History for November 22

History for November 22 - On-This-Day.com
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) 1819, Charles de Gaulle (France) 1890, Rodney Dangerfield 1921 


Robert Vaughn 1932, Billie Jean King 1943, Jamie Lee Curtis 1958 - Actress 


Mariel Hemingway 1961, Boris Becker 1967, Scarlett Johansson 1984 - Actress (The Island) 


1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers cornered him aboard his ship and killed him. He was shot and stabbed more than 25 times. 



1906 - The International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin adopted the SOS distress signal. 


1910 - Arthur F. Knight patented a steel shaft to replace wood shafts in golf clubs. 


1935 - The first trans-Pacific airmail flight began in Alameda, CA, when the flying boat known as the China Clipper left for Manila. The craft was carrying over 110,000 pieces of mail. 


1942 - During World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad began. 


1963 - U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. Texas Governor John B. Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President. 


1977 - Regular passenger service on the Concorde began between New York and Europe. 


2005 - Angela Merkel was elected as Germany's first female chancellor.