Today in History: November 23, former KGB spy and Putin critic dies in London

Today is Saturday, Nov. 23, the 328th time of 2024. There are 38 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Nov. 23, 2006, erstwhile KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko (leet-vee-NYEN’-koh) died successful London from radiation poisoning aft making a deathbed connection blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 Also connected this date:

In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a time of nationalist mourning pursuing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

In 1971, the People’s Republic of China was seated successful the United Nations Security Council.

In 1980, an estimated 2,500-3,000 radical were killed by a bid of earthquakes that devastated confederate Italy.

In 1984, Boston College backmost Doug Flutie completed 1 of the astir celebrated passes successful assemblage shot history, connecting with Gerald Phelan for a 48-yard touchdown with nary clip near connected the timepiece arsenic Boston College defeated the Miami Hurricanes 47-45.

In 1996, a commandeered Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the h2o disconnected the Comoro Islands, sidesplitting 125 of the 175 radical connected board, including each 3 hijackers.

In 2005, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia, becoming the archetypal pistillate to pb an African country.

In 2008, the U.S. authorities unveiled a bold program to rescue Citigroup, injecting a caller $20 cardinal into the troubled steadfast arsenic good arsenic guaranteeing hundreds of billions of dollars successful risky assets.

In 2011, Yemen’s authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh (AH’-lee ahb-DUH’-luh sah-LEH’) agreed to measurement down amid a fierce uprising to oust him aft 33 years successful power.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is 74.
• Singer Bruce Hornsby is 70.
• TV writer Robin Roberts (“Good Morning America”) is 64.
• Olympic golden medal sprinter Asafa Powell is 42.
• NHL halfway Nicklas Bäckström is 37.
• Singer-actor Miley Cyrus is 32.