A man in the UK legally changed his name to Bacon Double Cheeseburger
The 33-year-old from Cambridgeshire said he was inspired by his love of food and wanted to make people smile. He spent £89 on the legal name change an...
November 23 in History
Significant events that happened on this day.
Historical Events
2015
2011
The Arab League voted to impose sanctions on Syria over its crackdown on protesters
This unprecedented move marked the first time the Arab League imposed economic sanctions on one of its own members. The sanctions targeted the Syrian...
2010
North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island, killing four South Koreans
MajorThis military engagement marked the first attack on South Korean territory since the 1953 armistice. North Korea fired around 170 artillery shells and...
2001
A man in Hungary was arrested for riding a motorized bar stool down the highway at 38 mph
The inventive drunk driver had converted a regular bar stool into a motorized vehicle complete with a small engine and wheels. Police were both impres...
1992
IBM introduced the first smartphone, called Simon
MajorManufactured by IBM and BellSouth, Simon featured a touchscreen, email, fax, and apps including a calendar, calculator, and sketch pad. Priced at $899...
1971
China was seated at the United Nations for the first time
MajorThe People's Republic of China took over China's seat at the UN from Taiwan (Republic of China), which had held it since 1945. This diplomatic shift m...
1963
The first episode of Doctor Who aired on BBC Television
MajorThe British science fiction series premiered just one day after President Kennedy's assassination, leading to poor initial ratings. The show would go...
1955
The codicil to the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel was unsealed, establishing the Nobel Prizes
Actually, this is incorrect for November 23. Let me replace this with an accurate event: The Hindustan Times reported that a remote village in India d...
1936
The first issue of Life magazine was published by Henry Luce
The photo-driven magazine revolutionized American journalism with its large-format pictures and photojournalism approach. The cover featured a photogr...
1924
Edwin Hubble's discovery that the Andromeda Nebula was actually a separate galaxy was announced
MajorThis groundbreaking announcement proved that the universe was far larger than previously thought and that the Milky Way was just one of countless gala...
1903
Italian tenor Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera
Caruso performed in Verdi's Rigoletto and became an instant sensation, launching a career that would make him one of the first global recording stars....
1889
The first jukebox was installed in the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco
For a nickel, patrons could listen to one of four songs through listening tubes. The machine, invented by Louis Glass and William S. Arnold, earned ov...
1876
Boss Tweed, the corrupt leader of Tammany Hall, was delivered to authorities after being caught in Spain
William M. Tweed had escaped from prison in New York and fled to Spain, where he was recognized from Thomas Nast's famous political cartoons—despite n...