Today is the 322nd day of 2023 and the 57th day of autumn.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), inventor; George Gallup (1901-1984), pollster; Alan Shepard (1923-1998), astronaut; Margaret Atwood (1939- ), writer; Alan Moore (1953- ), author; Elizabeth Perkins (1960- ), actress; Owen Wilson (1968- ), actor; Chloe Sevigny (1974- ), actress; David Ortiz (1975- ), baseball player; Nasim Pedrad (1981- ), actress.

TODAY’S FACT: The average American consumed 58.8 pounds of beef and 98.8 pounds of chicken in 2022.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1985, New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor sacked Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann during a Monday Night Football game. Theismann suffered a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula in his right leg on the play, an injury that resulted in his retirement from football.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Memories are made of peculiar stuff, elusive and yet compelling, powerful and fleet. You cannot trust your reminiscences, and yet there is no reality except the one we remember.” — Klaus Mann, “The Turning Point”

TODAY’S NUMBER: 4 — number of major league no-hitters pitched by Sandy Koufax during his career. Koufax, who retired on this day in 1966, is second only to Nolan Ryan (seven) on the all-time no-hitters list.

TODAY’S MOON: Between new moon (Nov. 13) and first quarter moon (Nov. 20).