On this day in history - Today, November, 23

Today in History

• 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines

  Considered to be the worst attack on journalists in recorded history, the massacre occurred in the s

• 2005 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf elected as President of Liberia

  The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner is also the first woman to be elected as head of state in an Afric

• 1976 First person to dive 100 meters in the sea without breathing equipment

  Frenchman Jacques Mayol, who is also sometimes known as Dolphin Man, was 49 years old at the time. H

• 1963 Doctor Who debuts on TV

  The longest running science fiction TV show first aired with an episode called An Unearthly Child on

• 1910 Last person to be executed in Sweden

  Johan Alfred Ander was convicted of murdering Victoria Hellsten during a robbery of a currency excha