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What Happened On November 22

Q: What happened on November 22?

1718: Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself. 1718: The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina. 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 duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon. 1995: Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States. 1988: The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. 1987: The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago. 1968: Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured. 1943: Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government. 1935: The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.

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1718 First ever
Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.
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1718 Oddly true
The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina.
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1307 Oddly true
Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
845 First ever
The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1995 First ever
Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1988 First ever
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1987 Oddly true
The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1968 Oddly true
Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1943 First ever
Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1935 First ever
The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Observed today

2022A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves seven workers dead, including the shooter, and four others injured. Wikipedia →
2014While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer. Wikipedia →
2010During the Cambodian water festival, a stampede in Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, kills 347 people. Wikipedia →
2004The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections. Wikipedia →
2003Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land. Wikipedia →
1994A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight. Wikipedia →
1990British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership. Wikipedia →
1989NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense. Wikipedia →
1987The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago. Wikipedia →
1975Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier. Wikipedia →
1971In 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. Wikipedia →
1968Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured. Wikipedia →
1967UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement. Wikipedia →
1963U.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. Wikipedia →
1963Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables. Wikipedia →
1955The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk. Wikipedia →
1952A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan. Wikipedia →
1943Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government. Wikipedia →
1942World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded. Wikipedia →
1940World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. Wikipedia →
1935The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila. Wikipedia →
1921During The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922), 15 Irish Nationalists are killed in Belfast in one day. Wikipedia →
1908The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet. Wikipedia →
1873The 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. Wikipedia →
1869In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched. Wikipedia →
1855In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute. Wikipedia →
1837Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution. Wikipedia →
1718Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself. Wikipedia →
1635Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island. Wikipedia →
1574Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile. Wikipedia →
1307Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets. Wikipedia →
1220Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III. Wikipedia →
1210The Castle of Termes falls to Simon de Montfort after a four-month siege during the Albigensian Crusade. Wikipedia →
845The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon. Wikipedia →
498After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. Wikipedia →

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