November 22
1497 - Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India.
1718 - Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was killed off the east coast of North America.
1842 - Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted with ash fallout reaching as far as 48 miles away.
1906 - "S-O-S" was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.
1935 - A flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, California, carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan in World War II.
1963 - John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, riding in the same car as Kennedy, was seriously wounded. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson later would take the oath of office to become the nation's 36th president.
1967 - The U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured the previous June, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel's right to exist.
1975 - Juan Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain.
1977 - Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis.
1990 - Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
1995 - Acting swiftly to boost the Balkan peace accord, the U.N. Security Council suspended economic sanctions against Serbia and eased the arms embargo against the states of the former Yugoslavia.
2005 - Angela Merkel took power as Germany's first female chancellor.
2010 - Thousands of people stampeded during a festival in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, leaving some 350 dead and hundreds injured in what the prime minister called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge.
2017 - Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general whose forces carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, was convicted of genocide and other crimes by the United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and sentenced to life behind bars.
Birthdays
22 - Molly Jackson (actress)
23 - Baby Ariel (actress)
24 - Olivia Rose Keegan (actress)
27 - Hailey Bieber (model)
27 - Mackenzie Lintz (actress)
28 - Katherine McNamara (actress)
30 - Adele Exarchopoulos (actress)
34 - Alden Ehrenreich (actor)
34 - Candice Glover (singer)
35 - Jamie Campbell Bower (actor)
39 - Scarlett Johansson (actress)
40 - Tyler Hilton (actor/singer)
42 - Song Hye-kyo (actress)
44 - Josh Cooke (actor)
56 - Boris Becker (tennis player)
56 - Mark Ruffalo (actor)
57 - Nicholas Rowe (actor)
58 - Mads Mikkelsen (actor)
59 - Stephen Geoffreys (actor)
60 - Brian Robbins (actor)
62 - Mariel Hemingway (actress)
65 - Jamie Lee Curtis (actress)
67 - Richard Kind (actor)
80 - Billie Jean King (tennis player)
82 - Tom Conti (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 22
1910 - Arthur F. Knight patented a steel shaft to replace wood shafts in golf clubs.
1917 - The National Hockey League was officially formed in Montreal.
1945 - Cleveland Rams end Jim Benton gains 303 yards in 28-21 win over Detroit Lions; NFL single game rushing record - stands for 40+ years.
1950 - The lowest scoring game in the NBA was played. The Fort Wayne Pistons (later the Detroit Pistons) defeated the Minneapolis Lakers (later the Los Angeles Lakers) 19-18.
1966 - Florida quarterback Steve Spurrier wins the Heisman Trophy.
1986 - Mike Tyson became the youngest to win the world heavyweight-boxing crown. He was only 20 years and 4 months old.
1986 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers becomes the 13th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals.
1989 - Kirby Puckett signs a record $3 million per year contract with the Minnesota Twins.
1991 - Patrick Ewing signs a record two-year, $18.8 million contract extension with the New York Knicks.
2003 - In Edmonton, Alberta, the Montreal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in the first NHL game to be played outside.
2008 - The Montreal Canadiens retire Patrick Roy's #33.
2016 - It was announced that the NHL expansion team in Las Vegas would be named the Vegas Golden Knights.
1497 - Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India.
1718 - Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was killed off the east coast of North America.
1842 - Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted with ash fallout reaching as far as 48 miles away.
1906 - "S-O-S" was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.
1935 - A flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, California, carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan in World War II.
1963 - John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, riding in the same car as Kennedy, was seriously wounded. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson later would take the oath of office to become the nation's 36th president.
1967 - The U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured the previous June, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel's right to exist.
1975 - Juan Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain.
1977 - Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis.
1990 - Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
1995 - Acting swiftly to boost the Balkan peace accord, the U.N. Security Council suspended economic sanctions against Serbia and eased the arms embargo against the states of the former Yugoslavia.
2005 - Angela Merkel took power as Germany's first female chancellor.
2010 - Thousands of people stampeded during a festival in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, leaving some 350 dead and hundreds injured in what the prime minister called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge.
2017 - Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general whose forces carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, was convicted of genocide and other crimes by the United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and sentenced to life behind bars.
Birthdays
22 - Molly Jackson (actress)
23 - Baby Ariel (actress)
24 - Olivia Rose Keegan (actress)
27 - Hailey Bieber (model)
27 - Mackenzie Lintz (actress)
28 - Katherine McNamara (actress)
30 - Adele Exarchopoulos (actress)
34 - Alden Ehrenreich (actor)
34 - Candice Glover (singer)
35 - Jamie Campbell Bower (actor)
39 - Scarlett Johansson (actress)
40 - Tyler Hilton (actor/singer)
42 - Song Hye-kyo (actress)
44 - Josh Cooke (actor)
56 - Boris Becker (tennis player)
56 - Mark Ruffalo (actor)
57 - Nicholas Rowe (actor)
58 - Mads Mikkelsen (actor)
59 - Stephen Geoffreys (actor)
60 - Brian Robbins (actor)
62 - Mariel Hemingway (actress)
65 - Jamie Lee Curtis (actress)
67 - Richard Kind (actor)
80 - Billie Jean King (tennis player)
82 - Tom Conti (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 22
1910 - Arthur F. Knight patented a steel shaft to replace wood shafts in golf clubs.
1917 - The National Hockey League was officially formed in Montreal.
1945 - Cleveland Rams end Jim Benton gains 303 yards in 28-21 win over Detroit Lions; NFL single game rushing record - stands for 40+ years.
1950 - The lowest scoring game in the NBA was played. The Fort Wayne Pistons (later the Detroit Pistons) defeated the Minneapolis Lakers (later the Los Angeles Lakers) 19-18.
1966 - Florida quarterback Steve Spurrier wins the Heisman Trophy.
1986 - Mike Tyson became the youngest to win the world heavyweight-boxing crown. He was only 20 years and 4 months old.
1986 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers becomes the 13th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals.
1989 - Kirby Puckett signs a record $3 million per year contract with the Minnesota Twins.
1991 - Patrick Ewing signs a record two-year, $18.8 million contract extension with the New York Knicks.
2003 - In Edmonton, Alberta, the Montreal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in the first NHL game to be played outside.
2008 - The Montreal Canadiens retire Patrick Roy's #33.
2016 - It was announced that the NHL expansion team in Las Vegas would be named the Vegas Golden Knights.