About November 22
November 22, 2023 is the 326th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Scorpio is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 80 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened 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 –Discovery of 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.
- 1864 –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.
- 1908 –The Congress of Monastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
- 1935 –The China Clipper, the first transpacific mail and passenger service, takes off from Alameda, California for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, Manila, a week later.
- 1954 –The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1997 –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.
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