November 22
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
- 1968
Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured.
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In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
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Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier.
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The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.
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NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership.
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A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight.
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Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
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The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
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During the Cambodian water festival, a stampede in Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, kills 347 people.
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While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.
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A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves seven workers dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.
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2002Brandon Miller, American basketball player
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2002Owen Power, Canadian ice hockey player
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2001Chenle, Chinese singer
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2000Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer
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1999Trey McBride, American football player
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1999Dwight McNeil, English footballer
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1996Hailey Bieber, American model
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1996Mackenzie Lintz, American actress
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1996JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player
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1996Woozi, South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, member of boy band Seventeen
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1995Katherine McNamara, American actress
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1994Samantha Bricio, Mexican volleyball player
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