Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
| November 22 | ||
| 1220 | After promising to go to the aid of the Fifth Crusade within nine months, Frederick II is crowned emperor by Pope Honorius III. | |
| 1542 | New laws are passed in Spain giving Indians in America protection against enslavement. | |
| 1757 | The Austrian army defeats the Prussians at Breslau in the Seven Years War. | |
| 1847 | In New York, the Astor Place Opera House, the city's first operatic theater, is opened. | |
| 1902 | A fire causes considerable damage to the unfinished Williamsburg bridge in New York. | |
| 1915 | The Anglo-Indian army, led by British General Sir Charles Townshend, attacks a larger Turkish force under General Nur-ud-Din at Ctesiphon, Iraq, but is repulsed. | |
| 1919 | A Labor conference committee in the United States urges an eight-hour workday and a 48-hour week. | |
| 1928 | British King George is confined to bed with a congested lung; the queen is to take over duties. | |
| 1935 | Pan Am inaugurates the first transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila. | |
| 1936 | 1,200 soldiers are killed in a battle between the Japanese and Mongolians in China. | |
| 1942 | Soviet troops complete the encirclement of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad. | |
| 1948 | Ho Chi Minh's Democratic Republic of Vietnam requests admittance to the UN. | |
| 1963 | Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president. | |
| 1964 | Almost 40,000 people pay tribute to John F. Kennedy at Arlington Cemetery on the first anniversary of his death. | |
| 1973 | Great Britain announces a plan for moderate Protestants and Catholics to share power in Northern Ireland. | |
| 1980 | Eighteen Communist Party secretaries in 49 provinces are ousted from Poland. | |
| 1982 | President Ronald Reagan calls for defense-pact deployment of the MX missile. | |
| 1986 | Justice Department finds memo in Lt. Col. Oliver North's office on the transfer of $12 million to Contras of Nicaragua from Iranian arms sale. | |
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Born on November 22 |
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| 1819 | George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), English novelist (Silas Marner, Middlemarch). | |
| 1890 | Charles de Gaulle, French general in exile during World War II and president of France from 1958 to 1969. | |
| 1899 | Hoagy Carmichael, American composer, pianist and singer. | |
| 1913 | Benjamin Britten, English composer, pianist and conductor. | |
| 1924 | Geraldine Page, actress well known for roles in Tennessee Williams' plays. | |
| 1925 | Gunther Schuller, composer and French Horn player. | |
| 1943 | Billie Jean King, U.S. tennis player and women's rights pioneer. | |
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