22 November 1391

A Tuesday in history

Weekday

Tuesday

Season

Autumn (N. Hemisphere)

Century

14th century

Records

351

  1. 2013

    Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen (pictured) defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion.

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  2. 1995

    Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States.

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  3. 1988

    The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.

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  4. 1987

    Two television stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked with footage of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume.

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  5. 1986

    Mike Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick to win the World Boxing Council title, becoming the youngest heavyweight champion in history.

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  6. 1978

    The serpent labret with articulated tongue (pictured articulating between positions), "perhaps the finest Aztec gold ornament to survive the crucibles of the sixteenth century", was sold at Sotheby's.

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  7. 1975

    Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I (pictured) was declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco.

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  8. 1971

    In Britain's worst mountaineering disaster, five teenage students and one of their leaders were found dead from exposure on the Cairngorm Plateau in the Scottish Highlands.

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  9. 1968

    The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the White Album.

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  10. 1967

    The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

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  11. 1963

    John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas; hours later, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States (pictured).

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  12. 1910

    The crews of three Brazilian warships – all commissioned only months before – and several smaller vessels mutinied against perceived "slavery" being practised in the Brazilian Navy.

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  13. 1873

    The French steamship Ville du Havre collided with a Scottish iron clipper in the North Atlantic and sank with the loss of 226 lives.

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  14. 1797

    The Geisel School of Medicine, the fourth oldest medical school in the United States, was founded by the physician Nathan Smith.

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  15. 1718

    The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina.

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  16. 1635

    Dutch colonial forces on Formosa launched a three-month pacification campaign against Taiwanese indigenous peoples.

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  17. 1574

    Juan Fernández, a Spanish explorer, discovered an archipelago that now bears his name off the coast of Chile.

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Photo archive

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What was life like?

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