November 22 Events |
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| November 22nd, 2005 (November 22 2005) | Event | Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany. | |
| November 22nd, 2004 (November 22 2004) | Event | The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections. | |
| November 22nd, 2003 (November 22 2003) | Event | In Tbilisi, Georgia, opponents of President Eduard Shevardnadze seize the parliament building and demand the president s resignation. | Eduard Shevardnadze Quotes |
| November 22nd, 2002 (November 22 2002) | Event | In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest. | |
| November 22nd, 1995 (November 22 1995) | Event | Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery. | |
| November 22nd, 1990 (November 22 1990) | Event | Margaret Thatcher resigns as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. | Margaret Thatcher Quotes |
| November 22nd, 1989 (November 22 1989) | Event | In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President Rene Moawad, killing him. | Rene Moawad Quotes |
| November 22nd, 1988 (November 22 1988) | Event | In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed. | |
| November 22nd, 1987 (November 22 1987) | Event | Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom | |
| November 22nd, 1986 (November 22 1986) | Event | Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Brubick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history. | |
| November 22nd, 1977 (November 22 1977) | Event | British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. | |
| November 22nd, 1977 (November 22 1977) | Event | First three nodes of the ARPAnet are connected, in what would eventually become the Internet. | |
| November 22nd, 1976 (November 22 1976) | Event | Adolfo Suarez is elected Prime Minister of Spain. | |
| November 22nd, 1975 (November 22 1975) | Event | Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco. | |
| November 22nd, 1974 (November 22 1974) | Event | The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status. | |
| November 22nd, 1973 (November 22 1973) | Event | The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded. | |
| November 22nd, 1972 (November 22 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: The United States loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the war. | |
| November 22nd, 1967 (November 22 1967) | Event | 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. | |
| November 22nd, 1963 (November 22 1963) | Event | In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is killed and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded by an assassin, identified as Lee Harvey Oswald, who was later captured and charged with the murder of police officer J. D. Tippit. That same day, US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States. | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
| November 22nd, 1943 (November 22 1943) | Event | World War II: War in the PacificU.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan (see Cairo Conference) | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| November 22nd, 1943 (November 22 1943) | Event | Lebanon gained independence from France. | |
| November 22nd, 1942 (November 22 1942) | Event | World War II: Battle of StalingradGeneral Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army was surrounded. | Friedrich Paulus Quotes |
| November 22nd, 1940 (November 22 1940) | Event | World War II: Following the Italian invasion, Greek troops advances into Albanian soil and capture Korytsa. | |
| November 22nd, 1940 (November 22 1940) | Event | Philip Murray succeeds founder John L. Lewis as president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. | Al Murray Quotes |
| November 22nd, 1935 (November 22 1935) | Event | The China Clipper took 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). | |
| November 22nd, 1928 (November 22 1928) | Event | First execution of Ravel s Bolero in Paris. | |
| November 22nd, 1922 (November 22 1922) | Event | Egyptology: Howard Carter, assisted by Lord Carnarvon, opens the tomb of Tutankhamun. | Howard Carter Quotes |
| November 22nd, 1864 (November 22 1864) | Event | 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. | William March Quotes |
| November 22nd, 1830 (November 22 1830) | Event | Charles Grey, (2nd Earl Grey), became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. | |
| November 22nd, 1718 (November 22 1718) | Event | Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard. | |
| November 22nd, 1574 (November 22 1574) | Event | Discovery of the Juan Fernandez Islands off Chile. | |
| November 22nd, 1573 (November 22 1573) | Event | The Brazilian city of Niteroi is founded. | |
| November 22nd, 0498 (November 22 0498) | Event | Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. | |
