Calendar for November 23rd, 2009

Born 1804: Franklin Pierce (14th U.S. president)

1835: Horseshoe manufacturing machine patented

Born 1883: Jose Clemente Orozco (painter)

Born 1887: Boris Karloff (actor)

Born 1888: Harpo Marx (comedian & actor)

1889: The first jukebox was installed in the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco

1936: The first issue of LIFE debuted

1945: Food rationing ended

Born 1954: Bruce Hornsby (musician)

Born 1959: Dominique Dunne (actress)

Born 1980: Jonathan Papelbon (baseball player)

Died 1990: Roald Dahl (author)

Born 1992: Jordan Fry (actor)

Born 1992: Miley Cyrus (actress & singer)

Died 1992: Roy Acuff (country music singer)

2004: Newsman Dan Rather announced he would step down in March as the anchor of the CBS Evening News after nearly a quarter-century in the job