November 22nd, 1868

Born on November 22nd, 1868

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 22nd?

November 22nd, 2013

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen (pictured) defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion.

November 22nd, 1995

Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States.

November 22nd, 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.

November 22nd, 1987

Two television stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked with footage of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume.

November 22nd, 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.

November 22nd, 1971

In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, five teenage students and one of their leaders were found dead from exposure on the Cairngorm Plateau in the Scottish Highlands.

November 22nd, 1968

The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the White Album.

November 22nd, 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.

November 22nd, 1963

John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas; hours later, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in aboard Air Force One as the 36th President of the United States.

November 22nd, 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.

November 22nd, 1873

The French steamship Ville du Havre collided with a Scottish iron clipper in the North Atlantic and sank with the loss of 226 lives.

November 22nd, 1797

The Geisel School of Medicine, the fourth oldest medical school in the United States, was founded by the physician Nathan Smith.

November 22nd, 1718

The pirate Blackbeard (pictured) was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina.

November 22nd, 1635

Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launched a three-month pacification campaign against the island's indigenous peoples.

November 22nd, 2004

The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 22nd

Born on November 22nd, 1868

98

John Nance Garner

Vice president of the United States from 1933 to 1941

*November 22nd, 1868, Red River County †November 7th, 1967, Uvalde

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81

André Gide

French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)

*November 22nd, 1869, Paris †February 19th, 1951, Paris

79

Charles de Gaulle

President of France from 1959 to 1969

*November 22nd, 1890, Lille †November 9th, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

39

Scarlett Johansson

American actress (born 1984)

*November 22nd, 1984, Manhattan

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

63

Benjamin Britten

English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)

*November 22nd, 1913, Lowestoft †December 4th, 1976, Aldeburgh

69

Paolo Gentiloni

Italian politician (born 1954)

*November 22nd, 1954, Rome

56

Mark Ruffalo

American actor

*November 22nd, 1967, Kenosha

62

Geraldine Page

American actress (1924-1987)

*November 22nd, 1924, Kirksville †June 13th, 1987, New York City

82

Tom Conti

British actor

*November 22nd, 1941, Paisley

61

George Eliot

English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)

*November 22nd, 1819, Nuneaton †December 22nd, 1880, London

40

Harry Graham

Australian sportsman (1870-1911)

*November 22nd, 1870, Melbourne †February 7th, 1911, Seacliff

74

Cecilia Grierson

Argentine physician (1859-1934)

*November 22nd, 1859, Buenos Aires †April 10th, 1934, Buenos Aires

93

Percival Proctor Baxter

American politician (1876–1969)

*November 22nd, 1876, Portland †December 6th, 1969, Portland

95

Louis Néel

French physicist (1904-2000)

*November 22nd, 1904, 3rd arrondissement of Lyon †November 17th, 2000, Brive-la-Gaillarde

65

Jamie Lee Curtis

American actress and author

*November 22nd, 1958, Santa Monica

56

Boris Becker

German tennis player

*November 22nd, 1967, Leimen

104

Jacqueline Vaudecrane

French figure skater

*November 22nd, 1913, 9th arrondissement of Paris †February 27th, 2018, Uzès

65

Jörg Hube

German actor and director

*November 22nd, 1943, Neuruppin †June 19th, 2009, Munich

83

Terry Gilliam

British filmmaker, comedian and actor

*November 22nd, 1940, Minneapolis

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72

Eduard Norden

German classical philologist and historian (1868–1941)

*September 21st, 1868, Emden †July 13th, 1941, Zürich

80

Eustace Miles

British real tennis player

*September 22nd, 1868, Hampstead †December 20th, 1948, London

55

Emanuel Hegenbarth

German painter (1868-1923)

*January 14th, 1868, Česká Kamenice †July 18th, 1923, Dresden

95

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

*February 23rd, 1868, Great Barrington †August 27th, 1963, Accra

58

Gaston Leroux

French author and journalist

*May 6th, 1868, Paris †April 15th, 1927, Nice

86

Paul Claudel

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

*August 6th, 1868, Villeneuve-sur-Fère †February 23rd, 1955, Paris

77

George Arliss

English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868–1946)

*April 10th, 1868, London †February 5th, 1946, London

50

Edmond Rostand

French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)

*April 1st, 1868, Marseille †December 2nd, 1918, Paris

50

Nicholas II of Russia

Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917

*May 6th, 1868, Pushkin †July 17th, 1918, Yekaterinburg

51

Eleanor H. Porter

American novelist

*December 19th, 1868, Littleton †May 21st, 1920, Cambridge

65

Albrecht von Graefe

German politician (1868-1933)

*January 1st, 1868, Berlin †April 18th, 1933, Goldebee

65

Fritz Haber

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize

*December 9th, 1868, Wrocław †January 29th, 1934, Basel

43

Robert Falcon Scott

Royal Navy officer and explorer

*June 6th, 1868, Plymouth †March 29th, 1912, Ross Ice Shelf

77

Heinrich Reineke

German politician (1868–1945)

*August 2nd, 1868, Pivitsheide V. L. †October 1st, 1945, Groß Nemerow

75

Karl Landsteiner

Austrian biologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureate

*June 14th, 1868, Vienna †June 26th, 1943, New York City

49

Scott Joplin

American composer, musician, and pianist

*March 31st, 1868, Texarkana †April 1st, 1917, New York City

68

Maxim Gorky

Russian writer (1868–1936)

*March 16th, 1868, Nizhny Novgorod †June 18th, 1936, Gorki-10

76

Paul Otlet

Belgian author, librarian and anti-colonial thinker

*August 23rd, 1868, City of Brussels †December 10th, 1944, City of Brussels

85

Robert A. Millikan

American physicist

*March 22nd, 1868, Morrison †December 19th, 1953, San Marino

84

Charles Maurras

French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)

*April 20th, 1868, Martigues †November 16th, 1952, Saint-Symphorien

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Leap year

Yes: 1868 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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