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