November 22 in history
Events on November 22
Notable events that happened on November 22 in past years.
- 2022
A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves seven workers dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.
Wikipedia article: 2022 Chesapeake shooting - 2004
The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
Wikipedia article: Orange Revolution - 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.
Wikipedia article: Trans World Airlines - 1987
The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.
Wikipedia article: Max Headroom signal hijackings - 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.
Wikipedia article: Cairngorm Plateau disaster - 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.
Wikipedia article: John F. Kennedy - 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.
Wikipedia article: Soviet Union - 1943
Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.
Wikipedia article: Lebanon - 1940
World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1908
The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
Wikipedia article: Congress of Manastir - 1869
In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.
Wikipedia article: Dumbarton - 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.
Wikipedia article: Royal Navy - 1574
Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
Wikipedia article: Juan Fernández (explorer) - 1210
The Castle of Termes falls to Simon de Montfort after a four-month siege during the Albigensian Crusade.
- 498
After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
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