What are the important events that happened on November 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 22 is the 326th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 9, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,763,769,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosahexagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 87 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,719 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 22 Historical Events
- 845 –The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
- 1574 –Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Sherman’s March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia.
- 1869 –In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.
- 1963 –In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is later captured and charged with the murder of both the President and police officer J. D. Tippit. Oswald is shot two days later by Jack Ruby while in police custody.
- 1967 –UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
- 1986 –Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history.
- 1990 –British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her premiership.
- 1997 –In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
- 2004 –In Global governance, Decision o916-d1 adopted as mission statement: 'To create an accepted framework for all humankind, that is self-regulating and which enables every person to achieve their fullest potential in harmony with the world and its place in existence.'
Who were born on November 22?
- 1722 –Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet (d. 1794)
- 1852 –Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
- 1877 –Joan Gamper, Swiss businessman (d. 1930)
- 1901 –Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
- 1932 –Keith Wickenden, British politician (d. 1983)
- 1941 –Tom Conti, British actor
- 1974 –David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater
- 1981 –Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
- 1982 –Isild Le Besco, French actress
- 1988 –Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor
Who died on November 22?
- 1617 –Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1590)
- 1774 –Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general (b. 1725)
- 1886 –William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
- 1943 –Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (b. 1895)
- 1955 –Shemp Howard, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1963 –Wilhelm Beiglböck, Austrian physician (b. 1905)
- 1980 –Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901)
- 1989 –C. C. Beck, American cartoonist (b. 1910)
- 2000 –Christian Marquand, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- 2010 –Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist (b. 1914)
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