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November 23rd, 2007	Event	MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sank in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands.
November 23rd, 2005	Event	Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country.
November 23rd, 2003	Event	Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
November 23rd, 2001	Event	Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
November 23rd, 1998	Event	Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom Ranariddh.
November 23rd, 1996	Event	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 123.
November 23rd, 1996	Event	The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization.
November 23rd, 1993	Event	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.
November 23rd, 1990	Event	The first all woman expedition to the south pole (3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 12 Russians), sets off from Antarctica on the 1st leg of a 70 day, 1287 kilometre ski trek.
November 23rd, 1985	Event	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.

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