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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_23" title="November 23">November 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving</a></b> in the United States (2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1644" title="1644">1644</a> – In opposition to licensing and censorship during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton" title="John Milton">John Milton</a>'s was published, arguing for the right to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" title="Freedom of speech">free expression</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700" title="1700">1700</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_papal_conclave" title="1700 papal conclave">A papal conclave</a></b>, which had been deadlocked due to concerns over how a successor would respond to the impending death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain" title="Charles II of Spain">Charles II of Spain</a>, ended with the election of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_XI" title="Pope Clement XI">Clement XI</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1867" title="1867">1867</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Martyrs" title="Manchester Martyrs">Manchester Martyrs</a></b> were hanged in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, England, for involvement in a scheme to free two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_nationalism" title="Irish nationalism">Irish nationalists</a> from custody in which a police officer was killed.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1876" title="1876">1876</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Tweed" title="William M. Tweed">William "Boss" Tweed</a></b>, a New York City politician who had been arrested for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzlement</a>, was handed over to US authorities after having escaped from prison and fled to Spain.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Unearthly_Child" title="An Unearthly Child">The first episode</a></b> of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>, the world's longest-running <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> television show, was broadcast on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC television</a>, starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hartnell" title="William Hartnell">William Hartnell</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Doctor" title="First Doctor">the first incarnation</a> of the title role.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hakluyt" title="Richard Hakluyt">Richard Hakluyt</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1616); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Coman" title="Katharine Coman">Katharine Coman</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1857); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shangguan_Yunzhu" title="Shangguan Yunzhu">Shangguan Yunzhu</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1968); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idries_Shah" title="Idries Shah">Idries Shah</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1996)</p>