Sunday, November 22nd
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Today's Highlights in History
On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States. (Go to article.)
On Nov. 22, 1890, Charles de Gaulle, the leader of Free France during World War II and the chief architect of France's Fifth Republic, was born. Following his death on Nov. 9, 1970, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On November 22, 1869, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Thanksgiving Day. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1718 English pirate Edward Teach - better known as "Blackbeard" - was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.
1890 Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille, France.
1906 The SOS distress signal was adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.
1928 "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel debuted in Paris.
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.
1967 The U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it captured in 1967, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel's right to exist.
1968 The Beatles' "White Album" was released.
1975 Juan Carlos was proclaimed king of Spain.
1977 Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis.
1980 Actress Mae West died at age 87.
1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election to the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced her resignation.
1998 The CBS News program "60 Minutes" aired videotape of Dr. Jack Kevorkian administering lethal drugs to a terminally ill patient.
2004 Tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed downtown Kiev, denouncing Ukraine's presidential runoff election as fraudulent and chanting the name of their reformist candidate, Viktor Yushchenko.
2005 Jose Padilla, an American once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb," was charged with supporting terrorism. (He was later convicted and sentenced to 17 years, four months in prison.)
2005 Angela Merkel took power as Germany's first female chancellor.
2005 Ted Koppel hosted his final edition of ABC News' "Nightline."
Current Birthdays
Scarlett Johansson turns 25 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Actress Scarlett Johansson turns 25 years old today.
86 Arthur Hiller
Director
77 Robert Vaughn
Actor
74 Michael Callan
Actor
70 Allen Garfield
Actor
69 Terry Gilliam
Director, animator (Monty Python)
68 Tom Conti
Actor
68 Jesse Colin Young
Rock singer (The Youngbloods)
67 Guion S. Bluford
Astronaut
59 Steve Van Zandt
Rock musician, actor (E Street Band, "The Sopranos")
59 Tina Weymouth
Rock musician (Talking Heads)
53 Richard Kind
Actor ("Spin City," "Mad About You")
51 Jamie Lee Curtis
Actress
51 Jason Ringenberg
Country singer (Jason & the Scorchers)
48 Mariel Hemingway
Actress
46 Brian Robbins
Actor, producer
45 Stephen Geoffreys
Actor
43 Charlie Colin
Rock musician
43 Nicholas Rowe
Actor
42 Boris Becker
Tennis Hall of Famer
42 Mark Ruffalo
Actor
39 Chris Fryar
Country musician (Zac Brown Band)
35 Joe Nathan
Baseball player
26 Tyler Hilton
Actor, singer
Historic Birthdays
Charles de Gaulle
11/22/1890 - 11/9/1970
French World War II resistance leader and president (1958-69)
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42 Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick
11/22/1428 - 4/14/1471
English nobleman; powerful during Wars of the Roses
43 Rene-Robert La Salle
11/22/1643 - 3/19/1687
French explorer of North America
73 Abigail Adams
11/22/1744 - 10/28/1818
American first lady (1797-1801)
61 George Eliot
11/22/1819 - 12/22/1880
British novelist
81 Justin M'Carthy
11/22/1830 - 4/24/1912
Irish politician and historian
98 John Nance Garner
11/22/1868 - 11/7/1967
American politician; U.S. vice president (1933-41)
81 Andre Gide
11/22/1869 - 2/19/1951
French writer
35 Wiley Post
11/22/1898 - 8/15/1935
American aviator; made first solo flight around the world
82 Hoagy Carmichael
11/22/1899 - 12/27/1981
American composer
69 Joe Adonis
11/22/1902 - 11/26/1971
American crime boss
63 Benjamin Britten
11/22/1913 - 12/4/1976
British composer
62 Geraldine Page
11/22/1924 - 6/13/1987
American actress
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