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| November 22nd |
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| About November 22nd is the 326th day of the year (327th day during leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Birthdays 1814 - Serranus Clinton Hastings, U.S. congressman 1856 - Heber J. Grant, religious leader 1868 - John Nance Garner, U.S. Vice President 1898 - Wiley Post, pilot 1899 - Hoagy Carmichael, composer 1902 - Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist 1918 - Claiborne Pell, U.S. Senator 1921 - Rodney Dangerfield, comedian, actor 1922 - Jim Bellows, journalist 1923 - Dika Newlin, composer and singer 1924 - Geraldine Page, actress 1925 - Gunther Schuller, composer and conductor 1926 - Arthur Jones, inventor 1932 - Robert Vaughn, actor 1938 - Henry C. Lee, Chinese-born American criminologist 1939 - Tom West, astrophysicist 1940 - Roy Thomas, comic book writer 1942 - Guion Bluford, astronaut 1943 - Billie Jean King, tennis player 1945 - Tom Freston, television executive 1949 - Richard Carmona, U.S. Surgeon General 1956 - Richard Kind, actor 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, actress 1961 - Mariel Hemingway, actress 1961 - Randal L. Schwartz, computer programmer 1963 - Scoop Jackson, sports journalist 1967 - Mark Ruffalo, actor 1972 - Jay Payton, baseball player 1974 - Joe Nathan, baseball player 1978 - Karen O, singer 1980 - Shawn Fanning, internet entrepreneur 1983 - Tyler Hilton, singer, actor 1984 - Scarlett Johansson, actress Deaths 1783 - John Hanson, American Continental Congressman 1794 - John Alsop, American Continental Congressman 1875 - Henry Wilson, 18th U.S. Vice President 1886 - William Bliss Baker, painter 1893 - James Calder, 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University 1916 - Jack London, writer 1932 - William Walker Atkinson, author 1943 - Lorenz Hart, lyricist 1954 - Roderick (Jess) McMahon, professional wrestling/boxing booker 1955 - Shemp Howard, actor 1963 - John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. President 1963 - J. D. Tippit, Dallas Police Officer 1980 - Mae West, actress and writer 1986 - Scatman Crothers, actor 1986 - William Bradford Huie, writer 1989 - C. C. Beck, cartoonist 1992 - Sterling Holloway, character actor 1996 - Mark Lenard, actor 1998 - Stu Ungar, professional poker & gin rummy player 2001 - Mary Kay Ash, businesswoman 2001 - Norman Granz, jazz impresario and producer 2005 - Bruce Hobbs, jockey 2005 - Frank Gatski, Hall of Fame center Events 1812 - 7 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Spur's Defeat in the War of 1812. 1858 - Denver, Colorado is founded. 1859 - Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species was first offered for sale, in London, England. 1864 - 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 during the American Civil War. 1940 - Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa during World War II. 1942 - Battle of Stalingrad - General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army was surrounded during World War II. 1943 - War in the Pacific - U.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 during World War II 1954 - The Humane Society of the United States was founded. 1963 - 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. 1963 - The Beatles release With The Beatles, which charts at #1 for 21 weeks. 1965 Bob Dylan secretly married 25-year-old former model Sara Lownds. 1968 - The double album The Beatles, also known commonly as The White Album, is released. It is the ninth official album by The Beatles and spends 8 weeks atop the charts. 1972 - The United States loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the Vietnam War. 1977 - British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. 1986 - Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history. 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. 1995 - Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery. 2008 - YouTube hosts the largest ever live broadcast, YouTube Live. |
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