Today in History November 22 1220 - After promising to go to the aid of the Fifth Crusade within nine months, Frederick II is crowned emperor by Pope Honorius III. 1542 - New laws are passed in Spain giving Indians in America protection against enslavement. 1757 - The Austrian army defeats the Prussians at Breslau in the Seven Years War. 1847 - In New York, the Astor Place Opera House, the citys first operatic theater, is opened. 1902 - A fire causes considerable damage to the unfinished Williamsburg bridge in New York. 1915 - The Anglo-Indian army, led by British General Sir Charles Townshend, attacks a larger Turkish force under General Nur-ud-Din at Ctesiphon, Iraq, but is repulsed. 1919 - A Labor conference committee in the United States urges an eight-hour workday and a 48-hour week. 1928 - British King George is confined to bed with a congested lung; the queen is to take over duties. 1935 - Pan Am inaugurates the first transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila. 1936 - 1,200 soldiers are killed in a battle between the Japanese and Mongolians in China. 1942 - Soviet troops complete the encirclement of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad. 1948 - Ho Chi Minhs Democratic Republic of Vietnam requests admittance to the UN. 1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president. 1964 - Almost 40,000 people pay tribute to JohnF. Kennedy at Arlington Cemetery on the first anniversary of his death. 1973 - Great Britain announces a plan for moderate Protestants and Catholics to share power in Northern Ireland. 1980 - Eighteen Communist Party secretaries in49 provinces are ousted from Poland. 1982 - President Ronald Reagan calls for defense-pact deployment of the MX missile. 1986 - Justice Department finds memo in Lt. Col. Oliver Norths office on the transfer of $12 million to Contras of Nicaragua from Iranian arms sale. 1988 - First prototype of B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bomber unveiled for public viewing. 1989 - Lebanese President Rene Moawad killed when a bomb explodes near his motorcade in West Beirut. 1990 - Britains Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher confirms the end of her premiership by withdrawing from the leadership election of the Conservative Party. 1995 - The first feature-length film created entirely with computer generated imagery –Toy Story– premiers. 2004 - The Orange Revolution, protesting a primary election believed to have been rigged, begins in the Ukraine. On Dec 26 Ukraines Supreme Court orders a revote.. 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes the first woman ever to be Chancellor of Germany; the former research scientist had previously been the first secretary-general of the Christian Democratic Union. 2008 - Hamas and Israel begin a cease-fire following eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
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