November 22 in History

Historical Events on November 22

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.

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.

1940 World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

1943 Lebanon gains independence from France.

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

1968 The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).

2002 In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.

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.

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Famous Birthdays on November 22

1890 Charles de Gaulle

1943 Billie Jean King

1984 Scarlett Johansson

1986 Oscar Pistorius

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Famous Deaths on November 22

1875 Henry Wilson

1900 Arthur Sullivan

1916 Jack London

1963 John F. Kennedy

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