November 22
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November 22 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 38 days remaining after November 22 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 1428 – Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, English politician (d. 1471)
- 1515 – Marie of Guise, Regent of Scotland (d. 1560)
- 1643 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (d. 1687)
- 1710 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer, eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach (d. 1784)
- 1767 – Andreas Hofer, Tyrolian patriot (d. 1810)
- 1787 – Rasmus Christian Rask, Danish linguist (d. 1832)
- 1808 – Thomas Cook, British holiday entrepreneur (d. 1892)
- 1819 – George Eliot, English novelist (d. 1880)
- 1849 – Christian Rohlfs, painter and graphic artist (d. 1938)
- 1852 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat (d. 1924)
- 1856 – Heber J. Grant, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1945)
- 1861 – Ranavalona III, Queen of Madagascar (d. 1917)
- 1868 – John Nance Garner, Vice President of the United States (d. 1967)
- 1869 – André Gide, French novelist (d. 1951)
- 1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-born businessman, founder of Barcelona Football Club (d. 1930)
- 1881 – Ismail Enver, Turkish general and politician (d. 1922)
- 1890 – Charles de Gaulle, general, President of France (d. 1970)
- 1890 – El Lissitzky, Russian painter and designer (d. 1941)
- 1893 – Harley J. Earl, automobile designer, father of the Chevrolet Corvette (d. 1969)
- 1897 – Paul Oswald Ahnert, astronomer (d. 1989)
- 1899 – Hoagy Carmichael, American composer, singer and actor (d. 1981)
- 1899 – Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
- 1901 – Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
- 1904 – Louis Neel, French physicist (d. 2000)
- 1913 – Benjamin Britten, English composer (d. 1976)
- 1917 – Andrew Fielding Huxley, British physiologist
- 1918 – Claiborne Pell, former United States Senator (d. 2009)
- 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor (d. 2004)
- 1923 – Arthur Hiller, director
- 1924 – Geraldine Page, actress (d. 1987)
- 1925 – Gunther Schuller, American jazz composer and director
- 1932 – Robert Vaughn, American actor
- 1940 – Terry Gilliam, comedian, director, member of Monty Python
- 1941 – Tom Conti, British actor
- 1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player
- 1947 – Nevio Scala, Italian footballer
- 1948 – Radomir Antic, Serbian football manager
- 1950 – Jim Jefferies, Scottish football manager
- 1950 – Lyman Bostock, American Major League Baseball player (d. 1978)
- 1950 – Steve Van Zandt, musician
- 1950 – Tina Weymouth, musician
- 1951 – Kent Nagano, American conductor
- 1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- 1961 – Mariel Hemingway, actress
- 1963 – Tony Mowbray, English football manager
- 1967 – Boris Becker, German tennis player
- 1974 – David Pelletier, figure skater
- 1975 – Aiko, Japanese singer
- 1976 – Ville Valo, lead singer of Finnish rock band HIM
- 1976 – Torsten Frings, German footballer
- 1978 – Francis Obikwelu, Portuguese athlete
- 1982 – Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Nigerian footballer
- 1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress
- 1985 – Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
- 1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African athlete
[change] Deaths
- 1286 – King Eric V of Denmark (b. 1249)
- 1318 – Prince Mikhail Yaroslavich of Russia (b. 1271)
- 1594 – Martin Frobisher, English explorer
- 1617 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1590)
- 1718 – Edward Teach (Blackbeard), English pirate (b. 1680)
- 1774 – Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general (b. 1725)
- 1875 – Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
- 1900 – Arthur Sullivan, English composer (b. 1842)
- 1916 – Jack London, American writer (b. 1876)
- 1930 – Paul Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865)
- 1944 – Arthur Eddington, British astrophysicist (b. 1882)
- 1963 – John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (b. 1917)
- 1963 – Aldous Huxley, English writer (b. 1894)
- 1963 – C. S. Lewis, Irish author (b. 1898)
- 1980 – Mae West, American actress (b. 1893)
- 1981 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Scatman Crothers, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1989 – Rene Moawad, Lebanese politician (b. 1925)
- 1992 – Sterling Holloway, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1993 – Anthony Burgess, British author (b. 1917)
- 1997 – Michael Hutchence, Australian musician (b. 1960)
- 2008 – Ibrahim Nasir, former President of the Maldives (b. 1926)
- 2010 – Frank Fenner, Australian scientist (b. 1914)
- 2011 – Danielle Mitterrand, French activist and former First Lady of France (b. 1924)
[change] Events
- 1497 – Vasco da Gama sails round the Cape of Good Hope on his voyage to India.
- 1718 – Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times.
- 1785 – The Juan Fernandez Islands in the Pacific Ocean, now belonging to Chile, are discovered.
- 1858 – Denver, Colorado, is founded.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia.
- 1880 – Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre in New York City.
- 1917 – In Montreal, Canada, the National Hockey Association breaks up (on November 26 it was replaced with the National Hockey League).
- 1935 – The China Clipper takes off from Alameda, California in an attempt to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean (the airplane later reached its destination, Manila, and delivered over 110,000 pieces of mail).
- 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – The situation for the German attackers of Stalingrad seems desperate during the Soviet counter-attack Operation Uranus and General Friedrich von Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.
- 1943 – World War II: War in the Pacific – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan (see Cairo Conference)
- 1943 – Lebanon gains independence from France.
- 1963 – John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn-in as the 36th President of the United States.
- 1967 – UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
- 1968 – The Beatles release The White Album.
- 1972 – Vietnam War: The United States loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the war.
- 1974 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
- 1975 – Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of dictator Francisco Franco.
- 1977 – British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
- 1985 – According to ancient Aztec mythology, the future saviour of the world would be born on this date.
- 1986 – Mike Tyson knocks-out Trevor Berbick in a round 2 fight, becoming the youngest world heavyweight-boxing champion (20 years, 4 months old).
- 1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
- 1989 – In west Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President Rene Moawad, killing him.
- 1990 – Margaret Thatcher resigns as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 2001 – Jack McConnell replaces Henry McLeish as First Minister of Scotland.
- 2002 – In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
- 2003 – England wins the Rugby World Cup, defeating Australia in the final.
- 2003 – In Tbilisi, Georgia, opponents of President Eduard Shevardnadze seize the parliament building and demand the president's resignation.
- 2003 – The Heritage Classic, the first outdoor hockey game in the history of the National Hockey League is played in Edmonton, Alberta
- 2005 – Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
- 2007 – Steve McClaren is sacked as the manager of the England national football team, which had failed to qualify for the European Championships.
- 2010 – A stampede occurs on a bridge in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the Bon Om Thook water festival, killing 347 people.
