November 22: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 1869 - In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched - one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.
4. 1928 - The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
5. 1935 - The China Clipper, the first transpacific mail and passenger service, takes off from Alameda, California for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, Manila, a week later.
6. 1954 - The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
7. 1963 - In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated andTexas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is later captured and charged with the murder of both the President andpolice officer J. D. Tippit. Oswald is shot two days later by Jack Ruby while in police custody.
8. 1967 - UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.
9. 1990 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her premiership.
10. 1995 - Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
11. Famous Birthdays: Joan Gamper (Swiss footballer, founded FC Barcelona), André Gide (French author, Nobel Prize laureate), Paul Oswald Ahnert (German astronomer), Louis Néel (French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate), Billie Jean King (American tennis player)

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