November 23 has seen Doctor Who travel through time, labor rights advanced, and pivotal military campaigns launched.
The BBC science fiction series Doctor Who premiered, introducing the Time Lord who travels through space and time in the TARDIS. The show became the longest-running science fiction series in television history.
The first issue of Life magazine, featuring a photo-essay by Margaret Bourke-White, was published. Life's photojournalism shaped how Americans understood the world for decades.
This area in Angola would later become the site of one of the largest battles in Africa since World War II, during the Angolan Civil War in 1987-88.
The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. The coin-operated music player became a fixture of American culture, especially in diners and bars.
English poet John Milton published his powerful argument against censorship and for freedom of the press. Areopagitica became one of the most influential defenses of free speech in the English language.
Edwin Hubble announced his discovery that the Andromeda Nebula was actually a separate galaxy far beyond the Milky Way. The finding dramatically expanded humanity's understanding of the universe's size.
Union forces under General Grant attacked Confederate positions around Chattanooga, Tennessee. The decisive victory opened the gateway for Sherman's march through Georgia.