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| November 23rd, 2005 (November 23 2005) | Event | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country. | |
| November 23rd, 2005 (November 23 2005) | Death | Constance Cummings, American-born British actress (born in 1910) | |
| November 23rd, 2005 (November 23 2005) | Death | Frank Gatski, American football player (born in 1919) | |
| November 23rd, 1995 (November 23 1995) | Death | Louis Malle, French film director (born in 1932) | |
| November 23rd, 1995 (November 23 1995) | Death | Jr. Walker, American musician (born in 1931) | |
| November 23rd, 1985 (November 23 1985) | Event | Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the hijacked jetliner, but 60 people die in the raid. | |
| November 23rd, 1985 (November 23 1985) | Birth | Ahn Hyun-Soo, South Korean short track skater | |
| November 23rd, 1965 (November 23 1965) | Birth | Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian | |
| November 23rd, 1955 (November 23 1955) | Event | The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia. | |
| November 23rd, 1955 (November 23 1955) | Birth | Steven Brust, American author | |
| November 23rd, 1955 (November 23 1955) | Birth | Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist | |
| November 23rd, 1955 (November 23 1955) | Birth | Mary Landrieu, American politician, senior senator of Louisiana | |
| November 23rd, 1945 (November 23 1945) | Birth | Keith Hampshire, English singer-songwriter | |
| November 23rd, 1945 (November 23 1945) | Birth | Steve Landesberg, American actor | |
| November 23rd, 1945 (November 23 1945) | Birth | Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer | |
| November 23rd, 1945 (November 23 1945) | Birth | Jerry Harris, American sculptor | |
| November 23rd, 1935 (November 23 1935) | Birth | Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (died in 1971) | |
| November 23rd, 1925 (November 23 1925) | Birth | Johnny Mandel, American songwriter | |
| November 23rd, 1925 (November 23 1925) | Birth | Jose Napoleon Duarte, Salvadorian politician (died in 1990) | |
| November 23rd, 1915 (November 23 1915) | Birth | John Dehner, American actor (died in 1992) | |
| November 23rd, 1875 (November 23 1875) | Birth | Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (died in 1933) | |
| November 23rd, 1785 (November 23 1785) | Birth | Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (died in 1853) | |
| November 23rd, 1715 (November 23 1715) | Birth | Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (died in 1799) | |
| November 23rd, 1705 (November 23 1705) | Birth | Thomas Birch, English historian (died in 1766) | |
| November 23rd, 1585 (November 23 1585) | Death | Thomas Tallis, English composer (born in 1505) | |
| November 23rd, 0955 (November 23 0955) | Death | Edred, King of England (born in c. 923) | |
