Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 22
November 22: Independence Day in Lebanon (1943)
- 1718 - "Blackbeard" the pirate was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of North Carolina, ending his reign of terror in the Caribbean.
- 1963 - United States President John F. Kennedy (pictured) was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
- 1967 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbours Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
- 1975 - Juan Carlos was declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
- 2005 - Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany.
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