November 23 in Culture
November 23 in History
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December 2 in History
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English actor Boris Karloff, who became famous for his sympathetic and chilling portrayal of this monster in 1931, was born.
Who is Frankenstein?
100
The notorious American outlaw William H. Bonney, born on this day in 1859, was better known by this moniker.
Who is Billy the Kid?
100
In 1972, the Temptations earned their last #1 hit with this song.
What is Papa was a Rolling Stone?
100
This man crowned himself emperor of France in the presence of Pope Pius VII in 1804.
Who is Napoleon?
200
The first episode of this British science-fiction television series aired in 1963, and the show became a landmark of British popular culture.
What is Doctor Who?
200
In 2021, an early manuscript of this physicist's early work, called one of the most important scientific documents of the 20th century, sells at auction for $13 million.
Who is Albert Einstein?
200
Premiering on this day in 1997, this movie's overnight success made two actors from Massachusetts household names.
What is Good Will Hunting?
200
Following revelations of massive accounting fraud, this company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001; it was once the seventh largest corporation in the United States.
What is Enron?
300
On this day in 1991, this world famous singer confirms he has AIDS the day before he dies.
Who is Freddie Mercury?
300
This event closed in St. Louis on this day in 1904, marking for the first time the event was held in the United States.
What are the Olympic Games?
300
The groundbreaking music video for this artist's song aired on MTV in 1983.
What is Michael Jackson's Thriller?
300
On this day in 1956, a revolutionary lands on the coast of this Caribbean island in a yacht called "Granma".
What is Cuba?
400
In 1936, the first issue of this American magazine was published.
What is Life?
400
This British law received its first repudiation from jurists in the Frederick County Court House in Frederick, Maryland in 1765.
What is the Stamp Act?
400
In 1981 this American singer —who helped spark the teen-pop phenomenon in the late 1990s and later endured intense public scrutiny for her personal life—was born.
Who is Britney Spears?
400
This country was formed by the union of six small principalities on the Arabian Peninsula on this day in 1971.
What are the United Arab Emirates?
500
In 2014, this chess player defends his World Chess Champion title by defeating Vishy Anand.
Who is Magnus Carlsen?
500
In 1935, Lincoln Ellsworth landed on Ellsworth Land in this part of the world and claimed it for the United States, a claim the U.S. government has never taken up.
What is Antarctica?
500
The "I Robot" collection of sci-fi short stories by this author was published on this day in 1950 by Gnome Press in the US.
Who is Isaac Asimov?
500
Researchers led by this scientist conducted the world's first controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, at the University of Chicago on this day in 1942.
Who is Enrico Fermi?