What happened on 22 November in history?

2013: Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion. 1995: Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States. 1994: A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight. 1989: NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.

What happened on 22 November in Indian history?

2013: Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion. 1963: Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables.

Which famous people were born on 22 November?

Victor Pelevin, Russian author (1962); Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Defence (died 2022) (1939); Baidyanath Misra, Indian economist (died 2019) (1920); Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012) (1917).

Which day is observed on 22 November?

Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan.; Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943..

On This Day, 22 November: Events, Births & Deaths in History (India & World)

Observed on 22 November

Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan.
Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.

22 November in Indian history

2013Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion.India
1963Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables.India

22 November in world history

1995Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States.
1994A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight.
1989NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
1986Mike Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick to win the World Boxing Council title, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history.
1978The 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.
1975Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I was declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco.
1968The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the White Album.
1968Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured.
1967The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
1963John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas; hours later, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States.
1955The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.
1943World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
1942World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
1940World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
1921During The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922), 15 Irish Nationalists are killed in Belfast in one day.
1855In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.

Born on 22 November

Died on 22 November

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 22 November in history?: 2013: Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion. 1995: Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States. 1994: A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight. 1989: NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
What happened on 22 November in Indian history?: 2013: Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion. 1963: Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables.
Which famous people were born on 22 November?: Victor Pelevin, Russian author (1962); Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Defence (died 2022) (1939); Baidyanath Misra, Indian economist (died 2019) (1920); Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012) (1917).
Which day is observed on 22 November?: Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan.; Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943..

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On This Day: 22 November