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22 Nov 1220
Frederick II crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III
22 Nov 1346
Street fights in Utrecht Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements
22 Nov 1542
Spain delegates New Laws against slavery in America
22 Nov 1574
Discovery of the Juan Fernndez Islands off Chile.
22 Nov 1683
Purcells Welcome to All the Pleasures premieres in London
22 Nov 1699
Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark Russia Saksen and Poland divide Sweden
22 Nov 1707
Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland
22 Nov 1714
King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden
22 Nov 1794
Strasbourg Alsace-Lorraine prohibits circumcision and wearing of beards
22 Nov 1809
Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen
22 Nov 1851
Opera La Perle Du Brsil is produced (Paris)
22 Nov 1864
American Civil War Battle at Griswoldville Georgia ends after 650 casualties
22 Nov 1864
Union General O Howard orders plunderers be shot to death
22 Nov 1872
Franz Grillparzers Die Judin von Toledo premieres in Prague
22 Nov 1884
T Thomas Fortune starts NY Freeman (NY Age) newspaper
22 Nov 1886
Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne Australia
22 Nov 1899
-23] Battle at Willow Grange Natal (British vs Boer army)
22 Nov 1900
Paul Kruger exiled President of the Boer Republic of South Africa is given a popular welcome when he lands at Marseilles France
22 Nov 1905
British Italian Russian French and Austro-Hungarian fleet attacks Lesbos
22 Nov 1906
Peter Stolypin Prime Minister of Russia introduces agrarian reforms allowing peasants to withdraw from the communes and take their share of land for private ownership
22 Nov 1908
1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U 5-0
22 Nov 1918
Grand Duke Frederik II the last Grand Duke of Baden resigns
22 Nov 1918
King Albert Is triumphant procession through Brussels
22 Nov 1918
Marshal Jzef Pilsudski becomes 1st President (dictator) of Poland
22 Nov 1918
Polish forces attack Jewish community of Lemberg (Lvov)
22 Nov 1919
15000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse Amsterdam
22 Nov 1919
Labor conference committee in US urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week
22 Nov 1926
Imperial Conference ends giving autonomy inside British Commonwealth
22 Nov 1927
1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisconsin)
22 Nov 1927
George Gershwins Funny Face premieres in NYC
22 Nov 1927
Neil Simon Theater (Alvin) opens at 250 W 52nd St NYC
22 Nov 1928
Bolero by Maurice Ravel first performed publicly (Paris)
22 Nov 1930
1st US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13 Yale 0)
22 Nov 1932
Pump patented that computes quantity and price delivered
22 Nov 1934
Santa Claus Is Comin to Town 1st heard on Eddie Cantors show
22 Nov 1935
Flying boat China Clipper takes off from Alameda California carrying 100000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight
22 Nov 1940
500 students in Delft demonstrate against nazis
22 Nov 1941
British cruiser Devonshire sinks German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
22 Nov 1942
General-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov
22 Nov 1943
France officially recognises the independence of Lebanon releasing the imprisoned Lebanese government
22 Nov 1944
Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen
22 Nov 1945
Day before Spring opens at National Theater NYC for 167 performances
22 Nov 1945
Jim Benton Cleveland end gains 303 yards (NFL record)
22 Nov 1950
7021 see lowest NBA score Ft Wayne Pistons 19 Minneapolis Lakers 18
22 Nov 1957
Simon & Garfunkel appear on American Bandstand as Tom & Jerry
22 Nov 1959
AFLs 1st draft - NY Titans choice George Izo QB Notre Dame
22 Nov 1960
French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons
22 Nov 1961
Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues
22 Nov 1962
7th British Empire Games and Commonwealth Games open in Perth Australia
22 Nov 1963
The Beatles release their second album With the Beatles in UK
22 Nov 1964
WITF TV channel 33 in Harrisburg-Hershey PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
22 Nov 1965
Man of La Mancha opens at ANTA Wash Sq Theater NYC for 2329 performances
22 Nov 1966
32nd Heisman Trophy Award Steve Spurrier Florida (QB)
22 Nov 1967
BBC unofficially bans I Am the Walrus by Beatles
22 Nov 1967
UN Security council passes resolution 242 Israel must give back occupied land
22 Nov 1968
1st interracial TV kiss (Star Trek - Captain Kirk and Uhura)
22 Nov 1968
Beatles release Beatles (White Album) their only double album
22 Nov 1968
Terence ONeill then Northern Ireland Prime Minister announced a package of reform measures granting concessions to the Catholic minority in response to protest movement
22 Nov 1969
Isolation of a single gene announced by scientists at Harvard University
22 Nov 1971
Only Fools Are Sad opens at Edison Theater NYC for 144 performances
22 Nov 1971
A member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is killed in a premature bomb explosion in Lurgan County Armagh
22 Nov 1972
Flyers beat New York Islanders and start them on 15 game winless streak
22 Nov 1972
Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (207)
22 Nov 1973
Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo disbands
22 Nov 1974
Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards at Bangalore
22 Nov 1974
UN General Assembly recognizes Palestine right to sovereignty
22 Nov 1975
Drummuckavall Ambush 3 British Army soldiers are killed and one captured when the Provisional Irish Republican Army attack a watchtower in South Armagh North Ireland
22 Nov 1977
Regular Concorde passenger service between NY and Europe begins
22 Nov 1980
Georgia tanker at Pilottown Lousiana spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain causes a ship to leak
22 Nov 1981
Marlowe closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 48 performances
22 Nov 1981
69th CFL Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos defeats Ottawa Rough Riders 26-23
22 Nov 1981
Browns QB Brian Sipe sets club record by being intercepted 6 times
22 Nov 1981
SD Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21)
22 Nov 1982
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB Texas
22 Nov 1985
Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-C
22 Nov 1985
Largest swearing-in ceremony 38648 immigrants become US citizens
22 Nov 1986
Wayne Gretzky Edmonton became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals
22 Nov 1987
Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) ends his NBA free throw streak of 51 games
22 Nov 1987
Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
22 Nov 1989
Aneta Kreglicka of Poland 24 crowned 39th Miss World
22 Nov 1989
Conjunction of Venus Mars Uranus Neptune Saturn and the Moon
22 Nov 1989
Kirby Pucket signs record 3000000 per year Minnesota Twins contract
22 Nov 1989
US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit
22 Nov 1989
Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike but most are not rehired
22 Nov 1990
Professor Amos Sawyer installed as interim President of Liberia
22 Nov 1992
Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec)
22 Nov 1992
Washington Post reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women
22 Nov 1992
Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova for the second consecutive year to win WTA Tour Championship 75 63 61 in NYC her 3rd straight end of season title
22 Nov 1993
Laughter on the 23rd Floor opens at Richard Rodgers NYC for 320 performances
22 Nov 1995
Rosemary West found guilty in England of killing 10 women
22 Nov 1995
Toy Story the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery directed by John Lasseter and starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen is released
22 Nov 1995
OPEC states that it will roll over its current oil production quota of 25.42 million barrels per day
22 Nov 1998
86th CFL Grey Cup Calgary Stampeders defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26-24
22 Nov 1998
Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis beats American Lindsay Davenport 75 64 46 62 in the WTA Tour Championship final at Madison Square Garden NYC
22 Nov 1999
Elian Gonzalez Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States and his mother are sighted off of Floridas coast by U.S. Coast Guard
22 Nov 1999
How Do You Like Me Now single released by Toby Keith (Billboard Song of the Year 2000)
22 Nov 2002
In Nigeria more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest
22 Nov 2003
In Tbilisi Georgia opponents of President Eduard Shevardnadze seize the parliament building and demand the presidents resignation
22 Nov 2003
5th Rugby World Cup England beats Australia 20-17 at Sydney
22 Nov 2004
The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine resulting from the presidential elections
22 Nov 2008
YouTube hosts the largest ever live broadcast YouTube Live
22 Nov 2008
13th Rugby League World Cup New Zealand beats Australia 34-20
22 Nov 2012
6 attacks across Pakistan kill 37 people and injure 92
22 Nov 2012
2 people are killed and 120 injured after a 100-vehicle pile-up in dense fog in Texas
22 Nov 2013
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen defeatsViswanathan Anand to win the World Chess Championship
22 Nov 2015
In Argentine elections Mauricio Macri (PRO) wins a narrow election victory over his left-wing opponent
22 Nov 2015
Kyle Busch driving for Joe Gibbs Racing wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway Florida to claim his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
22 Nov 2015
Serbian tennis star Novak okovi makes it 4 straight season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis titles beating Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 in the final in London England
22 Nov 2016
Vegas Golden Knights is revealed as the Las Vegas NHL expansion teams name
22 Nov 2017
Uber admits hackers stole personal information affecting 57 million people worldwide and paid 10000 to keep quiet
22 Nov 2017
Vanellope Wilkins born with her heart outside her body is first UK baby to survive birth and operations to reinsert her heart
22 Nov 1956
XVI Summer Olympic Games open in Melbourne Australia first to be staged in Southern Hemisphere and Oceania as well as first to be held outside Europe and North America
22 Nov 1981
CFL Grey Cup Olympic Stadium Montreal Edmonton Eskimos 4th consecutive Championship beat Ottawa Rough Riders 26-23 final Grey Cup game for Rough Riders fold in 1996
22 Nov 1998
CFL Grey Cup Winnipeg Stadium Calgary Stampeders defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26-24 future NFL 4-time Pro Bowl quarterback Jeff Garcia MVP
22 Nov 2003
5th Rugby World Cup Final Stadium Australia Sydney Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson lands winning drop goal in extra time as England beats Australia 20-17
22 Nov 2018
Leaning Tower of Pisas tilt reduced by 4 cm in 20 year project to stabilise it
22 Nov 1972
Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Islanders and start them on 15 game winless streak
22 Nov 1972
In Pittsburgh Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (207) in 10-4 win over St. Louis Blues
22 Nov 1980
Georgia tanker at Pilottown Louisiana spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain causes a ship to leak
22 Nov 1989
MLB center fielder Kirby Puckett signs record 3000000 per year contract with Minnesota Twins
22 Nov 1927
Belgian government of Henri Jaspar falls but is reformed the same day
22 Nov 1931
1st performance of Ferde Grofs Grand Canyon Suite given by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra at Studebaker Theater Chicago
22 Nov 1977
US President Jimmy Carter presents engineer Peter Goldmark with the National Medal of Science for his work communication and entertainment technology
22 Nov 1985
Columbia moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for mating of STS 61-C
22 Nov 1989
Conjunction of Venus Mars Uranus Neptune Saturn and the Moon
22 Nov 2014
Tamir Rice a 12-year-old boy is shot dead by police in Cleveland after brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun in a playground
22 Nov 1621
English Poet and preacher John Donne is made Dean of St Pauls Cathedral in London aged 49
22 Nov 1943
British RAF begins air bombing of Berlin Germany
22 Nov 1943
US troops land on Abemada Gilbert Island in the South Pacific
22 Nov 1945
Cleveland Rams end Jim Benton gains 303 yards in 28-21 win over Detroit Lions NFL single game rushing record - stands for 40 years
22 Nov 1950
7021 see Fort Wayne Pistons edge Minneapolis Lakers 19-18 at Minneapolis Auditorium lowest ever NBA score of 37 combined points
22 Nov 1959
American Football League (AFL) conducts its first draft in Minneapolis with the 8 clubs selecting their playing rosters for the inaugural 1960 season
22 Nov 1965
Mitch Leigh and Joe Darions musical Man of La Mancha starring Richard Kiley opens at ANTA Washington Square Theater NYC runs for 2329 performances wins 5 Tony Awards
22 Nov 1967
BBC unofficially bans I Am the Walrus by Beatles due to the suggestive lyric Boy youve been a naughty girl you let your knickers down.
22 Nov 1968
The Beatles release The Beatles (White Album) their only double album
22 Nov 2005
Ted Koppel retires from late night television news program Nightline with Ted Koppel after 25 years with the show 41 Emmy Awards and 42 years with ABC
22 Nov 1574
Discovery of uninhabited Juan Fernndez Islands off Chile by Spanish sailor Juan Fernndez - later famous home of marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk (inspired Robinson Crusoe story)
22 Nov 1898
Pietro Mascagnis opera Iris premieres at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome Italy
22 Nov 1956
Boston shooting guard Bill Sharman hits 10 free throws in Celtics 101-78 over Philadelphia Warriors at Philadelphia Civic Center
22 Nov 1981
Jimmy Horowitz and Leo Rosts rock musical Marlowe a fictionalized account of Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 48 performances
22 Nov 1987
NFL New England Patriots shutout Indianapolis Colts 24-0 at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro Massachusetts
22 Nov 2005
33rd American Music Awards Gwen Stefani Will Smith and Kelly Clarkson win
22 Nov 2009
37th American Music Awards Taylor Swift & Michael Jackson win
22 Nov 2015
43rd American Music Awards Ed Sheeran Ariana Grande One Direction & Luke Bryan win
22 Nov 1898
Construction begins on the Simplon tunnel through the Alps linking Italy and Switzerland it becomes the worlds longest railroad tunnel
22 Nov 1919
15000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse Amsterdam Netherlands
22 Nov 1926
Imperial Conference ends granting autonomy within the British Commonwealth
22 Nov 1930
First US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13 Yale 0)
22 Nov 1935
Flying boat China Clipper takes off from Alameda California carrying 100000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight
22 Nov 1956
XVI Summer Olympic Games open at the MCG in Melbourne Australia first to be staged in Southern Hemisphere and Oceania first to be held outside Europe and North America
22 Nov 1967
Silver hits a record 2.17 an ounce in New York
22 Nov 1968
First interracial TV kiss (Star Trek - Captain Kirk and Uhura)
22 Nov 1969
Isolation of a single gene is announced by scientists at Harvard University
22 Nov 1977
Regular Concorde supersonic jet passenger service between New York Citys JFK airport and Europe begins (Air France from Paris British Airways from London) [1]
22 Nov 1981
Browns QB Brian Sipe sets a club record by being intercepted six times
22 Nov 1987
Two Chicago TV stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom
22 Nov 2016
Spirit Cave Mummy North Americas oldest at 10600 years old is returned to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone tribe for reburial after DNA sequencing proved he is an ancestor of contemporary tribes [1]
22 Nov 2017
Vanellope Wilkins born with her heart outside her body is the first UK baby to survive birth and operations to reinsert her heart
22 Nov 2020
G20 virtual two-day summit ends with pledge to ensure affordable access to vaccines for all
22 Nov 2022
An out-of-control rebellion by terrorist groups in West Africas Sahel area is threatening the entire region warns Ghanas President Nana Akufo-Addo at a security conference in Accra [1]
22 Nov 2022
UK faces a bigger hit to its economy from the global energy crisis than any other advanced economy according to the OECD projected to shrink by 0.4% [1]
22 Nov 2023
Finland closes all but one border with Russia after an influx of migrants orchestrated it said by Russia [1]
22 Nov 2023
Right-wing Dutch populist Geert Wilders Freedom Party unexpectedly wins more seats than any other party in the countrys general election [1]
22 Nov 1878
Aleksandr Ostrovskys classic play Without a Dowry (Bespridannitsa) premieres in Moscow [OS 10 Nov]
22 Nov 1886
Victoria Street cable tram line opens in Melbourne Australia connecting Richmond to the city center via Victoria Street and Collins Street
22 Nov 1898
Construction begins on the Simplon Tunnel through the Alps linking Italy and Switzerland it becomes the worlds longest railway tunnel
22 Nov 1910
Arthur Knight patents steel-shafted golf clubs
22 Nov 1927
The first snowmobile patent is granted to Carl Eliason of Sayner Wisconsin
22 Nov 1960
The French National Assembly adopts the Military Program Law establishing Frances Force de frappe nuclear deterrent
22 Nov 1968
First interracial kiss on TV (Star Trek Captain Kirk and Uhura)
22 Nov 1984
Fred Rogers of PBS Mr Rogers Neighborhood presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution
22 Nov 1986
Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes the 13th NHLer to score 500 goals
22 Nov 1991
Phool Aur Kaante the film debut of famous Indian actor Ajay Devgan is released
22 Nov 1991
NY Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record 18.8 million for a two year extension
22 Nov 2008
Patrick Roys 33 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens
22 Nov 2010
Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records release American rapper and producer Kanye Wests 5th studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
22 Nov 2014
Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona sets a new goal scoring record in La Liga of 253 goals
22 Nov 2017
Vanellope Wilkins born with her heart outside her body is the first UK baby to survive birth and surgery to reposition her heart
22 Nov 2018
The Leaning Tower of Pisas tilt is reduced by 4 cm in a 20 year project to stabilize it
22 Nov 2024
Wicked (Part 1) a film musical opens starring Ariana Grande Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey based on the stage musical and L. Frank Baums novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [1]