On This Day in History November 23, 2023

Historical Events 1248  Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile after the city capitulates 1644  "Areopagitica", a pamphlet by John Milton decrying censorship, is published 1869  The clipper Cutty Sark is launched In Dumbarton, Scotland, one of the last clippers ever built and the only one still surviving 2018  US Federal Climate report estimates climate change will reduce economy by 10% by 2100 with $141 billion cost from heat-related deaths, $118 billion from sea level rise 2019  Sumatran rhino officially declared extinct in Malaysia after last known specimen, 25-year-old Iman, dies of cancer in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Alexander Patch 1889 - 1945 Johannes van der Waals 1837 - 1923 Miley Cyrus 30th Birthday Theodore Dwight Weld 1803 - 1895 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Betty Comden 1917 - 2006 Roald Dahl 1916 - 1990 More Famous Deaths November 23: Killing Rampage of Billy The Kid Billy the Kid, believed to have been born on this day, claimed to have shot dead 21 men. But that didn’t stop Hollywood turning the killer into a folk hero. Read the Article