This day in history

[November 22, 2010]  (AP)  Today is Monday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2010. There are 39 days left in the year.

Today's highlight in history:

On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, in the same car as Kennedy, was seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.

On this date:

In 1718, English pirate Edward Teach -- better known as "Blackbeard" -- was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.

In 1928, "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel (rah-VEL') was first performed, in Paris.

In 1930, listeners of the British Broadcasting Corp. heard, for the first time, radio coverage of an American college football game as Harvard defeated Yale, 13-0.

In 1935, a flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, Calif., carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek (chang ky-shehk) met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan. Lyricist Lorenz Hart died in New York at age 48.

In 1965, the musical "Man of La Mancha" opened in New York.

In 1967, the U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured the previous June, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel's right to exist.

In 1975, Juan Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain.

In 1980, death claimed actress Mae West at her Hollywood residence at age 87 and former House Speaker John W. McCormack in Dedham, Mass., at age 88.

In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election of the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced her resignation.

Ten years ago: Amid the Florida recount battle, Republican vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney was hospitalized with what doctors called a "very slight" heart attack. Valentin Paniagua (pahn-ee-AH'-gwah) became Peru's interim president, following the resignation of Alberto Fujimori (foo-jee-MOHR'-ee).

Five years ago: Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen in Navy custody, was charged with supporting terrorism, but the indictment did not mention the alleged "dirty bomb" plot that had prompted his three-year detention. (Padilla was later convicted along with two other defendants.) An Arab-American college student, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, was convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President George W. Bush. (Abu Ali was later sentenced to life in prison.) Angela Merkel took power as Germany's first female chancellor. Ted Koppel hosted his final edition of ABC News' "Nightline."

One year ago: Iran said it had begun large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack. Michael Jackson posthumously won four American Music Awards; Taylor Swift was named artist of the year; Adam Lambert's sexually provocative performance drew complaints.

Today's birthdays: Movie director Arthur Hiller is 87. Actor Robert Vaughn is 78. Actor Michael Callan is 75. Actor Allen Garfield is 71. Animator and movie director Terry Gilliam is 70. Actor Tom Conti is 69. Singer Jesse Colin Young is 69. Astronaut Guion Bluford is 68. International Tennis Hall of Famer Billie Jean King is 67. Rock musician-actor Steve Van Zandt (a.k.a. Little Steven) is 60. Rock musician Tina Weymouth (The Heads; Talking Heads; The Tom Tom Club) is 60. Retired MLB All-Star Greg Luzinski is 60. Rock musician Lawrence Gowan is 54. Actor Richard Kind is 54. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 52. Alt-country singer Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers) is 52. Actress Mariel Hemingway is 49. Actor Winsor Harmon is 47. Actor-turned-producer Brian Robbins is 47. Actor Stephen Geoffreys is 46. Rock musician Charlie Colin is 44. Actor Nicholas Rowe is 44. Actor Mark Ruffalo is 43. International Tennis Hall of Famer Boris Becker is 43. Country musician Chris Fryar (Zac Brown Band) is 40. Actor Josh Cooke is 31. Actor-singer Tyler Hilton is 27. Actress Scarlett Johansson is 26. Actor Jamie Campbell Bower is 22. Actor Alden Ehrenreich is 21.

Thought for today: "Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so." -- Charles de Gaulle (born this date in 1890, died 1970)

[Associated Press]

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