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 327^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 9, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,732,233,600 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 ‘trihectaicosaheptagon’ day.

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 68 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 4,354 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 22 Historical Events

• 1812 –
  War of 1812: 17 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.
• 1837 –
  Canadian 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.
• 1858 –
  Denver, Colorado is founded.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.
• 1943 –
  Lebanon gains independence from France.
• 1954 –
  The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
• 1987 –
  Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
• 1988 –
  In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
• 1995 –
  Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
• 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?

• 1698 –
  Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
• 1710 –
  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)
• 1819 –
  George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880)
• 1900 –
  Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (d. 1980)
• 1902 –
  Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
• 1941 –
  Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1943 –
  Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1953 –
  Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (d. 1994)
• 1964 –
  Robbie Slater, Australian footballer
• 1976 –
  Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM)

Who died on November 22?

• 1617 –
  Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1590)
• 1697 –
  Libéral Bruant, French architect (b. 1635)
• 1710 –
  Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer (b. 1637)
• 1900 –
  Arthur S. Sullivan, British composer (b. 1842)
• 1963 –
  C. S. Lewis, Northern Irish author (b. 1898)
• 1963 –
  Wilhelm Beiglböck, Austrian physician (b. 1905)
• 1997 –
  Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) (b. 1960)
• 2001 –
  Norman Granz, American jazz impresario and recording industry executive (b. 1918)
• 2004 –
  Arthur Hopcraft, English screenwriter and journalist (b. 1932)
• 2007 –
  Maurice Béjart, French-born Swiss choreographer (b. 1929)