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November 22

November 22 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 845 and 1987. The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.

♐ZodiacSagittarius ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

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What happened on November 22?

November 22 is the 326th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 845 and 1987. Famous people born on November 22 include Charles de Gaulle, Yaroslav Rybakov and Terry Gilliam.

The shape of the day

November 22's record stretches 1,142 years, from 845 to 1987. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Sagittarius is the sign for November 22 — read more on the Sagittarius page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on November 22

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game Atlyss
  • Game Spirit Mancer

2022

  • Game Evil West

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 845

    Brittany

    The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.

  2. 1574

    Juan Fernández (explorer)

    Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.

  3. 1635

    Dutch Formosa

    Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.

  4. 1855

    Birmingham

    In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.

  5. 1873

    SS Ville du Havre

    The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

  6. 1940

    World War II

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

  7. 1943

    Lebanon

    Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.

  8. 1963

    John F. Kennedy

    U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.

  9. 1971

    Cairngorm Plateau disaster

    In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.

  10. 1987

    Max Headroom signal hijackings

    The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 22

Charles de Gaulle

b. 1890

French general and politician, President of France

Yaroslav Rybakov

b. 1980

Russian high jumper

Terry Gilliam

b. 1940

American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter

Ville Valo

b. 1976

Finnish singer-songwriter

Chris Smalling

b. 1989

English footballer

Scarlett Johansson

b. 1984

American actress

Mark Ruffalo

b. 1967

American actor

André Gide

b. 1869

French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths

  • 2006Asima Chatterjee
  • 1963John F. Kennedy
  • 1963C. S. Lewis
  • 1916Jack London
  • 1718Blackbeard

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Cecilia
  • —Christian feast day: Pedro Esqueda Ramírez
  • —Christian feast day: Philemon and Apphia
  • —Christian feast day: Pragmatius of Autun
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Salvatore Lilli
  • —Christian feast day: November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan.
  • —Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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