Historical Events - November 22
1858 : Establishment of Denver, Colorado.
1943 : Lebanon became independent from France.
1956 : The 16th Olympic Games began in Melbourne, Australia.
1963 : Inauguration of the Thumba Indian Missile Launch Center.
1963 : US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas (Texas).
1968 : The Lok Sabha approved the proposal to change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu.
1968 : The Beatles published The Beatles (The White Album).
1971 : Pakistan violated the Indian air border and air conflict between the two countries begins.
1990 : Announcement of resignation by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
1991 : A tanker carrying flammable chemicals caught fire near Dahanu, killing 61 tribal people on the run.
1997 : Diana Hayden of India won the Miss World title.
1998 : Controversial writer Taslima Nasrin of Bangladesh surrendered in Dhaka court.
2000 : The US sanctioned on Pakistan and Iran.
2002 : Hundreds of people were killed in rioting in Nigeria to protest against the holding of the Miss World contest.
2006 : India and six other countries of the global consortium entered a historic agreement in Paris to set up a sun-like energy-efficient primary fusion reactor.
2013 : Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, 22, became the youngest chess world champion after defeating India’s Viswanathan Anand.
Famous Birthdays – November 22
1830: Jhalkaribai, a woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
1864: Rukhmabai, an Indian physician, and feminist.
1877: John Gamper, founder of FC Barcelona.
1884: Sulaiman Nadvi, a Pakistani historian, writer, and scholar of Islam.
1890: Charles de Gaulle, French president, and general.
1892: Madeleine Slade, also known as Mirabehn, the leader of the Indian Independence Movement.
1899: Laxman Naik, a tribal civil rights activist of South Odisha in eastern India.
1913: Lakshmi Kant Jha, the eighth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
1926: Arthur Jones, founder of MedX Corporation.
1939: Mulayam Singh Yadav, an Indian politician, and the founder of the Samajwadi Party.
1948: Saroj Khan, an Indian dance choreographer.
1984: Scarlett Johansson, an American actress.
1962: Rajkumar Hirani, an Indian film director, and editor.
1968: Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP programming language.
1980: Sean Fanning, founder of Napster.
1990: Kartik Aaryan, an Indian actor.
Death Anniversaries – November 22
1902: Friedrich Krupp, a German businessman.
1944: Sir Arthur Eddington, an English astronomer.
1963: Aldous Huxley, English writer.
1963: John F. Kennedy, US President.
1980: Mae West, Hollywood actress, and singer.
2000: Dr. Hari Jeevan (H. J. Arnikar), an Indian Atomic chemist.
2001: Mary Kay Ash, an American businesswoman, and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.
2002: Govindbhai Shroff, an Indian freedom fighter.
2012: P. Govind Pillai, Marxist Communist leader from India.
2016: M. Balamulkrishna, Indian singer.
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