. 1882)
- 1970 - Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (b. 1910)
- 1972 - Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
- 1973 - Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (b. 1889)
- 1974 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-born author (b. 1920)
- 1976 - André Malraux, French author (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Merle Oberon, British actress (b. 1911)
- 1979 - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. 1944)
- 1983 - Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
- 1990 - Roald Dahl, British author (b. 1916)
- 1990 - Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1953)
- 1992 - Roy Acuff, American musician (b. 1903)
- 1992 - Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Art Barr, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
- 1994 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (b. 1939)
- 1995 - Louis Malle, French film director (b. 1932)
- 1995 - Jr. Walker, American musician (b. 1931)
- 1996 - Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (b. 1943)
- 1996 - Art Porter, Jr., American jazz musician (b. 1961)
- 1997 - Jorge Más Canosa, anti-Castro activist (b. 1939)
- 2001 - Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)
- 2001 - O.C. Smith, American singer (b. 1932)
- 2002 - Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
- 2004 - Pete Franklin, American talk radio host (b. 1928)
- 2005 - Frank Gatski, American football player (center) (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Constance Cummings, American-born British actress (b. 1910)
- 2006 - Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
- 2006 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (b. 1917)
- 2006 - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy (b. 1962)
- 2006 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
- 2006 - Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)
- 2006 - Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
Notes
- Louis Malle
- Philippe Noiret
- André Malraux
- Boris Karloff
- Yasuzo Masumura
- Klaus Kinski
- Théo van Rysselberghe
- Billy the Kid
- Roberto Matta
- El Lissitzky
- Charles Méryon
- Paul Celan
- Roald Dahl
- Mary Whitehouse
- Roberto Matta
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