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

  • 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.
  • 1837
    Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay “To the People of Upper Canada”, published in his newspaper The Constitution.
  • 1858
    Denver, Colorado is founded.
  • 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.
  • 1928
    The premier performance of Ravel’s Boléro takes place in Paris.
  • 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.
  • 1943
    Lebanon gains independence from France.
  • 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)
  • 1963
    In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is later captured and charged with the murder of both the President and police officer J. D. Tippit. Oswald is shot two days later by Jack Ruby while in police custody.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 1986
    Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history.
  • 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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