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Historical events on November 22

NOVEMBER 22, 1975
Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I was declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco.
Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1988
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the monkey bomber
NOVEMBER 22, 1987
Two television stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked with footage of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume.
The Max Headroom signal hijacking was a hijacking of the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1987, Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1967
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1635
Dutch colonial forces on Formosa launched a three-month pacification campaign against Taiwanese indigenous peoples.
The island of Taiwan, also commonly known as Formosa, was partly under colonial rule by the Dutch Republic from 1624 to 1662 Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1718
The pirate Blackbeard (pictured) was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina.
Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1910
The crews of three Brazilian warships – all commissioned only months before – and several smaller vessels mutinied against perceived "slavery" being practised in the Brazilian Navy.
A naval arms race among Argentina, Brazil, and Chile—the wealthiest and most powerful countries in South America—began in the early twentieth century Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1873
The French steamship Ville du Havre collided with a Scottish iron clipper in the North Atlantic and sank with the loss of 226 lives.
Ville du Havre was a French iron steamship that operated round trips between the northern coast of France and New York City. Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen (pictured) defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion.
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1971
In Britain's worst mountaineering disaster, five teenage students and one of their leaders were found dead from exposure on the Cairngorm Plateau in the Scottish Highlands.
The Cairngorm Plateau disaster, also known as the Feith Buidhe disaster, occurred in November 1971 when six fifteen-year-old students from Edinburgh's Ainslie Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1986
Mike Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick to win the World Boxing Council title, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history.
Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 and 2025. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1574
Juan Fernández, a Spanish explorer, discovered an archipelago that now bears his name off the coast of Chile.
Juan Fernández was a Spanish explorer and navigator in the Pacific regions of the Viceroyalty of Peru and Captaincy General of Chile Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1963
John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas; hours later, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States (pictured).
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Read More
NOVEMBER 22, 1968
The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the White Album.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul Read More

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