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Today November 22nd 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
845 : The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
1573 – The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded.
1574 – Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
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.
1812 – War of 1812: 17 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Spur s Defeat.
1830 – Charles Grey, (2nd Earl Grey), became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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.
1858 – Denver, Colorado was founded.
1859 – Charles Darwin s book On the Origin of Species was first offered for sale, in London, England.
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.
1908 – The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
1922 – Egyptology: Howard Carter, assisted by Lord Carnarvon, opens the tomb of Tutankhamun.
1928 – The premier performance of Ravel s Boléro takes place in Paris.
1935 – The China Clipper 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 was surrounded.
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.
1954 – The Humane Society of the United States was founded.
1963 – In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is killed and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded by an assassin, identified as Lee Harvey Oswald, who was 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.
1965 D.N. Aidit, head of the Communist Party of Indonesia is captured and killed by the Indonesian military in the aftermath of the G30S coup attempt.
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.
1968 – The double album The Beatles, also known commonly as The White Album, is released. It is the ninth official album by The Beatles.
1972 – Vietnam War: The United States loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the war.
1973 – The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
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.
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.
1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
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.
1998 – Albania constitution adopted by popular referendum.
2002 – 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.
2008 – YouTube hosts the largest ever live broadcast, YouTube Live.
Births
1458 – Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
1515 – Marie of Guise, Queen consort of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (d. 1560)
1564 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (d. 1610)
1602 – Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644)
1635 – Francis Willughby, English biologist (d. 1672)
1643 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (d. 1687)
1698 – Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
1710 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)
1721 – Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824)
1722 – Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet (d. 1794)
1767 – Andreas Hofer, Tyrolian patriot (d. 1810)
1780 – Jose Cecilio del Valle, Honduran Politician (d. 1834)
1787 – Rasmus Christian Rask, Danish linguist (d. 1823)
1808 – Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892)
1814 – Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (d. 1893)
1819 – George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880)
1849 – Christian Rohlfs, German artist (d. 1938)
1852 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
1856 – Heber J. Grant, American religious leader (d. 1945)
1868 – John Nance Garner, U.S. Vice President (d. 1967)
1869 – André Gide, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1951)
1877 – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (d. 1919)
1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-born businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (d. 1930)
1884 – Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer of Muhammad (d. 1953)
1890 – Charles de Gaulle, President of France (d. 1970)
1893 – Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (d. 1969)
1897 – Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (d. 1989)
1898 – Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
1899 – Hoagy Carmichael, American composer (d. 1981)
1900 – Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (d. 1980)
1901 – Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
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, Famed Austrian-American Cellist (d. 1942)
1904 – Louis Eugène Félix Néel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
1909 – Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer (d. 1970)
1913 – Benjamin Britten, British composer (d. 1976)
1913 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (d. 2006)
1914 – Peter Townsend, British Equerry and air pilot (d. 1995)
1917 – Andrew Fielding Huxley, British scientist, Nobel laureate
1918 – Claiborne Pell, American politician
1919 – Máire Drumm, Irish civil rights activist (d. 1976)
1920 – Anne Crawford, British film actor (d. 1956)
1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (d. 2004)
1921 – Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)
1923 – Dika Newlin, American composer and singer (d. 2006)
1923 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director
1924 – Geraldine Page, American actress (d. 1987)
1925 – Gunther Schuller, American composer and conductor
1926 – Lew Burdette, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1926 – Arthur Jones (inventor), American inventor (d. 2007)
1928 – Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (d. 2008)
1929 – Aleksandar Popovic, Serbian dramatist (d. 1996)
1932 – Robert Vaughn, American actor
1932 – Keith Wickenden, British politician (d. 1983)
1936 – Joachim Bißmeier, German actor
1936 – Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah, Prime Minister of Bahrain
1938 – Henry C. Lee, Chinese-born American criminologist
1939 – Tom West, American astrophysicist
1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
1940 – Terry Gilliam, American-born British comedian
1940 – Roy Thomas, American comic book writer
1941 – Tom Conti, British actor
1941 – Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American musician
1941 – Terry Stafford, American singer and songwriter (d. 1996)
1942 – Guion Bluford, American astronaut
1943 – Peter Adair, American filmmaker
1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player
1943 – Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
1945 – Tom Freston, American television executive
1946 – Aston Barrett, Jamaican musician (The Wailers Band)
1947 – Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
1947 – Sandy Alderson, American baseball executive
1947 – Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer
1948 – Radomir Antic, Serbian football manager
1949 – Richard Carmona, Surgeon General of the United States
1949 – David Pietrusza, American baseball historian
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)
1951 – Kent Nagano, American conductor
1953 – Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (d. 1994)
1953 – Billy M. Sprague, American rocket scientist
1955 – James Edwards, American basketball player
1956 – Lawrence Gowan, Canadian singer (Styx)
1956 – Richard Kind, American actor
1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
1958 – Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
1958 – Horse McDonald, Scottish singer and songwriter
1959 – Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
1959 – Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
1960 – Bruce Payne, English actor
1960 – Léos Carax, French film director
1961 – Mariel Hemingway, American actress
1961 – Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer
1961 – Stephen Hough, British concert pianist
1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian writer
1963 – Scoop Jackson, American sports journalist
1963 – Tony Mowbray, English football player and manager
1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor, producer and director
1964 – Robbie Slater, Australian former footballer
1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
1965 – Peter Safran, British-born American film producer and talent agent
1966 – Richard Stanley, South African film director
1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor
1967 – Boris Becker, German tennis player
1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-born Belgian speed skater
1968 – Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic computer programmer
1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian graphic novelist
1970 – Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketeer
1970 – Stel Pavlou, British novelist
1972 – Jay Payton, American baseball player
1972 – Russell Hoult, English football goalkeeper
1974 – Joe Nathan, American baseball player
1974 – David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater
1975 – Aiko, Japanese singer
1976 – Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
1976 – Torsten Frings, German footballer
1976 – Regina Halmich, German female boxer
1976 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM)
1977 – Michael Preston, English footballer
1978 – Karen O, American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
1979 – Chris Doran, Irish singer
1980 – Shawn Fanning, American Internet entrepreneur (Napster)
1980 – Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
1981 – Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
1981 – Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
1981 – Ben Adams, English singer
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
1983 – Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist (Trivium)
1983 – Tyler Hilton, American singer and actor
1983 – Peter Ramage, English footballer
1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress
1985 – Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
1987 – Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer
1988 – Suresh Guptara and Jyoti Guptara, British-Indian novelists
Deaths
950 – King Lothair II of Italy
1286 – Eric V of Denmark, Danish King (b. 1249)
1318 – Mikhail Yaroslavich, Russian prince (b. 1271)
1594 – Martin Frobisher, English explorer
1617 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1590)
1694 – John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1630)
1697 – Libéral Bruant, French architect (b. 1635)
1710 – Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer (b. 1637)
1718 – Blackbeard (Edward Teach), British pirate (b. 1680)
1758 – Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)
1774 – Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general (b. 1725)
1783 – John Hanson, American Continental Congressman (b. 1715)
1794 – John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1875 – Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
1886 – William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
1893 – James Calder, 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University (b. 1826)
1900 – Arthur S. Sullivan, British composer (b. 1842)
1916 – Jack London, American writer (b. 1876)
1917 – Teoberto Maler, German-born explorer (b. 1842)
1919 – Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (b. 1852)
1920 – Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (b. 1884)
1926 – Darvish Khan, Iranian musician (b. 1872)
1932 – William Walker Atkinson, American author (b. 1862)
1941 – Werner Mölders, German ace fighter pilot (b. 1915)
1943 – Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (b. 1895)
1944 – Arthur Stanley Eddington, English astrophysicist (b. 1882)
1946 – Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist (b. 1889)
1953 – Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani religious scholar and biographer of Muhammad (b. 1884)
1954 – Roderick McMahon, Professional Wrestling/Boxing Booker (b. 1882)
1955 – Shemp Howard, American actor (b. 1895)
1956 – Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born choreographer (b. 1882)
1963 – Aldous Huxley, English author (b. 1894)
1963 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
1963 – C. S. Lewis, Irish author (b. 1898)
1963 – Wilhelm Beiglböck, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1963 – J. D. Tippit, Dallas Police Officer (b. 1924)
1967 – Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
1980 – Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901)
1980 – Mae West, American actress and writer (b. 1893)
1980 – Jules Léger, Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)
1981 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1986 – Scatman Crothers, American actor (b. 1910)
1986 – William Bradford Huie, American writer (b. 1910)
1988 – Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (b. 1908)
1988 – Paul Vario, U.S. Italian Mafia of the Lucchese Family (b. 1914)
1989 – Rene Moawad, President of Lebanon (b. 1925)
1989 – C. C. Beck, American cartoonist (b. 1910)
1992 – Sterling Holloway, American Character actor (b. 1905)
1993 – Anthony Burgess, British author (b. 1917)
1996 – Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)
1996 – María Casares, Spanish-born French actress (b. 1922)
1997 – Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) (b. 1960)
1998 – Stu Unger, American poker player (b. 1953)
2000 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2000 – Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (b. 1922)
2001 – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915)
2001 – Norman Granz, American jazz impresario and producer (b. 1918)
2005 – Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (b. 1920)
2006 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2007 – Maurice Béjart, Father of the Ballet Renewal(b. 1929)
2007 – Verity Lambert, first producer of British SF series Doctor Who (b. 1935)
Holidays and observances
R.C. Saints – Feast of Saint Cecilia
Lebanon – Independence Day (from France, 1943)
Astrology: usually the first day of sun sign Sagittarius or the last day of Scorpio.
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