TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 22ND

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.
1744 – Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818) is born.
1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer, founded FC Barcelona (d. 1930) is born.
1900 – Helenka Pantaleoni, American actress and humanitarian, co-founded U.S. Fund for UNICEF (d. 1987) is born.
1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004) is born.
1935 – The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player and sportscaster is born.
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.
1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress is born.
1963 – US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded.
1963 – William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
1968 – The Beatles release The Beatles (known popularly as The White Album).
1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress is born.
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.
1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
2001 – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (b. 1915) dies.