Daily Calendar for Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Born
- RenΓ©-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle (explorer) β
- William Evans (Irish-born Canadian agronomist) β
- George Eliot (author) β
- Charles de Gaulle (French general, writer, & statesman) β
- Wiley Post (first pilot to fly solo around the world) β
- Rodney Dangerfield (comedian & actor) β
- Geraldine Page (actress) β
- Gunther Schuller (composer) β
- Robert Vaughn (actor) β
- Terry Gilliam (actor) β
- Billie Jean King (tennis player) β
- Jamie Lee Curtis (actress) β
- Mark Ruffalo (actor) β
- Boris Becker (tennis player) β
- Scarlett Johansson (actress) β
Died
- Blackbeard (pirate) β
- George W. G. Ferris Jr. (inventor of the Ferris wheel) β
- Jack London (writer) β
- C.S. Lewis (author) β
- John F. Kennedy (35th U.S. president) β
- Mae West (actress) β
- Henry Hampton (documentary filmmaker) β
- Mary Kay Ash (entrepreneur) β
Events
- British clipper Cutty Sark launchedβ
- Actress Lillian Russell debuted at Tony Pastor’s Theatre, New York Cityβ
- Statue of Liberty began role as first U.S. lighthouse to use electricityβ
- Humane Society of the United States foundedβ
- President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, and Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th U.S. presidentβ
- Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomβ
- Race car driver Jimmie Johnson set a NASCAR record by winning his fourth consecutive championshipβ
Weather
- The first flakes of a storm that left 56 inches of snow in Randolph, New Hampshire, began fallingβ
- Erie, Pennsylvania, received 26 inches of snowβ
- A storm caused a deadly mudslide in Prince Rupert, British Columbiaβ
- Santa Ana winds from Oxnard to San Diego and inland parts of southern California made airborne rubble a hazardβ
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