All Events

Historical Events on November 22

  • North Carolina

    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.

  • American Civil War

    1864

    American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin-Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.

  • World War II

    1940

    World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

  • Lebanon

    1943

    Lebanon gains independence from France.

  • John F. Kennedy

    1963

    U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald

  • The Beatles

    1968

    The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).

  • Nigeria

    2002

    In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.

  • Angela Merkel

    2005

    Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.

  • Hamas

    2012

    Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.

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