About November 22
November 22, 2024 is the 327th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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 68 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 22
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1940 –World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
- 1942 –World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.
- 1943 –Lebanon gains independence from France.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1997 –In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
- 2004 –In Global governance, Decision o916-d1 adopted as mission statement: 'To create an accepted framework for all humankind, that is self-regulating and which enables every person to achieve their fullest potential in harmony with the world and its place in existence.'
- 2004 –The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
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