{"id":29834,"date":"2016-11-22T08:32:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29834"},"modified":"2016-11-22T08:34:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:34:16","slug":"today-in-history-297","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29834","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Tuesday, November\u00a0 22, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States.
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1718<\/td>\nEnglish pirate Edward Teach – better known as “Blackbeard” – was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1890<\/td>\nCharles de Gaulle was born in Lille, France.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1906<\/td>\nThe SOS distress signal was adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1928<\/td>\n“Bolero” by Maurice Ravel debuted in Paris.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nThe U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it captured in 1967, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel’s right to exist.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nThe Beatles’ “White Album” was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nJuan Carlos was proclaimed king of Spain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nBritish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election to the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced her resignation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\n“60 Minutes” aired video of Dr. Jack Kevorkian administering lethal drugs to a terminally ill patient.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nTens of thousands of demonstrators jammed downtown Kiev, denouncing Ukraine’s presidential runoff election as fraudulent and chanting the name of reform candidate Viktor Yushchenko.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2005<\/td>\nJose Padilla, an American once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to detonate a radioactive “dirty bomb,” was charged with supporting terrorism.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nTed Koppel hosted his final edition of ABC News’ “Nightline.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nThe Microsoft video game console Xbox 360 went on sale.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actor Mark Ruffalo turns 49 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Arthur Hiller<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Vaughn<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terry Gilliam<\/td>\nDirector, animator (Monty Python)<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jesse Colin Young<\/td>\nRock singer (The Youngbloods)<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guion S. Bluford<\/td>\nAstronaut<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Billie Jean King<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tina Weymouth<\/td>\nRock musician (Talking Heads)<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Kind<\/td>\nActor (“Spin City,” “Mad About You”)<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jamie Lee Curtis<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mariel Hemingway<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boris Becker<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Candice Glover<\/td>\nSinger (“American Idol”)<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rock musician-actor Steve Van Zandt turns 66 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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