Today in history: Nov. 23
President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and more events that happened on this day in history.
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1887: Boris Karloff
In 1887, actor Boris Karloff was born William Henry Pratt in London.
1980: Earthquakes
In 1980, some 2,600 people were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.
2000: Florida
In 2000, in a setback for Al Gore, the Florida Supreme Court refused to order Miami-Dade 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.
2001: Slobodan Milosevic
In 2001, the U.N. war crimes tribunal said it would try former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic (sloh-BOH’-dahn mee-LOH’-shuh-vich) for genocide in Bosnia, linking him for the first time in court to the murders of thousands of non-Serbs and the displacement of a quarter million people. (Milosevic died in March 2006 while his trial was in progress.)
2003: Afghanistan
In 2003, five U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
2006: Alexander Litvinenko
In 2006, former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko (leet-vee-NYEN’-koh) died in London from radiation poisoning after making a deathbed statement blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin.
2010: Ingrid Pitt
Ten years ago: Ingrid Pitt, who’d survived a Nazi concentration camp and dodged Communist police to become one of Britain’s best known horror stars, died in London at 73.
2010: North and South Korea
Ten years ago: North Korea bombarded South Korea’s Yeonpyeong (yuhn-pyuhng) Island with artillery fire, killing four people and raising tensions between the two countries.
2012: Egypt
In 2012, supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi clashed in the streets of Cairo and other major cities in the worst violence since Morsi took office nearly five months earlier.
2012: Larry Hagman
In 2012, actor Larry Hagman, best known for playing the scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on TV’s “Dallas,” died in Dallas at the age of 81.
2015: The White House
Five years ago: The White House urged its allies to step up their contributions to the campaign against the Islamic State, as President Barack Obama faced pressure to show the U.S.-led coalition would intensify efforts even without a major shift in strategy.
2016: Donald Trump
In 2016, President-elect Donald Trump selected two Republican women who’d had unflattering things to say about him during the campaign: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and charter school advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the Department of Education.
2019: Mason Rudolph
One year ago: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph was fined $50,000 by the NFL for his involvement in a melee that began when Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett pulled off his helmet and hit him over the head with it. (In all, the league assessed more than $700,000 for discipline stemming from the brawl; Garrett was indefinitely suspended.)
1963: Lyndon B. Johnson
In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1971: China
In 1971, the People’s Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.
2019: Pope Francis
One year ago: Beginning a three-day visit to Japan, Pope Francis denounced the “evil” of nuclear weapons.
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