TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2022.
Today’s highlight in history
On Nov. 23, 1971, the People’s Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.
On this date
In 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. (The coin-operated device consisted of four listening tubes attached to an Edison phonograph.)
In 1903, Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in “Rigoletto.”
In 1936, Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.
In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
In 1980, some 2,600 people
were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.
In 1996, a commandeered Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the water off the Comoros Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board, including all three hijackers.
In 2000, in a setback for Al Gore, the Florida Supreme Court refused to order MiamiDade County officials to resume hand-counting its election-day ballots. Meanwhile, Gore’s lawyers argued in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that the high
court should stay out of the Florida election controversy.
In 2003, five U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
In 2006, former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko died in London from radiation poisoning after making a deathbed statement blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In 2011, Yemen’s authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, agreed to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power.
In 2020, the federal government recognized Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power; President Donald Trump still refused to concede and vowed to continue a court fight after General Services Administrator Emily Murphy gave the green light for Biden to coordinate with federal agencies ahead of his inauguration. Michigan certified Biden’s win in the battleground state.
Ten years ago: Actor Larry Hagman, best known for playing J.R. Ewing on “Dallas,” died in Dallas at the age of 81.
Today’s birthdays
Actor Franco Nero is 81. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is 78. Actor-writer Bruce Vilanch is 75. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is 72. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 68. Former Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is 67. Actor Maxwell Caulfield is 63. Actor John Henton is 62. TV personality Robin Roberts is 62. Singermusician Ken Block (Sister Hazel) is 56. Actor Lucas Grabeel is 38. TV personality Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is 35. Actor-singer Miley Cyrus is 30.