This Day in History
22 Nov 1220
Frederick II crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III
22 Nov 1346
Street fights in Utrecht Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements
22 Nov 1542
Spain delegates New Laws against slavery in America
22 Nov 1574
Discovery of the Juan Fernndez Islands off Chile.
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KC and the Sunshine band top the U.S. pop charts with “That’s The Way (I Like It)â€
One of the most popular American pop groups of its time KC and the Sunshine Band earned the second of their five 1 pop hits on this day in 1975 when Th...
Margaret Thatcher resigns
Margaret Thatcher the first woman prime minister in British history announces her resignation after 11 years in Britains top office.Margaret Hilda Rob...
Blackbeard killed off North Carolina
Edward Teach also known as Blackbeard is killed off North Carolinas Outer Banks during a bloody battle with a British navy force sent from Virginia.Be...
John F. Kennedy assassinated
John Fitzgerald Kennedy the 35th president of the United States is assassinated while traveling through Dallas Texas in an open-top convertible.First lady J...
Soviets encircle Germans at Stalingrad
On this day in 1942 a Soviet counteroffensive against the German armies pays off as the Red Army traps about a quarter-million German soldiers south of Kalach...
Westmoreland claims U.S. victory at Dak To
General William Westmoreland commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam briefs officials at the Pentagon and says that the battle around Dak To was...
JFK assassinated in Dallas
On this day President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas.Kennedy took office on January 20 1961. From the start of his term he was faced with a deter...
First B-52 shot down over North Vietnam
The United States loses its first B-52 of the war. The eight-engine bomber was brought down by a North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile near Vinh on the day w...
Mike Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champ in history
On November 22 1986 20-year-old Mike Tyson knocks out 33-year-old Trevor Berbick in just five minutes and 35 seconds to become the youngest titleholder ever. ...
Kennedy becomes fourth president to be assassinated
On this day in 1963 the nation is shocked by the assassination of its president John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was riding in an open car in Dallas Texas when a gu...
Jack London dies of kidney disease
Jack London one of the best novelists to chronicle the last wild western frontier of Alaska dies from kidney failure in Glen Ellen California.Born in San Fra...
George Eliot is born
Mary Ann Evans later known as George Eliot is born on this day in Warwickshire England.Eliot attended several schools until her mothers death in 1841...
Die Another Day released 40 years after first Bond film
On this day in 2002 the James Bond movie Die Another Day starring Pierce Brosnan as the fictional British secret service agent also known by his code number ...
Commuter trains collide in New York City
Two Long Island Railroad (LIRR) commuter trains collide on this day in 1950 killing 79 people. Defective equipment caused this horrific rear-end collision the...
President Kennedy is assassinated
President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed as his motorcade drives through Dealey Plaza in Dallas Texas. Kennedys suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswa...
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