22 November: On This Day In History | What Special Day Is Today?

1819 – George Eliot, the English novelist of the Victorian period was born on this date. Her original name was Mary Ann Evans.
1995 – Release of Toy Story, the 1st full-length movie made that completely used computer-generated imagery.

Science & Technology

1928 – The first electric razor was patented by the inventor Colonel Jacob Schick.
1955 – Launch of RDS 37 (a 2-stage hydrogen bomb weighing 1.6 megatons) by Russia. It was designed by a nuclear physicist from the Soviet Union.

Leaders & Politics

1837 – William Lyon Mackenziewrote an essay in his newspaper named “The Constitution”. The essay tried to influence the people to mutiny (against the UK) in Upper Canada.

1943 – Lebanon got independence from France.
1963 – The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the U.S. President in Dallas, Texas.

People & Society

1935 – Inauguration of the China Clipper, the first commercial transpacific air service between San Francisco (the US) and Manila (Philippines).
1977 – Inauguration of a regular supersonic Concorde service between London to New York City.

Disasters: Natural & Man-made

1994 – The eruption of the volcano Mt. Merapi on the island of Java killed 64 people.

2002 – More than 200 died in Nigeria in an outbreak aimed at the Miss World contestants.
2015 – More than 100 people died and approximately 100 were found missing in a landslide that occurred in Hpakant, northern Myanmar.

Discoveries & Explorations

1574 – The Juan Fernández Islands were discovered by Juan Fernández. The islands are situated off the coast of Chile.

1881 – Francis Blake patented his invention “the speaking phone”.

Leisure & Sports

1986 – Mike Tyson knockouts Trevor Berbick (in the second round) to become the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing.
2003 – England won the Rugby World Cup by defeating Australia. It became the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament.

Birth Anniversaries (22 November)

1890 – Charles de Gaulle (President of France)
1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav (Indian politician)

1940 – Terry Gilliam (American director)
1942 – Floyd Sneed (Canadian drummer)

Death Anniversaries (22 November)

1819 – John Stackhouse (English botanist)

1967 – Pavel Korin (Russian painter)
1980 – Jules Léger (Canadian politician and journalist)
2013 – Don Dailey (American computer programmer)

2016 – M. Balamuralikrishna (Indian vocalist and singer)

What Special Day is Today: (22 November)

Teacher’s Day (Costa Rica)

Independence Day (Lebanon)
Day of Justice (Azerbaijan)
Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians)

Conclusion

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