12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for November 23, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1248 – Seville surrenders to King Ferdinand III of Castile in the Reconquista.
- 1499 – Pretender Perkin Warbeck is executed at Tyburn for treason against Henry VII.
- 1644 – John Milton publishes Areopagitica, his speech against prepublication censorship.
- 1808 – Battle of Tudela: French forces defeat Spain in the Peninsular War.
- 1863 – Battle of Orchard Knob opens the Chattanooga campaign for the Union Army.
- 1889 – The first coin-operated “jukebox” debuts at San Francisco’s Palais Royal Saloon.
- 1936 – The modern photojournalism LIFE magazine publishes its first issue.
- 1943 – The Battle of Tarawa ends after three days of brutal fighting in the Pacific.
- 1946 – French shelling of Haiphong triggers the First Indochina War.
- 1963 – Doctor Who premieres on BBC Television.
- 1980 – The Irpinia earthquake strikes southern Italy, killing thousands.
- 1985 – EgyptAir Flight 648 is hijacked; a deadly rescue attempt follows in Malta.
- 2003 – Georgia’s Rose Revolution culminates as Eduard Shevardnadze resigns.
- 2010 – North Korea shells South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island, escalating peninsula tensions.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1954 – Bruce Hornsby, singer-songwriter/pianist (“The Way It Is”) (71).
- 1960 – Robin Roberts, broadcaster and Good Morning America co-anchor (65).
- 1966 – Vincent Cassel, French actor (La Haine, Black Swan) (59).
- 1966 – Michelle Gomez, Scottish actor (Doctor Who, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) (59).
- 1970 – Oded Fehr, Israeli-born actor (The Mummy, Resident Evil) (55).
- 1982 – Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter, former 100 m world-record holder (43).
- 1992 – Miley Cyrus, singer-songwriter/actor (“Flowers,” Hannah Montana) (33).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1499 – Perkin Warbeck, pretender to England’s throne (≈23).
- 1890 – William III, king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg (73).
- 1976 – André Malraux, French novelist and culture minister (75).
- 1990 – Roald Dahl, British author (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) (74).
- 2006 – Philippe Noiret, French film actor (Cinema Paradiso) (76).
- 2012 – Larry Hagman, actor (Dallas, I Dream of Jeannie) (81).
- 2014 – Marion Barry, four-term Washington, D.C., mayor (78).
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