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Selected anniversaries entry for this day. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this entry. --mav 00:51, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

November 23: Thanksgiving in the United States (2006); Labour Thanksgiving Day in Japan, St George's Day in Georgia.

• 1644 - John Milton published Areopagitica, arguing for the right to free speech and against publication censorship during the English Civil War.
• 1869 - The Cutty Sark (pictured), one of the last sailing clippers ever to be built, was launched at Dumbarton in Scotland.
• 1971 - The People's Republic of China was given China's permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
• 1985 - Omar Rezaq and two others from the Abu Nidal terrorist group hijacked EgyptAir Flight 648 over the Mediterranean Sea.
• 2003 - Rose Revolution: Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as President of Georgia following weeks of mass protests over disputed election results.

Recent days: November 22 – November 21 – November 20

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I found two errors on this page. First, the 1984 football game when Doug Flutie threw "The Pass" ended 47-45 and not 45-41. Second, Billy the kid was born in 1859 and not 1860. Alan s