November 22

Thursday 22, 1990:

Margaret Thatcher resigns as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Tuesday 22, 1977:

British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

Friday 22, 1963:

John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn-in as the 36th President of the United States.

Sunday 22, 1942:

The situation for the German attackers of Stalingrad seems desperate during the Soviet counter-attack Operation Uranus and General Friedrich von Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th army is surrounded.

Tuesday 22, 1718:

Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times.