On this day: November 23

POSTED: 10:55 PM PST Nov 21, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 22, 2012 

The first jukebox goes into service, JFK lays in repose at the White House, "Doctor Who" debuts on TV, and "Three Men and a Baby" cleans up at the box office, all on this day.

OTD November 23 - Areopagitica
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1644: John Milton publishes "Areopagitica," a pamphlet decrying censorship. It is regarded as one of the most eloquent defenses of press freedom ever written.

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