November 23
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
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The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-113 to the International Space Station carrying the Expedition 6 crew and the P1 truss.
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Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
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The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
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A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
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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 are no fatalities.
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The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Philippines; 58 opponents of Andal Ampatuan Jr. are kidnapped and killed.
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Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.
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Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
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Founders of Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana issue an apology following a series of offensive advertisements on social media promoting a fashion show in Shanghai, China, which was canceled.
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The last Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia, Imam, dies, making the species officially extinct in the country.
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2001Tino Anjorin, English footballer
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1999Boubacar Kamara, French footballer
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1998Caoimhín Kelleher, Irish footballer
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1996Alexis Ren, American social media personality, model, and actress
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1996James Maddison, English footballer
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1996Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer
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1995Kelly Rosen, Estonian footballer
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1994Wes Burns, Welsh footballer
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1992Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress
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1992Gabriel Landeskog, Swedish ice hockey player
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1991Christian Cueva, Peruvian footballer
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1991Willian José, Brazilian footballer
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