November 22Birthdays & History

On this day: November 22 in history

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1. 498After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.Europe
2. 845The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.Europe
3. 1210The Castle of Termes falls to Simon de Montfort after a four-month siege during the Albigensian Crusade.Europe
4. 1220Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III.Europe
5. 1307Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.Europe
6. 1574Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.EuropeLatin America
7. 1635Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.EuropeAsia
8. 1718Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.EuropeNorth America
9. 1837Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.North AmericaEurope
10. 1855In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.Europe
11. 1869In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.Europe
12. 1873The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.Europe
13. 1908The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.North AmericaEurope
14. 1921During The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922), 15 Irish Nationalists are killed in Belfast in one day.Europe
15. 1935The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.AsiaNorth America
16. 1940World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.Europe
17. 1942World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.Europe
18. 1943World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.Middle EastNorth AmericaEurope
19. 1943Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.Middle EastEurope
20. 1952A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard.North America
21. 1955The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.Europe
22. 1963Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables.Asia
23. 1963U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.North America
24. 1967UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.Middle East
25. 1968Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured.AsiaNorth America
26. 1971In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.Europe
27. 1975Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier.Europe
28. 1987The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.North America
29. 1989NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.North America
30. 1990British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership.Europe
31. 1994A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight.North America
32. 2003Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.Middle East
33. 2004The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.Europe
34. 2010During the Cambodian water festival, a stampede in Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, kills 347 people.Asia
35. 2014While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.AfricaNorth America
36. 2022A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves seven workers dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.North America

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