November 22
Today in America's Present Past
1542 | Spain enacts “New Laws” against and curbing slavery in the Americas.
1744 | First Lady Abigail Adams was born.
1783 | Politician John Hanson died.
1794 | Civil Rights: Violence in the Whiskey Rebellion breaks out.
1809 | Peregrine Williamson patented a steel pen.
1825 | Revolutionary War hero Anne Bailey died.
1861 | Civil War: The Battle of Fort McRee, Florida.
1864 | Civil War: The Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia.
1864 | Civil War: General Otis Howard orders plunderers be shot.
1866 | Activist Anna Caulfield McKnight was born in Cascade, Michigan.
1868 | Vice President John Nance Garner was born.
1875 | Vice President Henry Wilson died.
1887 | Civil Rights: Thibodaux Massacre starts in Louisiana.
1891 | Public relations guru Edward Bernays was born.
1896 | Inventor George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. died.
1898 | Aviator Wiley Post was born.
1899 | Entertainer Hoagy Carmichael was born.
1905 | Philosopher James Burnham was born.
1911 | Arthur Knight patented the steel shaft golf club.
1916 | Novelist John Griffith Chaney, a.k.a., Jack London died.
1918 | Author and politician Claiborne Pell was born.
1921 | Entertainer Rodney Dangerfield was born.
1922 | Inventor Eugene Stoner was born.
1925 | Aviator Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock was born.
1930 | Civil Rights: The Nation of Islam was formed in Detroit, Michigan.
1943 | Tennis pro Billie Jean King was born.
1944 | Film: “Meet Me In St. Louis” debuted.
1954 | The Humane Society formed.
1955 | Actor Shemp Howard died.
1958 | Actress Jamie Lee Curtis was born.
1961 | Entrepreneur John Schnatter was born.
1963 | POTUS: Democrat President Kennedy was assassinated.
1963 | POTUS: Vice President Johnson was sworn in as President.
1965 | Entertainer Bob Dylan wed Sara Lowndes.
1967 | Actor Mark Ruffalo was born.
1980 | Entrepreneur Shawn Fanning was born.
1980 | Actress Mae West died.
1984 | Actress Scarlett Johansson was born.
1987 | Two Chicago TV stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
1995 | Film: “Toy Story” debuted.
2001 | Entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash died.