11-22-2004, 05:06 AM
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November 22nd
1718 ~ Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") was killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times.
1890 ~ Birthday of Charles de Gaulle, general, President of France.
1900 ~ Death of Arthur S. Sullivan, Composer.
1913 ~ Birthday of Benjamin Britten, Composer.
1935 ~ The China Clipper took off from Alameda, California to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean.
1963 ~ Birthday of C. S. Lewis, Author.
1963 ~ Death of Aldous Huxley, Author.
1963 ~ In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy wss assassinated.
1977 ~ British Airways inaugurated regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
1990 ~ Margaret Thatcher resigned as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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