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 - 1980 Italy earthquake
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NOAA/NGDC, National Academy Press

1980: A series of earthquakes in southern Italy kills more than 3,000 people, injures more than 10,000 and leaves 300,000 homeless.

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