Year 1943
Lebanon became independent from France.
NOVEMBER 22
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22 November: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 22 November.
Observances & Special Days
Rajyotsava Day
Year 1956
The 16th Olympic Games began in Melbourne, Australia.
Year 1858
Establishment of Denver, Colorado.
Year 1963
US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas (Texas).
Year 1963
Inauguration of the Thumba Indian Missile Launch Center.
Year 1968
The Beatles published The Beatles (The White Album).
Year 1968
The Lok Sabha approved the proposal to change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu.
Year 1971
Pakistan violated the Indian air border and air conflict between the two countries begins.
Year 1988
Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
Year 1989
General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
Year 1990
Announcement of resignation by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Year 1991
A tanker carrying flammable chemicals caught fire near Dahanu, killing 61 tribal people on the run.
Year 1997
Diana Hayden of India won the Miss World title.
Year 1998
Controversial writer Taslima Nasrin of Bangladesh surrendered in Dhaka court.
Year 1990
Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108).
Year 1991
Supreme Court declares Karnataka's ordinance on Cauvery water dispute as unconstitutional.
Year 1993
Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
Year 1997
Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
Year 1997
Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.
Year 1999
V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
Year 1999
A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie.
Year 2000
Chhota Rajan, Mumbai gangster, escapes from the custody of Thai authorities.
Year 2000
The US sanctioned on Pakistan and Iran.
Year 2002
Hundreds of people were killed in rioting in Nigeria to protest against the holding of the Miss World contest.
Year 2006
India and six other countries of the global consortium entered a historic agreement in Paris to set up a sun-like energy-efficient primary fusion reactor.
Year 2013
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, 22, became the youngest chess world champion after defeating India’s Viswanathan Anand.
Born 1830
Jhalkaribai, a woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Born 1864
Rukhmabai, an Indian physician, and feminist.
Born 1872
Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.
Born 1873
Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1955)
Born 1877
John Gamper, founder of FC Barcelona.
Born 1884
Sulaiman Nadvi, a Pakistani historian, writer, and scholar of Islam.
Born 1890
Charles de Gaulle, French president, and general.
Born 1892
Madeleine Slade, also known as Mirabehn, the leader of the Indian Independence Movement.
Born 1899
Laxman Naik, a tribal civil rights activist of South Odisha in eastern India.
Born 1913
Lakshmi Kant Jha, the eighth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Born 1915
Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
Born 1916
Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination
Born 1926
Arthur Jones, founder of MedX Corporation.
Born 1928
British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
Born 1939
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 24th Indian Minister of Defence
Born 1948
Saroj Khan, an Indian dance choreographer.
Born 1962
Rajkumar Hirani, an Indian film director, and editor.
Born 1968
Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP programming language.
Born 1980
Sean Fanning, founder of Napster.
Born 1984
Scarlett Johansson, an American actress.
Born 1990
Kartik Aaryan, Indian actor
Born 1993
Tridha Choudhury, Indian actress
Died 1773
Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
Died 1902
Friedrich Krupp, a German businessman.
Died 1944
Sir Arthur Eddington, an English astronomer.
Died 1963
John F. Kennedy, US President.
Died 1963
Aldous Huxley, English writer.
Died 1967
Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.
Died 1968
Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
Died 1980
Mae West, Hollywood actress, and singer.
Died 1989
Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away.
Died 2000
Dr. Hari Jeevan (H. J. Arnikar), an Indian Atomic chemist.
Died 2001
Mary Kay Ash, an American businesswoman, and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.
Died 2002
Govindbhai Shroff, an Indian freedom fighter.
Died 2006
Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (b. 1917)
Died 2012
P. Govinda Pillai, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
Died 2015
Robin Stewart, Indian-English actor and game show host (b. 1946)
Died 2016
M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian vocalist and singer (b. 1930)