On This Day in History November 22, 2022

Historical Events 1497  Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope on way to first voyage from Europe to reach India 1926  Imperial Conference ends, giving autonomy inside British Commonwealth 1935  Flying boat "China Clipper" takes off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1963  US President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswaldwhile riding in an open-topped motorcade in Dallas, Texas 1969  Isolation of a single gene announced by scientists at Harvard University 2005  Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany More Historical Events Famous Birthdays André Gide 1869 - 1951 Charles de Gaulle 1890 - 1970 George Eliot 1819 - 1880 Rodney Dangerfield 1921 - 2004 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths C. S. Lewis 1898 - 1963 John F. Kennedy 1917 - 1963 More Famous Deaths November 22: The Assassination of President Kennedy The shocking public killing of President Kennedy in 1963 was a momentous event in world history, giving birth to dozens of conspiracy theories. Read the Article