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Sunday, November 23, 2008
This is the 328th day of the year, with 38 days remaining in 2008
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Holidays
Feast day of St. Clement I, pope, St. Alexander, prince, St. Columbanus, St. Amphilochius, St. Trudo or Trond, St. Gregory of Girgenti, and St. Felicitas.
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Holidays
Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day or Kinrokansha no Hi.
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Events: 1499
Perkin Warbeck, who impersonated the youngest son of King Edward IV, was executed by King Henry VII.
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Events: 1785
John Hancock was elected president of the Continental Congress for the second time.
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Events: 1848
The Female Medical Educational Society was established.
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Events: 1863
The Civil War's Battle of Chattanooga began. Union forces drove the Confederates away and set the stage for Union General William Sherman's triumphant March to the Sea.
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Events: 1876
William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, leader of New York City's corrupt Tammany Hall political organization during the 1860s, was turned in to authorities in New York City after his capture in Spain.
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Events: 1889
The first jukebox was played, in San Francisco at the Palais Royale Saloon.
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Events: 1903
Singer Enrico Caruso made his U.S. debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, in "Rigoletto."
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