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1718 : End of Blackbeard


On November 22, 1718, Edward Teach, better known by the name of Blackbeard, was killed by the British off North Carolina. Blackbeard was one of the fiercest and famous pirates of the Caribbean and American coast.

1950 : Train crash in New York


On November 22, 1950, in New York, a stationary train failed to restart due to locked wheels. The fire was green, the next train arrived behind, unable to stop in time and strucked the first train from behind. 79 people were killed and 363 others were injured.

1963 : President John F. Kennedy is assassinated


On 22 November 1963, at 12:30 p.m., President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas while sitting in an open car with his wife and Texas Governor John Connally. Vice President Johnson became the 36th President of the United States a few hours later. His assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested shortly after and killed the following day by Jack Ruby, an operator of dance halls with links to organized crime. Kennedy was the fourth U.S. president to be assassinated. There have been also attempted murders on many other presidents. Hundreds of thousands of people and the leaders of 99 countries followed the President Kennedy's funeral on November 25, declared day of national mourning.

1990 : Margaret Thatcher resigned


On November 22, 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, nicknamed the Iron Lady, resigned after 11 years in power. Her regime was marked by her hard management of the strikes in the mines, privatizations, the Falklands War, detente with the Soviet Union and an uncompromising attitude towards Northern Ireland.

2005 : Angela Merkel becomes German Chancellor


On November 22, 2005, Angela Merkel, who headed the CDU, became German Chancellor. She was the first woman to hold this position.

Novità del giorno : 22 Novembre

Independance Day in Lebanon
November 22 is Independence Day in Lebanon celebrating the end of the French protectorate and the country's independence, recognized on 22 November 1943.

Citazione del giorno : 22 Novembre

Général Leclerc
Never execute idiot orders

Compleanni : 22 Novembre

René-Robert Cavelier de La Sal, Esploratore francese (1643)
Franklin Pierce, 14° Presidente degli Stati Uniti (1804)
Thomas Cook, Agente di viaggio inglese (1808)
George Eliot, Scrittrice inglese (1819)
Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Diplomatico francese, Nobel per la Pace (1852)
André Gide, Scrittore francese, premio Nobel per la letteratura (1869)
Charles de Gaulle, Uomo politico e generale francese (1890)
Hoagy Carmichael, Compositore americano (1899)
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Generale francese (1902)
Louis Néel, Fisico francese, Premio Nobel (1904)
Andrew Huxley, Biofisico inglese, Premio Nobel per la Fisiologia e Medicina (1917)
Arthur Hiller, Regista canadese (1923)
Geraldine Page, Attrice americana (1924)
Robert Vaughn, Attore americano (1932)
Terry Gilliam, Attore e regista inglese (1940)
Tom Conti, Attore scozzese (1941)
Guion Bluford, Astronauta americano (1942)
Kent Nagano, Direttore d'orchestra americano (1951)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Attrice americana (1958)
Bruce Payne, Attore inglese (1958)
Mariel Hemingway, Attrice americana (1961)
Boris Becker, Tennista tedesco (1967)
Mark Ruffalo, Attore americano (1967)
Rasmus Lerdorf, Programmatore danese canadese (1968)
Chad Trujillo, Astronomo americano (1973)
David Pelletier, Pattinatore canadese (1974)
Scarlett Johansson, Attrice americana (1984)
Jamie Campbell Bower, Attore inglese (1988)

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Jack London, Scrittore americano (1916)
John F. Kennedy, 35o presidente degli Stati Uniti (1963)
Mae West, Attrice e sceneggiatrice americana (1980)
Hans Adolf Krebs, Biochimico tedesco-inglese, Premio Nobel per la medicina o la fisiologia (1981)
Anthony Burgess, Scrittore inglese (1993)
Terence Donovan, Fotografo inglese (1996)
María Casares, Attrice francese spagnola (1996)
Emil Zátopek, Atleta ceco (2000)
Théodore Monod, Naturalista francese (2000)
Maurice Béjart, Coreografo francese svizzero (2007)
Frank Fenner, Microbiologo australiano (2010)
Julien Guiomar, Attore francese (2010)
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