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What happened on November 22
Every November 22 carries a layer of history: wars that began or ended, inventions, premieres, treaties, and people born or lost on this day across the centuries. We gathered 12 of the most striking events recorded on November 22, plus notable births and deaths, each with its year and a link to the Wikipedia article where the story continues. It is a fast way to answer "what happened on November 22" without digging through many sources: the list arrives ranked by relevance and dated.
Notable events
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion. Magnus Carlsen |
| 1995 | Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States. Toy Story |
| 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. Northrop B-2 Spirit |
| 1987 | Two television stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked with footage of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume. Max Headroom signal hijackings |
| 1986 | Mike Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick to win the World Boxing Council title, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history. Mike Tyson |
| 1978 | The serpent labret with articulated tongue (pictured articulating between positions), "perhaps the finest Aztec gold ornament to survive the crucibles of the sixteenth century", was sold at Sotheby's. Serpent labret with articulated tongue |
| 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. Francisco Franco |
| 1971 | In Britain's worst mountaineering disaster, five teenage students and one of their leaders were found dead from exposure on the Cairngorm Plateau in the Scottish Highlands. Cairngorm Plateau disaster |
| 1968 | The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the White Album. The Beatles |
| 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. United Nations Security Council |
| 1963 | John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas; hours later, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States. John F. Kennedy |
| 1910 | The crews of three Brazilian warships - all commissioned only months before - and several smaller vessels mutinied against perceived "slavery" being practised in the Brazilian Navy. South American dreadnought race |
Births
| Year | Who |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Brandon Miller, American basketball player Brandon Miller (basketball, born 2002) |
| 2002 | Owen Power, Canadian ice hockey player Owen Power |
| 2001 | Chenle, Chinese singer Chenle |
| 2000 | Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer Auliʻi Cravalho |
Deaths
| Year | Who |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Serge Vohor, Vanuatuan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (born 1955) Serge Vohor |
| 2022 | John Y. Brown Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (born 1933) John Y. Brown Jr. |
| 2022 | Raşit Küçük, Turkish Islamicist (born 1947) Raşit Küçük |
| 2020 | Otto Hutter, Austrian-born British physiologist (born 1924) Otto Hutter |
A single anniversary does not explain on its own why a day matters: one November 22 can hold a scientific milestone, a tragedy and the birth of an artist, centuries apart. That is why we date every row and link the source, so you can follow what interests you. The selection mixes 12 events, 4 births and 4 deaths; the full list, with every reference, lives on Wikipedia.
Source, license and method
This page curates the day's anniversaries for November 22 from Wikipedia, delivered through the Wikimedia "On this day" feed (the encyclopedia's own open dataset). It is not original research: the facts, years and wording come from Wikipedia and are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 4.0), which requires crediting the source and keeping the same license. We pick each day's most relevant items, favouring the editors' own selection and the most prominent articles, and every row links back to the matching entry. For the full list and primary references, see the day's article on Wikipedia (November 22).
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