Nov 22 1247, Robin Hood dies according to "A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hood" printed in 1495
Nov 22 1428, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, statesman, born
Nov 22 1643, Robert de La Salle, explorer of the Mississippi, is born in Rouen, France
Nov 22 1718, The English pirate Blackbeard was killed off the coast of Virginia
Nov 22 1757, Austrians defeat the Prussians at Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) in the Seven Years War
Nov 22 1774, Robert Clive, aka Clive of India, statesman, dies
Nov 22 1819, George Eliot, aka Mary Ann Evans, novelist, is born
Nov 22 1859, Cecil James Sharp, folklorist, is born in London
Nov 22 1890, Charles de Gaulle, soldier and statesman, is born
Nov 22 1899, Hoagy Carmichael, pianist and jazz musician, is born in Indiana
Nov 22 1900, Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert and Sullivan, dies
Nov 22 1901, Joaquin Rodrigo, blind Spanish composer best known for his classical guitar works, is born in Sagunto, Spain
Nov 22 1913, Benjamin Britten, composer, is born
Nov 22 1916, Jack London, author of Call of the Wild, dies
Nov 22 1921, Rodney Dangerfield, comedian, is born
Nov 22 1923, Arthur Miller, playwright, is born
Nov 22 1932, Robert Vaughn, actor who played Napoleon Solo in the show "The Man from Uncle", is born
Nov 22 1935, The first trans-Pacific airmail flight leaves Alameda, California
Nov 22 1942, The Humphrey Bogart movie, "Casablanca", premiers
Nov 22 1943, Billy Jean King, tennis player and women's tennis advocate, is born
Nov 22 1943, Lorenz Hart, songwriter of Rogers and Hart, dies
Nov 22 1944, Sir Arthur Eddington, physicist and astronomer, dies
Nov 22 1958, Jamie Lee Curtis, actress, is born
Nov 22 1961, Mariel Hemingway, actress, is born in Mill Valley, California
Nov 22 1961, The movie "Blue Hawaii" starring Elvis Presley is released
Nov 22 1963, Aldous Huxley, English author, dies
Nov 22 1963, C.S. (Clive Staples) Lewis, author of The Screw Tape Letters, dies at Oxford
Nov 22 1963, John F. Kennedy shot in Dallas, Texas allegedly by Lee Harvey Oswald
Nov 22 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, dies
Nov 22 1965, The musical "Man of la Mancha" opens
Nov 22 1967, Boris Becker, tennis player, is born
Nov 22 1975, Juan Carlos is proclaimed King of Spain
Nov 22 1980, Mae West, actress and sex idol, dies in LA at 87
Nov 22 1984, Scarlett Johansson, actress who played leading roles in "The Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "Lost in Translation", is born
Nov 22 1994, A program to reintroduce gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho is approved
Nov 22 1995, "Toy Story", the first full length totally computer animated movie film debuts.
Nov 22 1996, Mark Lenard, best known for his role as Sarak (Spock's father) in "Star Trek", dies at 68
Nov 22 1997, UN weapons inspectors are allowed back into Iraq after a 3 week diplomatic showdown. The inspectors normally look for the means of creating weapons of mass destruction
Nov 22 2000, Egypt and Jordan recall their ambassadors from Isreal
Nov 22 2000, The Peruvian Congress refuses to accept the resignation of President Fujimori, declares him to be "morally unfit" to be leader and sacks him following allegations of government corruption
Nov 22 2005,| Angela Merkel is voted Germany's first female chancellor
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