November 22

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November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining.

Events

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.
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 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 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and ROC leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
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.
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.
1986 - Mike Tyson knocks-out Trevor Berbick in a round 2 fight, becoming the youngest world heavyweight-boxing champion (He 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.
1998 - 60 Minutes airs a tape showing Dr. Jack Kevorkian administrating euthenasia drugs to assist in the planned 'suicide' of his terminally ill patient (Kevorkian was later sentenced to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder).
2002 - In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.