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This is a list of selected November 23 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
St George's Day in Georgia; lots of CN tags (10)
1499Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne during the reign of King Henry VII, was hanged after allegedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. refimprove section
1890William III of the Netherlands died without a living male heir, allowing his ten-year-old daughter Wilhelmina to succeed him to the Dutch throne. unreferenced section
1934 – An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden encountered a garrison of Somalis in Italian service at Walwal, which led to the Abyssinia Crisis. lots of CN tags (18)
1955 – The Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean were transferred from British to Australian control. outdated, refimprove section
1985Omar Rezaq and two others from the Abu Nidal terrorist group hijacked EgyptAir Flight 648 over the Mediterranean Sea. refimprove section
1992IBM released a prototype called "Angler" of the Simon (pictured), a handheld touchscreen mobile phone and personal digital assistant that is considered the first smartphone. no date in article for this one -- almost definitely fixable, but its release date would be a better OTD
1996Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked, then crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125 of the 175 people on board. expansion
2005Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won the Liberian general election, making her the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa. refimprove section
2010 – In response to artillery exercises held near the border between the two nations, North Korea bombarded Yeonpyeong Island, killing four South Koreans and injuring 19 others. refimprove section

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November 23

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