November 23
Today in America's Present Past
1749 | Founder Edward Rutledge was born.
1765 | In Frederick County, Maryland, taxpayers refuse to pay British Stamp tax, an early tax-revolt.
1783 Congress: Annapolis, Maryland, become the first U.S. Capital.
1803 | Abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld was born.
1804 | POTUS: President Franklin Pierce was born.
1809 | General Horatio Phillips Van Cleve was born.
1814 | Founder and Vice-President Elbridge Gerry died.
1819 | Geologist Josiah Dwight Whitney was born.
1848 | Civil Rights: The Female Medical Educational Society formed in Boston, Massachusetts.
1855 | Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher was born.
1859 | Outlaw Billy the Kid was born.
1863 | Civil War: The Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1864 | Entrepreneur Henry Bourne Joy was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1872 | Poet and Comanchee Chief Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen) died.
1876 | Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association.
1878 | Admiral Ernest King was born.
1888 | Actor Harpo Marx was born.
1889 | General Alexander Patch was born.
1897 | John Lee Love patented a portable pencil sharpener.
1902 | Major Walter Reed died.
1902 | Special Forces founder Aaron Bank was born.
1921 | POTUS: President Harding signs Willis Campbell Act (Beer Emergency Bill).
1927 | General Robert Pursley was born.
1929 | Cleric and author Hal Lindsey was born.
1936 | Life Magazine debuted.
1942 | The Coast Guard Woman’s Auxiliary (SPARS) was formed.
1943 | Activist Andrew Goodman was born.
1943 | WWII: U.S. forces liberate Tarawa, Makin and Gilbert Island.
1948 | Entrepreneur Lisa Lindahl was born.
1949 | Entertainer Charlie Black was born.
1950 | Politician Charles “Chuck” Schumer was born.
1954 | Entertainer Bruce Hornsby was born.
1960 | Journalist Robin Roberts was born.
1963 | POTUS: The body of slain President Kennedy lays in repose at the White House.
1976 | Actress Page Kennedy was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1979 | Journalist Richard Rovere died.
1981 | POTUS: Republican President Reagan vetoes House Resolution 357 which called for further appropriations.
1985 | Cold War: CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying.
1992 | Entertainer Miley Cyrus was born.
1993 | Music Snoop Dog’s “Doggystyle” album debuted.
1995 | Inventor Bernard Oliver died.
2010 | Entertainer James Tyler died.
2011 | Journalist Oscar Griffin Jr died.
2012 | Actor Larry Hagman died.
2019 | Explorer Barbara Hillary died.