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What happened on 23 November?

3 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

  1. 2005 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf elected The Liberian economist becomes the first woman elected head of state in Africa; later a Nobel Peace laureate.
  2. 1407 Burgundy murders the Duke of Orléans Hired killers cut down the mad king's brother in a Paris street on the orders of his cousin John the Fearless of Burgundy — who admits it, has a theologian defend tyrannicide, and
  3. 1972 The N1 rocket's fourth failure ends the Soviet Moon programme The giant N1 — the Soviet Saturn V — explodes on its fourth and final test, seconds from a clean flight. With the Americans already six landings deep, Moscow quietly cancels the pr
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