On This Day in History for November 22
Events in History
- 498 St Symmachus begins his reign as Pope replacing Anastasius II
- 845 First King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats Frankish King Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon, near Redon
- 1220 Frederick II crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III
- 1346 Street fights in Utrecht, Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements
- 1492 Pinta under Martín Alonso Pinzón separates from Christopher Columbus's fleet
- 1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope on way to first voyage from Europe to reach India
- 1542 Spain delegates "New Laws" against slavery in America
- 1573 The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded
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Abigail Adams
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Charles de Gaulle
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Blackbeard
Aldous Huxley
C. S. Lewis
John F. Kennedy
Raymond Dart
Anthony BurgessNovember in History
Bare Bones of the Great Ape-Man Hoax
On this day the Piltdown Man skull, which had been hailed as the missing link proving an evolutionary relationship between man and apes, was revealed as a hoax.
November 21, 1953
The Assassination of President Kennedy
The shocking public killing of President Kennedy in 1963 was a momentous event in world history, giving birth to dozens of conspiracy theories.
November 22, 1963
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Kennedy in his motorcade in Dallas, Texas, moments before he was assassinated
November 22, 1963
Killing Rampage of Billy The Kid
Billy the Kid, believed to have been born on this day, claimed to have shot dead 21 men. But that didn’t stop Hollywood turning the killer into a folk hero.
November 23, 1859