December 23 in history: • 583 – Yohl Ikʼnal (signature pictured) acceded to the throne of the Maya city-state of Palenque. → go there • 1815 – Jane Austen's novel Emma was first published, the last novel released during her lifetime. → go there • 1958 – Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened. → go there • 1984 – An engine fire caused Aeroflot Flight 3519 to crash shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk, USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board. → go there • 1990 – About 88 percent of eligible voters in Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. → go there • 1997 – The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display. → go there Died 1605: Francis Tresham Wiki link Born 1805: Joseph Smith Wiki link Born 1810: Edward Blyth Wiki link Died 1984: Joan Lindsay Wiki link Pictured: Signature of [[Yohl Ikʼnal]].