22 November - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on November 22, the day number in a year is 326 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 327. November 22 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
November 22 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1517 | After the death of Alexander Lodhi, his son Abraham Lodi became the ruler of Delhi. |
| 1635 | Hours after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas,Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in aboard Air Force One as the 36thPresident of the United States. |
| 1635 | Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launched a three-monthpacification campaign against Taiwanese aborigines. |
| 1707 | Prince Johann Willem Friso was sworn in as Viceroy of Freesland. |
| 1707 | Prince Johann Willem Friso sworn in as Viceroy of Friesland. |
| 1714 | King Karel XII was released from Turkish captivity to return to Sweden. |
| 1718 | The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding partyof British sailors off the coast of North Carolina, ending his reign ofterror in the Caribbean. |
| 1718 | Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood sent a Royal Navy contingent to North Carolina, citing a violation of the amnesty agreement with Blackbeard, where he battled Blackbeard and his crew at Oakrock Inlet. Blackbeard killed in action. |
| 1739 | Jenkins War: The Battle of Porto Bello: British maritime armies attacked the Spanish exporting Ponmian silver town of Portobello. |
| 1808 | Thomas Cook, founder of the world's famous travel company Thomas Cook & Sons, was born. |
| 1812 | War of 1812-During a punitive expedition against Native American villages, a contingent of Indiana Rangers were ambushed by Kickapoo, Winnebago, and Shawnee warriors. |
| 1830 | Charles Gray became Prime Minister of Britain. |
| 1831 | After a bloody battle with the military causing 600 casualties,rebellious silkworkers seized Lyon, France, beginning the First CanutRevolt. |
| 1877 | Thomas Edison invented the gramophone. For this, he worked for 7 years. |
| 1877 | The first college lacrosse game was played between New York University and Manhattan College. |
| 1906 | International radio telecommunications code was adopted, SOS service was introduced for emergencies. |
| 1910 | The crews of the Brazilian warships Minas Geraes, São Paulo,Bahia—all of which had been commissioned only months before—and several smaller warships mutinied in what became known as the Revolt ofthe Lash. |
| 1933 | The Fujian People's Government was announced in the city of Fujian, China. |
| 1939 | Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav was born. |
| 1955 | Colonel Tom Parker Elvis Presley signed to RCA Records. |
| 1963 | The first B-2 stealth bomber of the United States Air Force wasfirst displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. |
| 1967 | The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. |
| 1967 | The Security Council of the United Nations passed Proposition 242 regarding Palestine. |
| 1968 | The proposal to change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu received approval from the Lok Sabha. |
| 1975 | Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I was declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. |
| 1975 | Juan Colors became the king of Spain. |
| 1977 | British Airways regularly inaugurated supersonic Concorde service from London to New York City. |
| 1986 | Mike Tyson won his first boxing title by defeating Trevor Barbic in Las Vegas. |
| 1988 | Angela Merkel assumed office as the first female Chancellor ofGermany. |
| 1992 | In Assam, a bomb blast on a bus by Bodo militants killed 27 people. |
| 1995 | Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released. |
| 1997 | Diana Hayden won the world beauty title. |
| 2004 | Massive protests started across Ukraine due to allegations thatthe presidential election between sitting Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was rigged. |
| 2005 | Voters in Kenya devastatingly cast off a new constitution, which would have given greater power to the president. |
| 2005 | The assembly of the International Space Station began whenZarya, its first module, was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome,Kazakhstan. |
| 2005 | Angela Merkel of Germany's CDU Party became the first woman Chancellor of Germany. |
| 2006 | 7 foreign oil workers are taken hostage in Nigeria. In an attempt to rescue the people, 4 people die including one hostage, a soldier and two of the kidnappers. |
| 2007 | Tamils Rehabilitation Organization charity has been banned by Sri Lanka, because it "is funding the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam" |
| 2008 | According to the government of Colombia the eruption of Nevado del Huila, in southern Colombia, has led to at least 10 deaths and has forced the evacuation of about 12,000 people. |
| 2008 | Eminent Hindi poet Kunwar Narayan was selected for the 2005 Jnanpith Award. |
| 2009 | The United States Senate votes to permit a debate on the healthcare reform bill which is dated to start on November 30, 2009. |
| 2010 | Ten Somalis pirates are being tried in Germany for attacking a Germany. This is the country's first pirate trial in 400 years. |
| 2011 | Bulbophyllumnocturnum, an orchid has been discovered by scientists, in New Britain off the coast of Papua New Guinea. It is the first orchid known to blossom at night. |
| 2012 | Policemen have succeeded in ending hostage situation in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece peacefully as they arrest a 72-year-old Greek pensioner who was threatening to set a tax office building on fire because of financial conflict. |
| 2013 | Cyclone Helen strikes the state of Andhra Pradesh in India killing at least six people and causing a power cut in thousands of villages. |
| 2014 | Electors in Bahrain go to the ballots for parliamentary elections held for the first time since the unsuccessful Pearl Revolution. |
Famous Birthdays of November 22:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1987 | Martti Aljand / Swimmer / Estonia |
| 1996 | Madison Davenport / Actress / United States of America |
| 1936 | Archie Gouldie / Wrestler / United States of America |
| 1981 | Song Hye-kyo / Actress / South Korea |
| 1698 | Pierre de Rigaud / Politician / United States of America |
| 1877 | Endre Ady / Poet / Hungary |
| 1977 | Annika Norlin / Singer / Sweden |
| 1890 | Charles de Gaulle / Politician / France |
| 1969 | Byron Houston / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1978 | Karen O / Writer / United States of America |
| 1968 | Sidse Babett Knudsen / Actress / Denmark |
| 1966 | Ed Ferrara / Wrestler / United States of America |
| 1988 | Jamie Campbell Bower / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1974 | Joe Nathan / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1836 | George Barham / Business Man / United Kingdom |
| 1943 | Billie Jean King / Tennis Player / United States of America |
| 1884 | Sulaiman Nadvi / Author / Pakistan |
| 1721 | Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres / Politician / Switzerland |
| 1965 | Jörg Jung / Footballer / Germany |
| 1904 | Louis Néel / Academic / France |
| 1912 | Doris Duke / Art Collector / United States of America |
| 1876 | Emil Beyer / Gymnast / United States of America |
| 1981 | Ben Adams / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1983 | Sei Ashina / Actress / Japan |
| 1957 | Donny Deutsch / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1881 | Enver Pasha / Politician / Oman |
| 1962 | Victor Pelevin / Author / Russia |
| 1973 | Chad Trujillo / Astronomer / United States of America |
| 1868 | John Nance Garner / Politician / United States of America |
| 1943 | William Kotzwinkle / Writer / United States of America |
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