On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally was seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.
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| A Secret Service agent stands on the bumper of the presidential limousine after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Jacqueline Kennedy is at right. (AP Photo/Ike Altgens) |
Walter Cronkite of CBS News breaks into the soap opera "As the World Turns"On this date:
In 1718, English pirate Edward Teach — better known as "Blackbeard" — was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.
In 1890, French president Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille, France.
In 1906, the SOS distress signal was adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.
In 1928, "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel was first performed, in Paris.
In 1935, a flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, Calif., carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.
In 1950, a train wreck in New York City killed 79 people.
In 1967, the U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it had captured the previous June, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel's right to exist.
In 1975, Juan Carlos was proclaimed King of Spain.
In 1977, regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis.
In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election of the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced her resignation.
In 1992, at least 27 people died when tornadoes swept through the U.S. South and Midwest. Also in 1992, 10 women who had worked for or with Sen. Bob Packwood reportedly accused the Oregon Republican of unwelcome sexual advances.
In 1997, New Zealanders Robert Hamill and Phil Stubbs arrived in Barbados from the Canary Islands in their boat, Kiwi Challenger, after 41 days, one hour and 55 minutes -- a record for rowing across the Atlantic.
In 1998, the CBS News program "60 Minutes" aired videotape of Dr. Jack Kevorkian administering lethal drugs to a terminally ill patient.
In 1999, during a visit to the former communist country of Bulgaria, President Bill Clinton promised tens of thousands of cheering Bulgarians in Sofia that "you, too, shall overcome" in their difficult struggle for democracy and prosperity.
In 2000, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that hand count of the state's presidential ballots could continue despite Republican objections. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled against any further recounting, a move that propelled George W. Bush to the presidency.
In 2002, at least 100 people died in riots in northern Nigeria sparked by a religious controversy over the Miss World beauty pageant. Also in 2002, Indonesian police reported the capture of the prime suspect in October 2002's Bali bombings that killed about 200 people.
In 2004, tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed downtown Kiev, denouncing Ukraine's presidential runoff election as fraudulent and chanting the name of their reformist candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, who ended up winning a revote the following month. Iran said it had frozen all uranium enrichment programs; President George W. Bush said he hoped the statement was true but added, "there must be verification."
In 2005, Jose Padilla, an American once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb," was charged with supporting terrorism. (He was later convicted and sentenced to 17 years, four months in prison.) Angela Merkel took power as Germany's first female chancellor. Ted Koppel hosted his final edition of ABC News' "Nightline."
In 2008, in the weekly Democratic radio address, President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan he said would provide 2.5 million jobs, although his spokesman later clarified that the plan would "save and create" that many jobs. President George W. Bush snared fresh international support on the economy and North Korea at a Pacific Rim economic summit in Peru. A revised Nebraska safe-haven law took effect with a 30-day age limit, ending abandonments of older children.
Today's Birthdays: Movie director Arthur Hiller is 86. Actor Robert Vaughn is 77. Actor Michael Callan is 74. Actor Allen Garfield is 70. Animator and movie director Terry Gilliam is 69. Actor Tom Conti is 68. Singer Jesse Colin Young is 68. Astronaut Guion S. Bluford is 67. Tennis player Billie Jean King is 66. Rock musician-actor Steve Van Zandt (aka Little Steven) is 59. Rock musician Tina Weymouth (The Heads; Talking Heads; The Tom Tom Club) is 59. Retired baseball All-Star Greg Luzinski is 59. Rock musician Lawrence Gowan is 53. Actor Richard Kind is 53. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is 51. Alt-country singer Jason Ringenberg (Jason & the Scorchers) is 51. Actress Mariel Hemingway is 48. Actor-turned-producer Brian Robbins is 46. Actor Stephen Geoffreys is 45. Rock musician Charlie Colin is 43. Actor Nicholas Rowe is 43. Actor Mark Ruffalo is 42. Tennis player Boris Becker is 42. Country musician Chris Fryar (Zac Brown Band) is 39. Actor-singer Tyler Hilton is 26. Actress Scarlett Johansson is 25.
Today In Entertainment History November 22
One hundred years ago, in 1909, actress Helen Hayes made her Broadway debut at age 9, playing a "little mime" in the Victor Herbert musical comedy "Old Dutch."
In 1943, lyricist Lorenz Hart died in New York at age 48.
In 1955, RCA Records signed Elvis Presley after buying his contract from Sun Records. Elvis got a $5,000 bonus for signing.
In 1965, the musical play "Man of La Mancha" opened in New York. Also in 1965, Bob Dylan married former model Sara Lowndes. The marriage was not made public until the following February.
In 1967, Arlo Guthrie's 22-minute song "Alice's Restaurant" was released.
In 1968, The Beatles' "White Album" was released.
In 1980, actress Mae West died at her Hollywood residence at age 87.
In 1989, actor Martin Sheen was arrested for blocking entrance to the Los Angeles federal building. He was part of a protest against US support for El Salvador's government.
In 1992, "60 Minutes" aired an interview with Woody Allen, who said Mia Farrow had threatened to have him killed after she learned he was having an affair with her 21-year-old adopted daughter. Also in 1992, Paul Simon opened his first tour of South America in Brazil.
In 1997, singer Michael Hutchence of INXS hanged himself with a belt in a hotel in Sydney, Australia. He was 37.
In 2008, Rapper MC Breed died in Ypsilanti, Mich., at age 37, reportedly of kidney failure.
Thought for Today: "If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be no help." — From the address President Kennedy never got to deliver in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
3 comments:
The kiwi rowers were just lost on a day trip. Apparently there was a clash of personalities on the boat and they do not talk these days. Which probably averages out to a fairly good relationship on an 'hours spent together' basis
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At least it was a clash of personalities rather than a clash of oars.
But where do marine worms fit into this?
New Zilders who have lived overseas can pick out adjacent N's and Z's from 1000 paces away. They just jump out at one. Hence my skimming of the events of today was interrupted. I am usually aware of any trouble in Zambia as well.
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