What are the important events that happened on November 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 22 is the 327^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 9, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,870,560 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosaheptagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 68 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,354 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 22 Historical Events

• 845 –
  The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
• 1573 –
  The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded.
• 1635 –
  Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
• 1812 –
  War of 1812: 17 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.
• 1869 –
  In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.
• 1935 –
  The China Clipper, the first transpacific mail and passenger service, takes off from Alameda, California for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, Manila, a week later.
• 1975 –
  Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
• 1986 –
  Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history.
• 1987 –
  Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
• 2004 –
  The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.

Who were born on November 22?

• 1515 –
  Marie of Guise, Queen consort of James V of Scotland (d. 1560)
• 1710 –
  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)
• 1898 –
  Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
• 1913 –
  Benjamin Britten, British composer (d. 1976)
• 1947 –
  Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
• 1951 –
  Kent Nagano, American conductor
• 1962 –
  Rezauddin Stalin, Bangladeshi poet and TV personality
• 1972 –
  Jay Payton, American baseball player
• 1987 –
  Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer of Moroccan descent
• 1988 –
  Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor

Who died on November 22?

• 365 –
  Felix II, antipope
• 1318 –
  Prince Mikhail Yaroslavich of Russia (b. 1271)
• 1783 –
  John Hanson, American Continental Congressman (b. 1715)
• 1916 –
  Jack London, American writer (b. 1876)
• 1956 –
  Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born American choreographer (b. 1882)
• 1963 –
  Aldous Huxley, English author (b. 1894)
• 1988 –
  Paul Vario, American organizied crime figure (b. 1914)
• 1992 –
  Sterling Holloway, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1994 –
  Forrest White, American musical instruments industry figure (b. 1920)
• 2006 –
  Pat Dobson, American baseball player (b. 1942)