About November 22

November 22, 2025 is the 326th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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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 87 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.
  • 1573 –
    The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded.
  • 1574 –
    Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
  • 1858 –
    Denver, Colorado is founded.
  • 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.
  • 1869 –
    In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.
  • 1908 –
    The Congress of Monastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
  • 1940 –
    World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: 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 (see Cairo Conference)
  • 1969 –
    In American football, the University of Michigan upset Ohio State University, 24-12, in Bo Schembechler’s first season as Michigan’s head coach. The win set off the 10 Year War between Schembechler and Ohio State’s Woody Hayes. (See also Michigan-Ohio State rivalry).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1989 –
    In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President Rene Moawad, killing him.
  • 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.
  • 2004 –
    The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
  • 2005 –
    Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.

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