November 23

Tuesday 23, 1993:

Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.

Saturday 23, 1985:

Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the hijacked jetliner, but 60 people die in the raid.

Sunday 23, 1980:

A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills approximately 4,800 people.

Wednesday 23, 1960:

The long-running serial, Ma Perkins, airs its last episode on CBS radio.

Monday 23, 1863:

Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee and counter-attack Confederate troops.