Today in History for 23rd November 2017:
Historical Events
1941 – German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow
1954 – For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
1960 – Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
1973 – Arab summit conference adopts open and secret resolutions on the use of the oil weapons; embargo extended to Portugal, Rhodesia, and South Africa
1984 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
2001 – 53rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
Famous Birthdays
1785 – Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch general of the Jesuits (1829-53)
1821 – Charles Meryon, British/French etcher
1842 – James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain)
1942 – Susan Anspach, American actress (Grace-Yellow Rose, Blume in Love), born in NYC, New York
1956 – Bruce Edgar, cricketer (NZ opener through the 80′)
1969 – Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer
Famous Deaths
1914 – Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame), dies at 70
1948 – Stanner E V Taylor, US director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
1992 – Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies
1994 – Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70
2005 – Constance Cummings, American-born British actress (b. 1910)
2010 – Joyce Howard, British film actress (b. 1922)