Today in History
November 23
1863 - The Battle of Chattanooga, one of the most decisive battles of the American Civil War begins.
1890 - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is separated from the Netherlands.
1891 - Deodoroda Fonseca, first president of Brazil, is ousted by a naval revolt.
1921 - US bans the doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medical purposes.
1932 - The kingdoms of Nejd and Hejaz merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1943 - US forces defeat Japanese in Pacific battle of Tarawa in the Second World War.
1963 - Sixty-three elderly people are killed in a fire that destroys the Golden Age Nursing Home in Ohio.
1971 - China takes seat as a permanent member of UN Security Council.
1980 - An earthquake in the Naples area of Italy kills 2,570 people.
1986 - Philippine President Corazon Aquino dismisses defence chief Juan Ponce Enrile after reported coup attempt.
1987 - An Iranian warship attacks two ships with rocket-propelled grenades in the Strait of Hormuz.
1990 - Iraq ends curfew in occupied Kuwait, but begins calling up army reservists in their thirties.
1994 - A large cache of bomb-grade uranium is transferred from Kazakhstan to the United States.
1996 - A hijacked Ethiopian airliner carrying 175 passengers runs out of fuel and crashes on the Comoros Islands, killing 125 people.
2000 - UAE donates $150 million to the intifada and Al Quds funds.
2001 - A huge landslide buries gold miners illegally digging into the side of a mountain in western Colombia, killing at least 28 people.
2003 - Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze announces his resignation.
2004 - Ukraine crisis spinning out of control.
2005 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is confirmed as the winner in Liberia’s first post-war elections.
2008 - President Hugo Chavez’s allies win a majority in Venezuela’s state and municipal elections.
2010 - North Korea bombs a South Korean Island, causing terror, destruction and death of two South Korean soldiers.
2011 - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a power transfer agreement to end his 33-year rule.
2012 - Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma wins second term with 58 per cent of votes.
2014 - Manny Pacquiao retains his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title after beating American Chris Algieri at Cotai Arena in Macau.
HIGHLIGHT
2010
First research institute for renewable energy opens
Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, officially inaugurated the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology campus at Masdar City. The institute is the Middle East’s first graduate research institution dedicated to renewable energy and clean environmental technologies. “The UAE is committed to the development of human capital as a foundation to drive the country’s long-term economic viability,” Shaikh Mansour said. He added that Abu Dhabi is committed to strengthening its intellectual capital and moving to a knowledge-based economy through the investment in higher education as well as research and development, particularly in the field of renewable energy. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, Dr Adnan Badran, former prime minister of Jordan, Lord Norman Foster, renowned British architect and a number of high profile dignitaries.
