November 22, 2010

On November 22 in history ..

  1906 - Intl Radio Telegraphic Convention adopts "SOS" as new call for help
  1925 - Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college
  1943 - Lebanon gains independence from France (Natl Day)
  1944 - Arthur S Eddington dies
  1945 - end Jim Benton of Cleveland gains 303 yards (NFL record)
  1957 - Mickey Mantle beats Ted Williams by 1 vote for MVP
  1963 - JFK assasinated in Dallas
  1967 - UN Security council passes resol 242 - Israel must give back land
  1968 - Beatles release "The Beatles" there only double album
  1972 - Flyers start Islanders on 15 game winless streak
  1974 - Lake Buena Vista Club opens
  2004 - The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
  2005 - Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
  2008 - YouTube hosts the largest ever live broadcast, YouTube Live.

Famous birthdays On November 22 ..

  1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer son of J.S. Bach
  1819 - George Eliot, in England novelist (Silas Marner)
  1868 - John Nance Garner, (D) 32nd VP (1933-41)
  1869 - Andr?Gide, French novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures) (Nobel 1947)
  1890 - Charles de Gaulle, pres of France (1958-69)
  1898 - Wiley Post, American aviator parachutist
  1899 - Hoagie Carmichael, American actor songwriter (Stardust Lazybones)
  1913 - Benjamin Britten, English composer
  1924 - Geraldine Page, Kirksville Mo (Interiors Trip to Bountiful)
  1930 - Owen K. Garriott, astronaut (Skylab 3 STS-9)
  1932 - Robert Vaughn, actor (Napoleon Solo of I Spy)
  1943 - Billie Jean King, tennis pro Cal
  1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, in LA Cal - Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh's daughter
  1961 - Mariel Hemingway, in Ketchum Idaho (Manhattan Personal Best)

Ten Great Events In History
The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
History: The Definitive Visual Guide (From The Dawn of Civilization To The Present Day)
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
The Greatest War Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Military History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy (History Channel)