TODAY IN HISTORY + CELEBRITIES BORN TODAY


MILEY - 
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Franklin, Tennessee, she held minor roles in the television series Doc and the film Big Fish in her childhood. Cyrus became a teen idol for her portrayal of the starring character Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana in 2006; her father Billy Ray Cyrus additionally starred in the show. Cyrus subsequently signed a recording contract with Hollywood Records; her debut studio album Meet Miley Cyrus (2007) was certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) for exceeding four million shipments. Cyrus released her second album Breakout and launched her film career as a voice actress in the animated film Bolt in 2008.

MARIA - Lia Marie Johnson (born November 23, 1996) is an American teen actress, singer and internet personality notable for appearing in a various web series created by the Fine Brothers, including the Emmy-winning web series Kids React, and for her own vlogging and social media output. In 2012 her personal YouTube channel, "Lia Marie Johnson", was reported to have received 13 million views. In 2014, this was reported to have increased to 39 million views and 705,000 subscribers, while her Instagram account was followed by 1.3 million followers. In a 2014 Adweek profile she was referred to as one of "12 of the biggest young stars on YouTube".
LUCAS - Lucas Stephen Grabeel born November 23, 1984) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, dancer, director and producer. As a performer, he is best known for his role as Ryan Evans in the High School Musical film series, and as Ethan Dalloway in the third and fourth installments of the Halloweentown series: Halloweentown High (2004) and Return to Halloweentown (2006). He's also known for his role as teenage Lex Luthor in Smallville. He currently plays Toby Kennish in the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth. He provides the voice of Deputy Peck in the Disney Junior TV series Sheriff Callie's Wild West.

KATHERINE - Katherine Grace McNamara (born November 22, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She is set to play Clary Fray in the upcoming ABC Family Series Shadowhunters and Sonya in the Maze Runner film series.

BRADLEY - Bradley Steven Perry is an American actor, best known for his role as Gabe Duncan on the Disney Channel family sitcom Good Luck Charlie, and for his role as Roger Elliston III in Disney's High School Musical spin-off film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure. Perry then co-starred in the new Disney XD comedy Mighty Med, where he played the role of Kaz.


TODAY IN HISTORY

November 23, 2009 – President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was flown to Saudi Arabia for treatment of a heart ailment that turned out to be pericarditis. “Pericarditis is a condition in which the sac-like covering around the heart (pericardium) becomes inflamed.” After months of treatment, Yar’Adua returned to Nigeria, where he died on May 5, 2010. He had been president for less than three years.
1992 – The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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.
1996 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
2001 – The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
2003 – Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
2004 – The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
2005 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
2006 – A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.
2007 – MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
2009 – The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines

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