What happend on 23rd November

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24.11
1903

Colorado Governor James Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.

1890

King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become Queen.

1876

Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Marcy Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

1869

In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched -- one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.

1863

American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins

1644

Areopagitica by John Milton is published.

1499

Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.