November 22

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on November 22. From 1900 until now. November 22 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Scarlett Johansson (1984), Ville Valo (1976) and Oscar Pistorius (1986). Several movies were released around November 22 over the years, such as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002 directed by Peter Jackson and Good Will Hunting in 1997 directed by Gus Van Sant.
But much more happened on November 22 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

R.C. Saints - Feast of Saint Cecilia
Also see November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Lebanon - Independence Day (from France, 1943)
Family Day begins in 2005
Astrology: usually the first day of sun sign Sagittarius
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Events

2018 The Leaning Tower of Pisa Surveillance Group reports the structure is leaning less, by 4 cm (1.6 in) over the past two decades. (BBC)
2017 Counter-terrorism in Georgia: Explosions and gunfire are heard in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi amidst counter-terrorism operations. One security guard and 3 terrorists are killed. (Al Jazeera)
2016 The board of TransAsia Airways decides to dissolve the company after halting flights on Tuesday. (Bloomberg) (The Wall Street Journal) (The New York Times)
2015 2015 Nepal fuel crisis: Nepalese police open fire on groups, who were protesting the new constitution proposals by blockading a highway. Two protesters were killed and at least 28 were hurt, including 15 police officers. A third protester was killed in Rajbiraj, the headquarters of the Saptari District. (AP via WTOP) (Singapore Today Online)
2014 Somali Civil War (2009–present): Al-Shabaab militants hijack a bus travelling between the town of Mandera and the Kenyan capital Nairobi and execute 28 non-Muslim passengers. (Agencies via Deutsche Welle)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: 23 people are killed in bombing and shootings in Iraq. (Reuters)
2012 In six terrorist and sectarian attacks across Pakistan over last 24 hours at least 37 people were killed and 92 others injured. (Xinhua)
2011 2011 Egyptian revolution: Three American University in Cairo students are arrested after throwing firebombs at security forces amid ongoing protests in Cairo, Egypt. (CBS News)
2010 A stampede during Bon Om Thook (Khmer Water Festival) celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, kills 347.ref name=quotcnn25quot
2009 An Algerian court acquits Abdulli Feghoul, who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp without trial for almost seven years. (AP) (BBC)
2008 The government of Colombia confirms that the eruption of Nevado del Huila, a volcano in southern Colombia, has led to at least 10 deaths in recent days and the evacuation of 12,000 people. (BBC)
2007 Jordanian King Abdullah appoints technocrat Nader al-Dahabi as the new Prime Minister. (BBC)
2006 A gas pipeline explodes near the city of Surabaya in Java, killing seven people. (Reuters via ABC Australia)
2005 Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
2004 The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
2003 The Georgian Rose Revolution ends in overwhelming victory president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over fraudulent elections.
2002 In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
1998 ITT LPGA Tour Championship
1996 OJ Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is absolutely not true
1995 Rosemary West is sentenced to life for killing 10 women and girls, including her daughter and stepdaughter, after the jury returns a guilty verdict at Winchester Crown Court. The trial judge recommends that she should never be released from prison, making her only the second woman in British legal history to be subjected to a whole life tariff (the other was Myra Hindley).
1993 Laughter on the 23rd Floor opens at Richard Rodgers NYC for 320 performances
1992 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 seconds)
1991 New York Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension
1990 George Bush visits US troops in Saudi Arabia
1989 Aneta Kreglicka of Poland, 24, crowned 39th Miss World
1988 In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
1987 Patriots shutout Indianapolis 24-0
1986 Wayne Gretzky, of Edmonton Oilers, became 13th NHL player to score 500 goals.
1985 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-C
1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas
1981 Marlowe closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 48 performances
1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown, Louisiana, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused the ship to leak.
1977 Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins.
1976 Algeria Constitution goes into effect
1975 Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
1974 Lake Buena Vista Club opens
1973 The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
1972 Flyers start Islanders on 15 game winless streak
1971 Only Fools Are Sad opens at Edison Theater NYC for 144 performances
1970 Guinean president Sekou Toure accuses Portugal of an attack when hundreds of mercenaries land near the capital Conakry.
1969 Isolation of single gene announced by scientists at Harvard University
1968 1st interracial TV kiss (Star Trek-Kirk & Uhura)
1967 BBC unofficially bans "I am the Walrus" by The Beatles.
1966 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB)
1965 Bob Dylan weds Sara Lowndes
1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as 36th US President
1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the murders of Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit. Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as the 36th president at 2:39 p.m.
1961 Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues
1960 French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons
1959 Boston Patriots enter the AFL.
1958 The Menzies Liberal government in Australia is re-elected for a fifth term.
1957 Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in New York
1956 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne
1954 Humane Society forms
1950 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18
1946 Tony Benn is elected as Treasurer of the Oxford Union.
1945 Day before Spring opens at National Theater NYC for 167 performances
1944 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen
1943 FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan
1942 General Major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov
1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis
1940 500 students in Delft demonstrate against Nazis
1936 19th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pinehurst Country Club - Pinehurst, North Carolina
1935 China Clipper (flying boat) takes off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on first trans-Pacific airmail flight.
1933 The Fujian People's Government is declared in Fujian Province, China.
1932 Pump patented that computes quantity and price delivered
1930 1st Irish Sweepstake run
1928 Bolero by Maurice Ravel, 1st performed publicly (Paris)
1927 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc)
1926 Imperial Conference ends-giving autonomy inside Brit Commonwealth
1925 Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college
1924 England orders Egyptians out of Sudan.
1923 US President Calvin Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death.
1922 British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader
1919 15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam
1918 Bathe: grand Duke Frederik II resigns
1914 Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing
1910 Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs.
1908 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda University, 5-0
1906 International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help.
1905 British, Italian, Russ, French and Aust-Hung fleet attack Lesbos
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