On This Day for November 23 - Ley Juárez passed, Il Bronzino is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. November 23 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Il Bronzino READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1855 Ley Juárez passed READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2011: Amid a popular uprising —part of a wave of pro-democracy protests known as the Arab Spring—Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh effectively ended his rule by signing an agreement that transferred power to the vice president; Saleh officially left office three months later. [Test your knowledge of Yemen.] 1990: British author Roald Dahl—who was best known for his irreverent children's books, which included James and the Giant Peach (1961) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)—died in Oxford, England. [Take our quiz about classic children's books.] 1963: The first episode of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who aired, and the show became a landmark of British popular culture. [ Sort fact from fiction in our pop culture quiz.] 1946: At least 6,000 Vietnamese civilians were killed in a French naval bombardment of the port city of Haiphong. 1936: The first issue of Life was published, and the magazine later became a pioneer in photojournalism and one of the major forces in that field's development. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about magazines.] 1935: Lincoln Ellsworth landed on Ellsworth Land, Antarctica, and claimed it for the United States, a claim the U.S. government has never taken up. [Sort fact from fiction in our Antarctica quiz.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1992 Miley Cyrus American actress and singer 1859 Billy the Kid American outlaw 1962 Nicolás Maduro president of Venezuela 1887 Henry Moseley British physicist 1804 Franklin Pierce president of United States 1887 Boris Karloff British actor SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help