Today is the 337th day of 2023 and the 72nd day of autumn.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author; Andy Williams (1927-2012), singer; Ozzy Osbourne (1948- ), musician; Daryl Hannah (1960- ), actress; Julianne Moore (1960- ), actress; Andrew Stanton (1965- ), writer/director/animator; Katarina Witt (1965- ), figure skater; Brendan Fraser (1968- ), actor; Sean Parker (1979- ), entrepreneur; Andy Grammer (1983- ), singer-songwriter; Amanda Seyfried (1985- ), actress.

TODAY’S FACT: The successful 2007-2008 Mars mission was given the name “Phoenix” because it “rose from the ashes” of two unsuccessful earlier missions to Mars: the lost 1999 Mars Polar Lander and the canceled 2001 Mars Surveyor Lander.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1950, the Cleveland Browns defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 13-7. It remains the last professional football game in which the winning team did not complete a single pass.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.” — Joseph Conrad

TODAY’S NUMBER: 102.49 million — first-generation Sony PlayStation units sold worldwide between 1994 and 2007. The 32-bit game console debuted in Japan on this day in 1994.

TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon (Nov. 27) and last quarter moon (Dec. 4).