Event:
The European Space Agency makes contact with the Fobos-Grunt probe 48 hours after the spacecraft's window for launch to Mars closes
More Notable Events on November 23:
1992 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold
1960 Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame on Hollywood Blvd
1945 Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends
1942 Japan bombs Port Darwin, Australia
1936 Life magazine hit newsstands