November 22 in History

Historical Events on November 22

498

After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
845

The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
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.
1574

Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
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.
1718

Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
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.
1864

American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin-Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
1869

In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.
1908

The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
1928

The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
1931

Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.
1935

The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
1940

World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
1942

World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
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.
1943

Lebanon gains independence from France.
1954

The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
1963

U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald
1963

William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
1967

UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
1968

The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
1973

The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
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 Francisco Franco.
1977

British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
1987

Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
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 René Moawad, killing him.
1990

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
1995

Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
1995

The 7.3 Mw Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami.
2002

In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
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.
2004

The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
2005

Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
2012

Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
2015

A landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, northern Myanmar killed at least 116 people near a jade mine, with around 100 more missing.

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