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 327th 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, 1,732,233,600 seconds 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.
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November 22 Historical Events
- 498 –After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
- 1307 –Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
- 1837 –Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay “To the People of Upper Canada”, published in his newspaper The Constitution.
- 1869 –In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.
- 1942 –World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.
- 1954 –The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
- 1973 –The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
- 1975 –Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
- 1995 –Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
- 1997 –In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
Who were born on November 22?
- 1849 –Christian Rohlfs, German artist (d. 1938)
- 1921 –Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (d. 2004)
- 1943 –Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1953 –Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (d. 1994)
- 1956 –Richard Kind, American actor
- 1957 –Donny Deutsch, American television personality and advertising executive
- 1966 –Michael Kenneth Williams, American actor
- 1976 –Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM)
- 1980 –Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
- 1986 –Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
Who died on November 22?
- 950 –King Lothair II of Italy
- 1617 –Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1590)
- 1813 –Johann Christian Reil, German physician (b. 1759)
- 1875 –Henry Wilson, American politician (b. 1812)
- 1926 –Darvish Khan, Iranian musician (b. 1872)
- 1941 –Werner Mölders, German fighter pilot (b. 1915)
- 1956 –Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born American choreographer (b. 1882)
- 1981 –Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
- 1989 –Rene Moawad, Lebanonese politician (b. 1925)
- 2011 –Lynn Margulis, American biologist (b. 1938)
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