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November 22nd


- Earliest day on which Thanksgiving Day can fall, while November 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. (United States)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.

November 22nd


- 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
- 2004 - The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
- 2002 - In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
- 1998 - Albania constitution adopted by popular referendum.
- 1995 - Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
- 1990 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her premiership.
- 1989 - In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President Rene Moawad, killing him.
- 1988 - In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
- 1987 - Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
- 1986 - Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history.
- 1977 - British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
- 1975 - Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
- 1974 - The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
- 1973 - The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
- 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).
- 1967 - UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
- 1963 - In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is killed and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who is later captured and charged with the murder of police officer J. D. Tippit. That same day, US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States.
- 1954 - The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
- 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)
- 1943 - Lebanon gains independence from France.
- 1942 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.
- 1940 - World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
- 1935 - The China Clipper takes off from Alameda, California for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, Manila, a week later.
- 1928 - The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
- 1908 - The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
- 1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day.
- 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.
- 1858 - Denver, Colorado is founded.
- 1837 - Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie called for a rebellion against Great Britain in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
- 1830 - Charles Grey, (2nd Earl Grey), became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1812 - War of 1812: 17 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.
- 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 Lieutenant Robert Maynard.
- 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.
- 1574 - Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
- 1573 - The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded.
- 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.
- 845 - The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
- 498 - After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.

November 22nd


- 1991 - Diana Danielle Dannye Beeson, Malaysian American actress
- 1988 - Suresh Guptara Indian novelist
- 1988 - Jyoti Guptara, British-born Pakastani novelist
- 1988 - Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor
- 1987 - Marouane Fellaini Belgian footballer of Moroccan descent
- 1986 - Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
- 1985 - Austin Brown, American singer
- 1985 - Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
- 1984 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress
- 1983 - Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist (Trivium)
- 1983 - Tyler Hilton, American singer and actor
- 1983 - Peter Ramage, English footballer
- 1982 - Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Nigerian footballer
- 1982 - Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Hong Kong singer (Twins)
- 1982 - Alasdair Duncan, Australian novelist
- 1982 - Isild Le Besco, French actress
- 1981 - Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
- 1981 - Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
- 1981 - Ben Adams, English singer
- 1980 - Shawn Fanning, American Internet entrepreneur (Napster)
- 1980 - Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
- 1979 - Chris Doran, Irish singer
- 1978 - Karen O, American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
- 1977 - Annika Norlin, Swedish pop singer
- 1977 - Michael Preston, English footballer
- 1976 - Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
- 1976 - Torsten Frings, German footballer
- 1976 - Regina Halmich, German female boxer
- 1976 - Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM)
- 1975 - Aiko, Japanese singer
- 1974 - Joe Nathan, American baseball player
- 1974 - David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater
- 1973 - Chad Trujillo, American astronomer
- 1972 - Jay Payton, American baseball player
- 1972 - Russell Hoult, English football goalkeeper
- 1970 - Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketeer
- 1970 - Stel Pavlou, British novelist
- 1969 - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian graphic novelist
- 1968 - Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic computer programmer
- 1967 - Mark Ruffalo, American actor
- 1967 - Boris Becker, German tennis player
- 1967 - Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-born Belgian speed skater
- 1967 - Quint Kessenich, American lacrosse player and sportscaster
- 1966 - Richard Stanley, South African film director
- 1966 - Ed Ferrara, American pro wrestler and commentator
- 1965 - Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
- 1965 - Peter Safran, British-born American film producer and talent agent
- 1964 - Robbie Slater, Australian former footballer
- 1963 - Tony Mowbray, English football player and manager
- 1963 - Brian Robbins, American actor and director
- 1962 - Victor Pelevin, Russian writer
- 1962 - Sumi Jo, South Korean operatic soprano
- 1961 - Mariel Hemingway, American actress
- 1961 - Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer
- 1961 - Stephen Hough, British concert pianist
- 1960 - Léos Carax, French film director
- 1959 - Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
- 1959 - Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
- 1959 - Lenore Zann, Australian-Canadian voice actress
- 1959 - Eddie Frierson, American voice actor and stage actor
- 1958 - Bruce Payne, English actor
- 1958 - Horse, Scottish singer and songwriter
- 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- 1958 - Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
- 1957 - Donny Deutsch, American broadcaster
- 1956 - Lawrence Gowan, Canadian singer (Styx)
- 1956 - Richard Kind, American actor
- 1955 - James Edwards, American basketball player
- 1953 - Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (d. 1994)
- 1951 - Kent Nagano, American conductor
- 1950 - Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
- 1950 - Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
- 1950 - Steven Van Zandt, American musician
- 1950 - Tina Weymouth, American musician (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
- 1949 - Richard Carmona, Surgeon General of the United States
- 1949 - David Pietrusza, American baseball historian
- 1948 - Radomir Anti?, Serbian football manager
- 1948 - Stewart Graeme Guthrie, New Zealand Police officer (d. 1990)
- 1947 - Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
- 1947 - Sandy Alderson, American baseball executive
- 1947 - Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer
- 1946 - Aston Barrett, Jamaican musician (The Wailers Band)
- 1945 - Tom Freston, American television executive
- 1943 - Peter Adair, American filmmaker
- 1943 - Billie Jean King, American tennis player
- 1943 - Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1942 - Guion Bluford, American astronaut
- 1941 - Tom Conti, British actor
- 1941 - Jacques Laperričre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1941 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician
- 1941 - Terry Stafford, American singer and songwriter (d. 1996)
- 1940 - Terry Gilliam, American-born British comedian
- 1940 - Roy Thomas, American comic book writer
- 1939 - Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
- 1939 - Tom West, American computer engineer and computer industry executive
- 1938 - Henry C. Lee, Chinese-born American criminologist
- 1936 - Joachim Bißmeier, German actor
- 1936 - Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah, Bahraini politician
- 1934 - Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)
- 1932 - Robert Vaughn, American actor
- 1932 - Keith Wickenden, British politician (d. 1983)
- 1928 - Timothy Beaumont, British noble (d. 2008)
- 1926 - Gene Berce, American basketball player
- 1926 - Lew Burdette, American baseball player (d. 2007)
- 1926 - Arthur Jones (inventor), American inventor (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Gunther Schuller, American composer and conductor
- 1924 - Geraldine Page, American actress (d. 1987)
- 1923 - Dika Newlin, American composer and singer (d. 2006)
- 1923 - Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director
- 1921 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (d. 2004)
- 1921 - Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)
- 1920 - Anne Crawford, British film actor (d. 1956)
- 1919 - Máire Drumm, Irish civil rights activist (d. 1976)
- 1918 - Claiborne Pell, American politician (d. 2009)
- 1917 - Andrew Fielding Huxley, British scientist, Nobel laureate
- 1914 - Peter Townsend, British Equerry and air pilot (d. 1995)
- 1913 - Benjamin Britten, British composer (d. 1976)
- 1913 - Cecilia Muńoz-Palma, Filipino jurist (d. 2006)
- 1910 - Mary Jackson, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1909 - Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer (d. 1970)
- 1904 - Louis Néel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
- 1902 - Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947)
- 1902 - Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Rhodesian politician (d. 1990)
- 1902 - Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
- 1902 - Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-born American cellist (d. 1942)
- 1901 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
- 1900 - Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (d. 1980)
- 1899 - Hoagy Carmichael, American composer (d. 1981)
- 1898 - Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
- 1897 - Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (d. 1989)
- 1893 - Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (d. 1969)
- 1890 - Charles de Gaulle, French military general and statesman (d. 1970)
- 1884 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer (d. 1953)
- 1878 - Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1877 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (d. 1919)
- 1877 - Joan Gamper, Swiss businessman (d. 1930)
- 1869 - André Gide, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1951)
- 1868 - John Nance Garner, U.S. Vice President (d. 1967)
- 1856 - Heber J. Grant, American religious leader (d. 1945)
- 1852 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
- 1849 - Christian Rohlfs, German artist (d. 1938)
- 1819 - George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880)
- 1814 - Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (d. 1893)
- 1808 - Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892)
- 1787 - Rasmus Christian Rask, Danish linguist (d. 1823)
- 1780 - Jose Cecilio del Valle, Honduran Politician (d. 1834)
- 1767 - Andreas Hofer, Austrian innkeeper and politician (d. 1810)
- 1722 - Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet (d. 1794)
- 1721 - Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824)
- 1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)
- 1698 - Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
- 1643 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (d. 1687)
- 1635 - Francis Willughby, English biologist (d. 1672)
- 1602 - Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644)
- 1564 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (d. 1610)
- 1515 - Marie of Guise, Queen consort of James V of Scotland (d. 1560)
- 1458 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)