November 22

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

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances

Events

• 1906 - "S O S" is adopted as Morse code distress signal.
• 1917 - National Hockey League formed after the breakup of the National Hockey Association[?] on the same day
• 1963 - President of the United States John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
• 1963 - Lyndon Johnson is inaugurated as the 36th President of the United States.
• 1975 - Juan Carlos declared King of Spain
• 1988 - The Stealth bomber is revealed
• 1990 - Margaret Thatcher resigns as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 2002 - More than 100 people shot to their deaths at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest (who are protesting the impending execution of a Nigerian woman accused of adultery) in Nigeria.

Births

• 1428 - Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, English politician
• 1515 - Marie of Guise, Regent of Scotland
• 1767 - Andreas Hofer[?], Tyrolian patriot
• 1808 - Thomas Cook[?], entrepreneur (+ 1892)
• 1819 - George Eliot, novelist (+ 1880)
• 1849 - Christian Rohlfs[?], painter and graphic artist (+ 1938)
• 1869 - André Gide, novelist (+ 1951)
• 1890 - Charles de Gaulle, general, President of France (+ 1970)
• 1899 - Hoagy Carmichael, composer (+ 1981)
• 1899 - Wiley Post[?], pilot (+ 1935)
• 1901 - Joaquin Rodrigo, composer (+ 1999)
• 1913 - Benjamin Britten, composer (+ 1976)
• 1917 - Andrew Fielding Huxley, British physiologist
• 1921 - Rodney Dangerfield, comedian, actor
• 1923 - Arthur Hiller[?], director
• 1924 - Geraldine Page, actress (+ 1987)
• 1932 - Robert Vaughn, actor
• 1940 - Terry Gilliam, comedian, director, member of Monty Python
• 1941 - Tom Conti, actor
• 1943 - Billie Jean King, tennis player
• 1950 - Steve Van Zandt[?], musician
• 1950 - Tina Weymouth[?], musician
• 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, actress
• 1967 - Boris Becker, tennis player

Deaths

• 1718 - Edward Teach ("Blackbeard"), pirate
• 1900 - Arthur S. Sullivan, composer
• 1916 - Jack London, writer
• 1943 - Lorenz Hart, lyricist
• 1963 - Aldous Huxley, author
• 1963 - C. S. Lewis, author
• 1963 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
• 1980 - Mae West, actress, writer
• 1981 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, German medical doctor[?] and biochemist[?]
• 1986 - Scatman Crothers, actor
• 1986 - William Bradford Huie[?], writer
• 1995 - Leonardo Bercovici[?], writer, director
• 1996 - María Casares[?], actress

Holidays and observances

• Catholicism - Feast of Saint Cecilia[?]
• United States - If on a Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.

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See Also:

November 21 - November 23 - October 22 - December 22 -- listing of all days

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