November 23 in History

Marries Sanchia of Provence, daughter of Raimond-Berengar V de Provence

Orleans is assassinated by Burgundy while under Charles protection. Burgundy is pardoned because Orleans had been involved in a plot to overthrow the King

Burgundy is pardoned because Orleans had been involved in a plot to overthrow the King

Inherits disputed Austrian authority after Ladislaus Posthumous dies.

The pretender to the throne is hanged in the Tower of London

Perkin Warbeck is executed at Tyburn after years of challenging Henry VII's claim to the throne.

Captures Milan

Elizabeth Barton, the "Holy Maid of Kent", is arrested for treason

Elizabeth Barton, the "Holy Maid of Kent", is arrested for treason

Opening of Henry VIIIs 9th Parliament

Chosen Speaker of the House of Commons in the Parliament of 1584

Pascal experiences an intense religious conversion recorded in his Memorial.

Frederick II the Great defeats Charles of Lorraines Austrian Army

Wins the principal Patriote battlefield victory of the Lower Canada Rebellion.

Germany is united under a single Confederation

Wins the election but dependent on Irish support

Wins the election but dependent on Irish support

Appointed President of Brazil

Appointed President of Brazil after the resignation of Deodoro da Fonseca

Maygar rides into danger to help a dismounted soldier escape an attempted Boer encirclement and later receives the Victoria Cross.

Churchill answers parliamentary questions concerning wartime commissions between the armed services.

Churchill addresses questions concerning the destruction of Cradock's squadron off the Chilean coast.

Answers Commons questions about the service and condition of Royal Naval and Marine brigades.

German, Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian forces push the Serbian army into exile; Serbia falls

Is forced to resign after the Social Democrats leave the coalition.

Forced to resign after the Social Democrats leave the coalition

Kerensky participates in russian emigre movement during his political career.

Requests 2,000 troops to control the Saarland

Requests 2,000 troops to control the Saarland. Fears the Germans will use the strategy used in Austria when Dolfuss was assassinated

Romania joins the Axis Powers

Romania joins the Tripartite Pact

Nehring personally leads the 18th Division in its capture of Skoping

Appointed Commander of the 8th Army in New Guinea

Appointed Commander of the 8th Army in New Guinea

Eighth Army reaches the El Agheila region after the rapid advance across Cyrenaica.

Hitler orders the 6th Army to hold their position

The 300,000 force of the German 6th Army is encircled

Meets Roosevelt and Churchill in a plenary session at Cairo to discuss Allied operations against Japan and postwar arrangements in Asia.

Again asks that the conference be held in one of the Soviet Union's Black Sea port cities.

Negotiations with the Vietminh break down at Fontainbleau & bombing resumes

Negotiations with the Vietminh break down & the bombing of Haiphong begins

The French cruiser Suffren shells Hai Phong. General Valluy gives the Viet Minh a 2 hr ultimatum to leave Hai Phong which expires

Both sides agree to a cease-fire along a demarcation line

Embarks on a tour of the Commonwealth with Prince Philip

Embarks on a tour of the Commonwealth with Prince Philip

Leaves Britain for rest in Jamaica as his health and political position deteriorate

Leaves for Jamaica as his health and authority deteriorate after Suez

Italy becomes the first signatory state to deposit its instrument of ratification with the Italian government.

Zoli heads the Italian government when Italy deposits its instrument of ratification for the Rome Treaties.

Witness to the assassination of Tippit by Lee Harvey Oswald

Acquilla Clemons lived on the north side of Tenth Street in Dallas, Clemons was sitting on the porch of her house when she saw Officer J. D. Tippit killed.

Testifies that the Tippit gunman was a "short guy and kind of heavy", the other man was tall and thin in khaki trousers and a white shirt.

the Dallas Police warned her not to repeat this story to others or "she might get hurt".

Barbara Jeanette Davis and her sister-in-law Virginia Davis heard the shots that killed Tippit and see the Oswald crossing their lawn and shaking a revolver as if he were emptying it of cartridge cases

Markham identifies Lee Harvey Oswald as Tippits killer in a police lineup. Helen Markham at first describes Tippits killer as being short and somewhat on the heavy side, with slightly bushy hair". Although considered the star witness, her testimony was full of mistakes, she said Tippit was alive when the ambulance arrived, but the other witnesses say he died immediately

Warren Reynolds did not see the Tippit shooting but saw the gunman running from the scene of the crime, he claimed that the man was not Oswald

Witness to the assassination of Officer Tippit. Identifies Oswald at the lineup for killing Officer Tippit

As he reached the front wheel on the drivers side, Oswald drew a revolver and fired several shots in rapid succession, hitting Tippit three times in the chest. then walked up to Tippits body and shot him directly in the head, killing him instantly

At 12:45 p.m., 15 minutes after the assassination, Tippit received an order by radio to proceed to the central Oak Cliff area as part of a concentration of patrol car activity around the centre of the city.

At 1:11-1:14 p.m.Tippit was driving slowly in an easterly direction on East 10th Street in Oak Cliff. About 100 feet (30 m) past the intersection of 10th Street and Patton Avenue, Tippit pulled up alongside Oswald, who was walking in the same direction.

Police officer with the Dallas, Texas Police Department who, according to witnesses and Government investigations including the Warren Commission, was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald after Tippit stopped Oswald following the Kennedy assassination.

Frank Wright claims that Tippit was shot by two men

Police radio a description of Oswald based on Brennans description. Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm. Brennan gives a description of the assassin which was broadcast to all Dallas police at 12:45 p.m., 12:48 p.m., and 12:55 p.m

Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm

Driver of Kennedys limousine

Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm

Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm

Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm

James Tague, a spectator and witness to the assassination, recieves a minor wound to his right cheek while standing 270 feet (82 m) in front of where Kennedy is shot

It is decided that Kennedy and his party, including his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Governor John Connally and Ralph Yarborough, would travel in a procession of cars through the business district of Dallas

Fritz showed Oswald a photograph recovered under search warrant depicting him holding a rifle and pistol; Oswald claimed the image had been altered.

Rose and fellow officers recovered photographs showing Oswald holding a rifle and pistol among the effects examined under the search warrant.

Preparation of President Kennedy's body for burial was completed at approximately 4 a.m. on November 23.

After the burial preparation was completed, President Kennedy's body left Bethesda for the White House East Room.

Early on November 23, Humes telephoned Dr. Malcolm Perry and learned that Perry had used the existing throat wound for the tracheotomy incision.

Humes sought confirmation from Parkland Hospital that a tracheotomy had been performed through the wound on the front of Kennedy's neck.

Perry's information confirmed Humes's conclusion that the neck bullet had exited through the front of Kennedy's throat.

Fritz questioned Oswald about leaving downtown by bus and examined the bus transfer found among his possessions.

Fritz challenged Oswald about Buell Wesley Frazier's statement that Oswald had explained his unusual Thursday trip to Irving by mentioning curtain rods.

Around 4 a.m., Ruby visited the Dallas Times-Herald composing room, discussed seeing Oswald at the press conference, and spoke about closing his clubs.

Ruby introduced himself to Justice of the Peace David L. Johnston after the press conference and gave Johnston a Carousel Club business card.

Ruby said he visited Dealey Plaza on November 23, viewed memorial wreaths, and spoke with a police officer about the Texas School Book Depository.

President Kennedy's casket lay in repose in the White House East Room while Jacqueline Kennedy and the family observed private mourning rites.

During the Oswald press conference, Ruby joined reporters in correcting District Attorney Henry Wade when Wade mistakenly referred to the "Free Cuba Committee."

With Oswald's consent, Dallas Police identification personnel collected fingernail scrapings and hair specimens for possible forensic comparison.

At Oswald's press appearance, Ruby corrected District Attorney Henry Wade when Wade mistakenly referred to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee as the Free Cuba Committee.

Jacqueline Kennedy prepared handwritten notes on funeral arrangements that are preserved in the Kennedy Library's assassination collections.

Lee Bowers, a railroad switchman sitting in two-story tower has an unobstructed view of the rear of the stockade fence atop the grassy knoll during the shooting.

This record states: At the moment of the assassination, Bowers was operating the Union Terminal Companys two-story interlocking tower, overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas School Book Depository.

This record states: has an unobstructed view of the rear of the concrete pergola and the stockade fence at the top of the grassy knoll.

Ochus Campbell, the vicepresident of the Texas School Book Depository Company, was standing with Roy Truly on the north side of Elm Street, about 30 feet from the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository. Campbell says he ran toward a grassy knoll to the west of the building, where he thought the sniper had hidden

After the press conference, Ruby approached District Attorney Henry Wade, identified himself, and reminded Wade that he operated the Vegas Club.

Ruby helped KLIF obtain a telephone interview with District Attorney Henry Wade by locating Wade at police headquarters and bringing him to the telephone.

After leaving KLIF, Ruby showed reporter Russ Knight a "Life Line" radio script titled "Heroism" and discussed political hostility toward President Kennedy in Dallas.

Stovall's team documented property taken from the Paine garage, including photographs, film, correspondence, books, and other papers connected with Oswald.

While in custody, Oswald sought New York attorney John Abt to represent him and declined an immediate Dallas Bar Association offer of counsel.

Early on November 23, Ruby spent about an hour talking with dancer Kay Helen Coleman and Dallas police officer Harry Olsen about the assassination.

Mrs. Kennedy looked to Abraham Lincoln's funeral for precedent when shaping the ceremonial arrangements for President Kennedy's state funeral.

Fritz questioned Oswald about the long package seen by Frazier and Linnie Mae Randle; Oswald denied carrying such a package to work.

Fritz's interrogation covered Oswald's political associations and foreign travel as investigators examined his recent Mexico City contacts.

Around midnight, Ruby attended the Dallas police press conference where Lee Harvey Oswald briefly appeared before reporters and television cameras.

Stovall participated in the warrant search of Oswald's stored effects in the Paine garage as investigators sought additional physical and documentary evidence.

Moore joined Stovall and Rose in obtaining a search warrant for Oswald's effects stored at the Paine residence in Irving.

Ruby visited a post office seeking the identity of the person renting a box listed on an "Impeach Earl Warren" billboard, but an employee refused to provide the information.

After the overnight medical examination at Bethesda, Mrs. Kennedy returned to the White House as preparations for the state funeral continued.

Fritz confronted Oswald with information linking him to a rifle purchased under the Hidell name; Oswald continued denying ownership of the weapon.

Police brought Oswald back to Fritz's office for an evening interrogation that included renewed questioning about the rifle photographs and related evidence.

Investigators questioned Oswald during three interrogation sessions on November 23, totaling about three hours.

William Scoggins viewed a police lineup on November 23 and identified Oswald as the man he had seen near the Tippit shooting.

At Sol's Turf Bar, Ruby argued about Dallas and the assassination and displayed photographs of the "Impeach Earl Warren" billboard he had investigated.

Jacqueline Kennedy took an active role in planning the state funeral, drawing on historical precedent and ceremonial traditions.

When Fritz asked about a taxi, Oswald acknowledged leaving the stalled bus, taking a cab toward Oak Cliff, and paying an eighty-five-cent fare.

At the moment of the assassination, Bowers was operating the Union Terminal Companys two-story interlocking tower, overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas School Book Depository, has an unobstructed view of the rear of the concrete pergola and the stockade fence at the top of the grassy knoll

Ochus Campbell, the vicepresident of the Texas School Book Depository Company, was standing with Roy Truly on the north side of Elm Street, about 30 feet from the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository. Campbell says he ran toward a grassy knoll to the west of the building, where he thought the sniper had hidden

Claims to have heard three gunshots come from directly over their head in the Texas School Book Depository Building , and that plaster dust fell from the ceiling

Claims to have heard three gunshots come from directly over their head in the Texas School Book Depository Building , and that plaster dust fell from the ceiling

Claims to have heard three gunshots come from directly over their head in the Texas School Book Depository Building , and that plaster dust fell from the ceiling

At the moment of the assassination Bowers was operating the Union Terminal Companys two-story interlocking tower overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas School Book Depository

Sees four men between his tower and Elm Street a middle-aged man and a younger man standing 10 to 15 feet apart near the Triple Underpass who did not seem to know each other

and one or two uniformed parking lot attendants.

has an unobstructed view of the rear of the concrete pergola and the stockade fence at the top of the grassy knoll

Posthumously awarded the Medal of Valor from the National Police Hall of Fame and also received the Police Medal of Honor, the Police Cross, and the Citizens Traffic Commission Award of Heroism

All of the commission's records are transferred on November 23 to the National Archives. The unpublished portion of those records was initially sealed for 75 years (to 2039) under a general National Archives policy that applied to all federal investigations by the executive branch of Government, a period "intended to

serve as protection for innocent persons who could otherwise be damaged because of their relationship with participants in the case

One of the largest individual gifts to the Tippit family is the $25,000 ($152,000 in 2006) that Abraham Zapruder donated after selling his film of the assassination

One of the largest individual gifts to the Tippit family is the $25,000 ($152,000 in 2006) that Abraham Zapruder donated after selling his film of the assassination

Cables Washington requesting 200,000 more troops in 1966

Releases the single, "My Sweet Lord"

Meets United States President Gerald Ford for the first time at Vladivostok.

President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union

President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union

President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

The FNLA and UNITA forge an alliance proclaiming their own coalition Government based in Huambo with Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi as co-presidents and Jose Ndele and Johnny Pinnock Eduardo as co-Prime Minister's

Russia breaks off talks with the US on medium range missiles

Papoulias is appointed Alternate Minister for National Defence.

Heads Ireland when its completed Maastricht ratification is formally notified to the Italian Government.

It is reported that $4 million of a $25 million bonus payment from the new oil project was used by the Chad Government to buy weapons

Gyanendra declares state of emergency, Government declares Maoists "terrorist organisation"

Zafarullah Khan Jamali becomes Prime Minister after the general election.

Citigroup receives federal capital support and protection against losses on selected assets.

North Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island.

Assumes presidential responsibilities under the GCC transition agreement.

Signs the Gulf Cooperation Council transition agreement.

Agrees to transfer presidential powers to his deputy.

Backs the GCC initiative for a peaceful Yemeni transition.

Prepares Yemen for a transitional presidential election.

Supports the negotiated transfer of power from Saleh.

Tunisia held the first round of its first competitive direct presidential election after the revolution.

Directs In the Fade.

Begins his Tottenham tenure with a 3-2 Premier League victory at West Ham United.

ibn Shaker participates in peace negotiations connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Scores the only goal as Belgium defeat Canada in their opening World Cup match.

Appointed President of Ecuador after the 2023 snap election

Birth of Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Death of Edred

Death of Orleans, assasinated. Burgundy is pardoned because Orleans had been involved in a plot to overthrow the King

His death opens Austrian and Bohemian succession disputes.

The pretender to the throne is hanged in the Tower of London

Frederick II the Great defeats Charles of Lorraines Austrian Army

Andre Massena fought in the French victory at Loano as the Army of Italy broke Austrian and Sardinian positions on the Ligurian coast.

Retreats from the Iberian Peninsular after the Spanish are defeated by Napoleon

Takes command of the army in Spain & defeats the Spanish

Napoleon defeats a Spanish force

Leads Patriote defenders who repel British regular troops at Saint-Denis.

Methuen defeats Boer positions at Belmont during the advance intended to relieve Kimberley.

Joubert's Boer forces repel the British attack at Willow Grange before ending their advance into southern Natal.

Kitchener commands the British force that attacks Boer positions at Willow Grange and is forced to withdraw.

The Stalingrad fronts link up, 330,000 Germans are encircled. Hitler orders the 6th Army to hold their position

The south west & Stalingrad fronts link up, 330,000 Germans are encircled. Hitler orders "Where the German Soldier sets his foot, there he remains"

Zhukov begins attacking the German 5th Army & 4th Panzer Army in the rear. The 300,000 force of the German 6th Army is encircled

Attacks the French fortified camp at Na San