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On This Day in History — November 22
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Highlights of November 22
- 2013 — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen (pictured) defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion. Read more
- 1995 — Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States. Read more
- 1988 — The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Read more
- 1987 — Two television stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked with footage of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume. Read more
- 1986 — Mike Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick to win the World Boxing Council title, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history. Read more
- 1978 — The serpent labret with articulated tongue (pictured articulating between positions), "perhaps the finest Aztec gold ornament to survive the crucibles of the sixteenth century", was sold at Sotheby's. Read more
- 1975 — Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I (pictured) was declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Read more
- 1971 — In Britain's worst mountaineering disaster, five teenage students and one of their leaders were found dead from exposure on the Cairngorm Plateau in the Scottish Highlands. Read more
- 1968 — The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the White Album. Read more
- 1967 — The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Read more
- 1963 — John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas; hours later, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States (pictured). Read more
- 1910 — The crews of three Brazilian warships – all commissioned only months before – and several smaller vessels mutinied against perceived "slavery" being practised in the Brazilian Navy. Read more
- 1873 — The French steamship Ville du Havre collided with a Scottish iron clipper in the North Atlantic and sank with the loss of 226 lives. Read more
- 1797 — The Geisel School of Medicine, the fourth oldest medical school in the United States, was founded by the physician Nathan Smith. Read more
- 1718 — The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina. Read more
- 1635 — Dutch colonial forces on Formosa launched a three-month pacification campaign against Taiwanese indigenous peoples. Read more
- 1574 — Juan Fernández, a Spanish explorer, discovered an archipelago that now bears his name off the coast of Chile. Read more
Events
- 2022 — A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves seven workers dead, including the shooter, and four others injured. Read more
- 2014 — While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer. Read more
- 2010 — During the Cambodian water festival, a stampede in Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, kills 347 people. Read more
- 2004 — The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections. Read more
- 2003 — Baghdad 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. Read more
- 1994 — A 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. Read more
- 1990 — British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership. Read more
- 1989 — NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense. Read more
- 1987 — The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago. Read more
- 1975 — Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier. Read more
- 1971 — In 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. Read more
- 1968 — Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured. Read more
- 1967 — UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement. Read more
- 1963 — U.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. Read more
- 1963 — Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables. Read more
- 1955 — The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk. Read more
- 1952 — A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard. Read more
- 1943 — World 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. Read more
- 1943 — Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government. Read more
- 1942 — World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded. Read more
- 1940 — World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. Read more
- 1935 — The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila. Read more
- 1921 — During The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922), 15 Irish Nationalists are killed in Belfast in one day. Read more
- 1908 — The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet. Read more
- 1873 — The 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. Read more
- 1869 — In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched. Read more
- 1855 — In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute. Read more
- 1837 — Canadian 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. Read more
- 1718 — Royal 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. Read more
- 1635 — Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island. Read more
- 1574 — Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile. Read more
- 1307 — Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets. Read more
- 1220 — Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III. Read more
- 1210 — The Castle of Termes falls to Simon de Montfort after a four-month siege during the Albigensian Crusade. Read more
- 845 — The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon. Read more
- 498 — After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. Read more
Born on November 22
- 2002 — Brandon Miller, American basketball player Read more
- 2002 — Owen Power, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
- 2001 — Chenle, Chinese singer Read more
- 2000 — Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer Read more
- 1999 — Trey McBride, American football player Read more
- 1999 — Dwight McNeil, English footballer Read more
- 1996 — Hailey Bieber, American model Read more
- 1996 — Mackenzie Lintz, American actress Read more
- 1996 — JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player Read more
- 1996 — Woozi, South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, member of boy band Seventeen Read more
- 1995 — Katherine McNamara, American actress Read more
- 1994 — Samantha Bricio, Mexican volleyball player Read more
- 1994 — Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor Read more
- 1994 — Nicolás Stefanelli, Argentine footballer Read more
- 1994 — Keiji Tanaka, Japanese figure skater Read more
- 1992 — Natalie Achonwa, Canadian basketball player Read more
- 1992 — Carles Gil, Spanish footballer Read more
- 1992 — Vladislav Namestnikov, Russian ice hockey player Read more
- 1991 — Tarik Black, American basketball player Read more
- 1991 — Gab Pangilinan, Filipino actress and singer Read more
- 1990 — Brock Osweiler, American football player Read more
- 1990 — Jang Dong-woo, South Korean singer and actor Read more
- 1989 — Alden Ehrenreich, American actor Read more
- 1989 — Candice Glover, American singer Read more
- 1989 — Chris Smalling, English footballer Read more
- 1989 — Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer Read more
- 1988 — Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor, singer, and model Read more
- 1988 — Drew Pomeranz, American baseball player Read more
- 1988 — Austin Romine, American baseball player Read more
- 1987 — Martti Aljand, Estonian swimmer Read more
- 1987 — Elias, American wrestler Read more
- 1987 — Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer Read more
- 1986 — Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter and convicted murderer Read more
- 1985 — Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer Read more
- 1985 — Dieumerci Mbokani, Congolese footballer Read more
- 1985 — Mandy Minella, Luxembourgian tennis player Read more
- 1985 — Adam Ottavino, American baseball player Read more
- 1985 — James Roby, English rugby league player Read more
- 1984 — Scarlett Johansson, American actress Read more
- 1983 — Tyler Hilton, American actor and singer-songwriter Read more
Died on November 22
- 2024 — Serge Vohor, Vanuatuan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (born 1955) Read more
- 2022 — John Y. Brown Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (born 1933) Read more
- 2022 — Raşit Küçük, Turkish Islamicist (born 1947) Read more
- 2020 — Otto Hutter, Austrian-born British physiologist (born 1924) Read more
- 2017 — George Avakian, American music producer (born 1919) Read more
- 2017 — Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (born 1962) Read more
- 2017 — Tommy Keene, American singer-songwriter (born 1958) Read more
- 2016 — M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian vocalist and singer (born 1930) Read more
- 2015 — Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (born 1949) Read more
- 2015 — Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Bangladeshi politician (born 1948) Read more
- 2015 — Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, President of South Korea (born 1927) Read more
- 2013 — Tom Gilmartin, Irish businessman (born 1935) Read more
- 2013 — Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (born 1926) Read more
- 2013 — Alec Reid, Irish priest and activist (born 1931) Read more
- 2012 — Bryce Courtenay, South African-Australian author (born 1933) Read more
- 2011 — Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-American author (born 1926) Read more
- 2011 — Sena Jurinac, Bosnian-Austrian soprano (born 1921) Read more
- 2011 — Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (born 1938) Read more
- 2011 — Paul Motian, American drummer and composer (born 1931) Read more
- 2010 — Jean Cione, American baseball player (born 1928) Read more
- 2010 — Frank Fenner, Australian virologist and microbiologist (born 1914) Read more
- 2007 — Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1927) Read more
- 2007 — Verity Lambert, English television producer (born 1935) Read more
- 2006 — Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (born 1917) Read more
- 2006 — Pat Dobson, American baseball player and coach (born 1942) Read more
- 2005 — Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (born 1920) Read more
- 2002 — Parley Baer, American actor (born 1914) Read more
- 2002 — Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, Polish mercenary and journalist (born 1932) Read more
- 2001 — Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (born 1918) Read more
- 2001 — Theo Barker, English historian and academic (born 1923) Read more
- 2001 — Norman Granz, American record producer, founded Verve Records (born 1918) Read more
- 2000 — Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1927) Read more
- 1998 — Stu Ungar, American poker player (born 1953) Read more
- 1997 — Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1960) Read more
- 1996 — Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (born 1936) Read more
- 1993 — Anthony Burgess, English novelist, playwright, and critic (born 1917) Read more
- 1993 — Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva, Soviet pianist, composer, and teacher (born 1924) Read more
- 1992 — Sterling Holloway, American actor (born 1905) Read more
- 1991 — Tadashi Imai, Japanese director (born 1912) Read more
- 1989 — René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (born 1925) Read more
Holidays & observances
Christian feast day:
Cecilia; Christian feast day:
Pedro Esqueda Ramírez; Christian feast day:
Philemon and Apphia; Christian feast day:
Pragmatius of Autun; Christian feast day:
Blessed Salvatore Lilli; Christian feast day:
November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan.; Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.
Events, births and deaths from Wikipedia contributors, “November 22”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Lists are selections; the full record lives at the source.