1852 - just past midnight a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30 feet
1863 - Patent granted for a process of making color photographs
1911 - Post Hospital at Presidio SF renamed Letterman General Hospital
1948 - Lens to provide zoom effects patented - FG Back
1979 - Merle Oberon dies at 68
1980 - Mae West dies at 88
2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
2007 - MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There were no fatalities.
2009 - The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines
Famous birthdays On November 23 ..
0912 - Otto I (the Great), German king Holy Roman emperor (962-73)
1221 - Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile and Leon (1252)
1749 - Gov. Edward Rutledge, of S.C. signer of Declaration of Independence
1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th Pres (1853-1857)
1859 - Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney), criminal
1860 - Karl Branting, Swedish statesman diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921)
1887 - Boris Karloff, bogeyman (Frankenstein Isle of the Dead)
1930 - William Brock, Sen
1930 - Vera Miles, in Okla
1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (Hiroshima Threnody)
1935 - Vladislav N. Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 7 11)
1952 - Francie Larrieu, Track runner
The New History of the World
History of the World Part I
A Little History of the World
History: The Definitive Visual Guide (From The Dawn of Civilization To The Present Day)
A Short History of the World
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