Historical Events
- American inventor Andrew Jackson Beard invents the "jerry coupler" to connect railroad cars
- Portable pencil sharpener patented by American inventor John Lee Love
Famous Birthdays
- Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (executed for war crimes for conducting experiments on concentration camp inmates), born in Haag in Oberbayern, Germany (d. 1948)
- Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian), born in Kishoregunj, East Bengal, British India (d. 1999)
About November 23, 1897
Day of the Week: Tuesday
How Long Ago? 125 years, 6 months and 14 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Sagittarius
