Stig Östlund

söndag, november 22, 2015

November 22















1718English pirate Edward Teach - better known as "Blackbeard" - was killed during a battle off the North Carolina coast.
1890Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille, France.
1906The SOS distress signal was adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.
1928"Bolero" by Maurice Ravel debuted in Paris (no November 20?/Stig).
1967The U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it captured in 1967, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel's right to exist.
1968The Beatles' "White Album" was released.
1975Juan Carlos was proclaimed king of Spain.
1990British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election to the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced her resignation.
1998"60 Minutes" aired video of Dr. Jack Kevorkian administering lethal drugs to a terminally ill patient.
2004Tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed downtown Kiev, denouncing Ukraine's presidential runoff election as fraudulent and chanting the name of reform candidate Viktor Yushchenko.
2005Jose Padilla, an American once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb," was charged with supporting terrorism.
2005Ted Koppel hosted his final edition of ABC News' "Nightline."
2005The Microsoft video game console Xbox 360 went on sale.

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