Daily Calendar for Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Born
- Franklin Pierce (14th U.S. president) –
- Jose Clemente Orozco (painter) –
- Boris Karloff (actor) –
- Harpo Marx (comedian & actor) –
- Bruce Hornsby (musician) –
- Dominique Dunne (actress) –
- Robin Roberts (broadcast journalist) –
- Jonathan Papelbon (baseball player) –
- Miley Cyrus (actress & singer) –
- Jordan Fry (actor) –
Died
- Walter Reed (American pathologist) –
- Roald Dahl (author) –
- Roy Acuff (country music singer) –
- Larry Hagman (actor) –
Events
- Horseshoe manufacturing machine patented–
- The water level in Lake Merced in California dropped 30 feet–
- The Intercollegiate Football Association formed–
- The first jukebox was installed in the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco–
- The first issue of LIFE debuted–
- U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARs) authorized–
- Food rationing ended–
- 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–
Weather
- Berlin, New Hampshire, received 55 inches of snow–
- -38 degrees Fahrenheit, Chinook, Montana–
- Yarmouth, Massachusetts, received 14 inches of snow–
- Strasburg, Connecticut, received 6.5 inches of snow–
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