What happend on 23rd November

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1980

A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people.

1979

In Dublin, Ireland, Irish Republican Army member Thomas McMahon is sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.

1971

The People's Republic of China is given Taiwan's seat on the United Nations Security Council. (See China and the United Nations)

1963

The first episode of the science fiction television series Doctor Who debuts on the BBC.

1960

The long-running serial, Ma Perkins, airs its last episode on CBS radio.

1958

Have Gun, Will Travel debuts on radio.

1955

The Cocos Islands are transferred from United Kingdom to Australian control.

1954

For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.

1943

The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

1936

The first edition of Life is published.