History’s highly educative nature reminds us of things that happened in the past that we may have forgotten about, and at the same time educates us on some facts we had no clue of.
Let’s take a look at what happened in history on November 23.
- 1835 – Henry Burden patented the horseshoe manufacturing machine.
- 1890 – General elections were held in Italy.
- 1921 – US President Warren G. Harding signs Willis Campell Act, forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes.
- 1943 – US forces took control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island & Makin from the Japanese.
- 1943 – British Forces Broadcasting Service began operations.
- 1945 – The U.S. wartime rationing of most foods ended.
- 1971 – The People’s Republic of China was seated in the United Nations Security Council.
- 1974 – 60 Ethiopian government officials were executed.
- 1976 – Jacques Mayol became the first person to dive 100 meters in the sea without breathing equipment.
- 1976 – America performed a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1980 – Approximately 4,800 people were killed in a series of earthquakes, in Southern Italy.
- 1986 – President Aquino of Manila dismissed the Defense Minister Enrile.
- 1988 – France performed a nuclear test.
- 1992 – Miley Cyrus, an American singer and songwriter, was born.
- 1992 – 10,000,000 cellular telephones were sold.
- 2005 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected as President of Liberia.
- 2014 – Republicans condemned U.S. President Obama’s use of executive powers to force through immigration reform.
- 2014 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes central Japan.
- 2017 – Brazilian footballer Robinho was sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy.
- 2020 – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden introduced his new cabinet.