Today in History, November 22: 845 – The first King of all Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon. 1307 – Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets. 1718 – Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach, best known as Blackbeard, is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard. 1864 – American Civil War: Shermans March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia. 1935 – The China Clipper, the first plane to offer commercial transpacific air service, takes off from Alameda, California, for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, Manila, a week later. 1940 – World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded. 1943 – World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan. 1954 – The Humane Society of the United States is founded. 1963 – In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is later captured and charged with the murder of both the President and police officer J. D. Tippit. Oswald is shot dead two days later by Jack Ruby while in police custody. 1973 – The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded. 1975 – Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco. 1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. 1986 – Mike Tyson defeats Trevor Berbick to become youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing history. 1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom. 1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed. 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her premiership. 1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery. 2003 – Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land. 2004 – The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections. 2005 – Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany. 2012 – Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
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