On this day — November 23

Imam, dies, making the species officially extinct in the country.

Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.

North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.

are kidnapped and killed.

sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.

making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.

the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.

Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.

Hungary.

then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.