Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 23
- 1644 - Areopagitica, a speech to Parliament for freedom of printing, by John Milton was published.
- 1869 - In Dumbarton in Scotland the clipper ship Cutty Sark was launched.
- 1890 - King William III of the Netherlands died without a male heir and a special law was passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become Queen.
- 1963 - The BBC television series Doctor Who premiered with William Hartnell in the titular role.
- 1971 - The People's Republic of China was given China's permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
- 2003 - Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigned following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
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