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November 22 in recent years

November 22 is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 39 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1635Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
  • 1718Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.
  • 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.
  • 1855 – In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.
  • 1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.
  • 1873 – The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1971)
  • 1901 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1999)
  • 1902Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947)
  • 1902 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist (d. 1942)
  • 1904Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
  • 1904 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
  • 1904 – Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (d. 2005)
  • 1906Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (d. 1983)
  • 1910Mary Jackson, American actress (d. 2005)
  • 1911 – Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (d. 1987)
  • 1912Doris Duke, American heiress and philanthropist (d. 1993)
  • 1913Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1976)
  • 1913 – Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (d. 2016)
  • 1914Peter Townsend, British captain and pilot (d. 1995)
  • 1915Oswald Morris, British cinematographer (d. 2014)
  • 1917Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
  • 1917 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
  • 1917 – Mick Shann, Australian diplomat (d. 1988)
  • 1918Claiborne Pell, American politician (d. 2009)
  • 1919 – Máire Drumm, Irish politician (d. 1976)
  • 1920Anne Crawford, British actress (d. 1956)
  • 1920 – Baidyanath Misra, Indian economist (d. 2019)
  • 1921Brian Cleeve, Irish writer and broadcaster (d. 2003)
  • 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
  • 1922Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer, designed the AR-15 rifle (d. 1997)
  • 1923Arthur Hiller, Canadian-American director (d. 2016)
  • 1923 – Dika Newlin, American composer and singer (d. 2006)
  • 1924Les Johnson, Australian politician (d. 2015)
  • 1924 – Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987)
  • 1925Jerrie Mock, American pilot (d. 2014)
  • 1925 – Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
  • 1926Lew Burdette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2007)
  • 1927 – Steven Muller, American academic administrator (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – Tim Beaumont, English priest and politician (d. 2008)
  • 1928 – Mel Hutchins, American basketball player (d. 2018)
  • 1929 – Staughton Lynd, American lawyer, historian, author, and activist (d. 2022)
  • 1930Peter Hall, English director (d. 2017)
  • 1930 – Peter Hurford, English organist and composer (d. 2019)
  • 1932Robert Vaughn, American actor and director (d. 2016)
  • 1933 – Merv Lincoln, Australian Olympic athlete (d. 2016)
  • 1934 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)
  • 1935Ludmila Belousova, Soviet ice skater (d. 2017)
  • 1936John Bird, English actor, writer and satirist (d. 2022)
  • 1937 – Zenon Jankowski, Polish pilot and military officer
  • 1937 – Nikolai Kapustin, Soviet pianist and composer (d. 2020)
  • 1938 – John Eleuthère du Pont, American convicted murderer (d. 2010)
  • 1939 – Tom West, American technologist (d. 2011)
  • 1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2022)
  • 1940Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter
  • 1940 – Roy Thomas, American author
  • 1940 – Andrzej Żuławski, Polish director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1941Tom Conti, Scottish actor and director
  • 1941 – Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1942Guion Bluford, American astronaut
  • 1942 – Floyd Sneed, Canadian drummer (d. 2023)
  • 1943Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player
  • 1943 – Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1945Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (d. 2010)
  • 1947Sandy Alderson, American baseball executive
  • 1947 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2005)
  • 1947 – Nevio Scala, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1947 – Salt Walther, American race car driver (d. 2012)
  • 1947 – Valerie Wilson Wesley, American journalist and author
  • 1948Radomir Antić, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2020)
  • 1948 – Saroj Khan, Indian dance choreographer, known as "The Mother of Dance/Choreography in India" (d. 2020)
  • 1948 – Mick Rock, English photographer (d. 2021)
  • 1949Richard Carmona, American physician and politician, Surgeon General of the United States
  • 1950Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
  • 1950 – Jim Jefferies, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1950 – Steven Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
  • 1950 – Tina Weymouth, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1951 – Kent Nagano, American conductor
  • 1953 – Wayne Larkins, English cricketer
  • 1954 – Denise Epoté, Cameroonian journalist at the head of the Africa management of TV5 Monde
  • 1954 – Paolo Gentiloni, Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy
  • 1954 – Carol Tomcala, Australian sports shooter
  • 1955George Alagiah, British journalist (d. 2023)
  • 1955 – James Edwards, American basketball player
  • 1956 – Lawrence Gowan, Scottish-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
  • 1956 – Richard Kind, American actor
  • 1957 – Donny Deutsch, American businessman and television host
  • 1957 – Alan Stern, American engineer and planetary scientist
  • 1958Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
  • 1958 – Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
  • 1958 – Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor and the 17th and current Yang Di Pertuan Agong or the King of Malaysia
  • 1958 – Jason Ringenberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1959 – Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
  • 1959 – Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
  • 1960 – Leos Carax, French actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1961Mariel Hemingway, American actress
  • 1961 – Stephen Hough, English-Australian pianist and composer
  • 1962 – Sumi Jo, South Korean soprano
  • 1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian author
  • 1963 – Hugh Millen, American football player
  • 1963 – Tony Mowbray, English footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Kennedy Polamalu, Samoan-American football player and coach
  • 1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1964 – Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (d. 2021)
  • 1964 – Benoit Benjamin, American basketball player
  • 1964 – Stephen Geoffreys, American actor
  • 1964 – Robbie Slater, English-Australian footballer and sportscaster
  • 1965 – Valeriya Gansvind, Estonian chess player
  • 1965 – Olga Kisseleva, Russian artist
  • 1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
  • 1966 – Mark Pritchard, English politician
  • 1966 – Nicholas Rowe, British actor
  • 1966 – Michael K. Williams, American actor (d. 2021)
  • 1967Boris Becker, German tennis player
  • 1967 – Tom Elliott, Australian investment banker
  • 1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor
  • 1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-Belgian speed skater and coach
  • 1968Daedra Charles, American basketball player and coach (d. 2018)
  • 1968 – Sidse Babett Knudsen, Danish actress
  • 1969Byron Houston, American basketball player
  • 1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author and illustrator
  • 1970 – Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer
  • 1970 – Chris Fryar, American drummer
  • 1970 – Stel Pavlou, English author and screenwriter
  • 1971 – Cath Bishop, English rower
  • 1971 – Kyran Bracken, Irish-English rugby player
  • 1972 – Olivier Brouzet, French rugby player
  • 1972 – Russell Hoult, English footballer
  • 1972 – Jay Payton, American baseball player
  • 1973Andrew Walker, Australian rugby player
  • 1974 – Joe Nathan, American baseball player
  • 1974 – David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater and coach
  • 1976 – Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
  • 1976 – Torsten Frings, German footballer and coach
  • 1976 – Regina Halmich, German boxer
  • 1976 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer-songwriter
  • 1977 – Kerem Gönlüm, Turkish basketball player
  • 1978 – Colin Best, Australian rugby league player
  • 1979 – Christian Terlizzi, Italian footballer
  • 1980 – David Artell, English footballer and coach
  • 1980 – Shawn Fanning, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Napster
  • 1980 – Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian high jumper
  • 1981 – Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
  • 1982 – Xavier Doherty, Australian cricketer
  • 1982 – Derrick Johnson, American football player
  • 1982 – Yakubu, Nigerian footballer
  • 1983 – Tyler Hilton, American actor and singer-songwriter
  • 1983 – Peter Ramage, English footballer
  • 1984Scarlett Johansson, American actress
  • 1985Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1985 – Dieumerci Mbokani, Congolese footballer
  • 1985 – Mandy Minella, Luxembourgian tennis player
  • 1985 – Adam Ottavino, American baseball player
  • 1985 – James Roby, English rugby league player
  • 1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter and convicted murderer
  • 1987 – Martti Aljand, Estonian swimmer
  • 1987 – Elias, American wrestler
  • 1988Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor, singer, and model
  • 1988 – Drew Pomeranz, American baseball player
  • 1988 – Austin Romine, American baseball player
  • 1989Alden Ehrenreich, American actor
  • 1989 – Candice Glover, American singer
  • 1989 – Chris Smalling, English footballer
  • 1989 – Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer
  • 1990Brock Osweiler, American football player
  • 1991Tarik Black, American basketball player
  • 1992Natalie Achonwa, Canadian basketball player
  • 1992 – Carles Gil, Spanish footballer
  • 1992 – Vladislav Namestnikov, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1994Samantha Bricio, Mexican volleyball player
  • 1994 – Dacre Montgomery, Australian actor
  • 1994 – Nicolás Stefanelli, Argentine footballer
  • 1994 – Keiji Tanaka, Japanese figure skater
  • 1995Katherine McNamara, American actress
  • 1996Hailey Bieber, American model
  • 1996 – Mackenzie Lintz, American actress
  • 1996 – JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player
  • 2000 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer
  • 2002 – Brandon Miller, American basketball player
  • 2002 – Owen Power, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
    • Cecilia
    • Philemon and Apphia
    • Pragmatius of Autun
    • November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.

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