TODAY IN HISTORY – 23rd Nov, 2025 – Africa World News
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.
History does not repeat itself, people repeat history and falsely accuse history of repeating itself.
This revelational truth by V. John Simeon (The Mega Icon) is yet another remarkable side of history that has been overlooked unjustly.
The earlier we started to place things right, the better for everyone.
Today in history offers us an array of historical events that took place today, scroll down for your viewing pleasure.
On this day in 1644, John Milton published Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.
In 1924, on this day, Edwin Hubble’s discovery, that the Andromeda “nebula” is actually another island galaxy far outside our own Milky Way, was first published in The New York Times.
Still on this day in 1934, an Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovered an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
Sadly, on this day in 1974, sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons were executed by the provisional military government.
Today in history shows that it was on this day in 1976 that Jacques Mayol became the first man to reach a depth of 100 m (330 ft) undersea without breathing equipment.
Regrettably on this day in 1978, Cyclone killed about 1,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
On this day in 1985, gunmen hijacked EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.
In 1991 on this day, Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury announced in a statement that he is HIV-positive. He died the following day.
Amazingly on this day in 1992, the first smartphone, the IBM Simon, was introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
According to Today in History, on this day in 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked, then crashed into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
Interestingly on this day in 2005, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia and became the first woman to lead an African country.
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