Calendar page 2023: November 22
The current calendar page for November 22, 2023:
47th calendar week, 326th day of the year
39 days until the end of the year
Astrological sign: Scorpio
Name day: Cecilia
HISTORICAL DATES
2022 - Burglars rob the Celtic Roman Museum in Manching near Ingolstadt of a gold treasure from the Celtic period that is over 2000 years old. Archaeologists had discovered the 483 coins with an estimated commercial value of 1.6 million euros in 1999.
2018 - Stephan Harbarth, vice-chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, is elected to the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court by the Bundestag. In 2020, he succeeds Andreas Voßkuhle as President of Germany's highest court.
2013 - Norway's Magnus Carlsen is the new world chess champion. The 22-year-old secures the overall victory in the tenth of twelve scheduled games against the previous champion Viswanathan Anand from India.
1998 - For the first time, a case of euthanasia is shown on television in the USA. The CBS channel broadcasts a video documenting the killing of a patient by the controversial doctor Jack Kevorkian.
1983 - The Bundestag approves the controversial deployment of new US medium-range missiles of the "Pershing II" type in the Federal Republic of Germany in accordance with the NATO Double-Track Decision.
1975 - Two days after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, the monarchy is reinstated in Spain with the proclamation of Juan Carlos as king.
1968 - The Beatles' "White Album" is released. The official title of the double LP with the plain white cover by artist Richard Hamilton was "The Beatles".
1963 - American President John F. Kennedy is shot dead in an open car during an election campaign trip in Dallas (US state of Texas).
1928 - French composer Maurice Ravel's "Boléro" is premiered as a ballet in Paris.
BIRTHDAYS
1978 - Jochen Schropp (45), German presenter ("Promi Big Brother") and actor ("Polizeiruf 110")
1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis (65), American actress ("Halloween", "A Fish Called Wanda"), daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
1943 - Billie Jean King (80), American tennis player, world number one in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1972, six Wimbledon wins in singles, ten in doubles, four in mixed doubles
1943 - Jörg Hube, German actor (TV series "Löwengrube", "Heimat - Eine deutsche Chronik") and cabaret artist, died 2009
1913 - Benjamin Britten, British composer (opera "Peter Grimes"), died 1976
DAY OF DEATH
1963 - Aldous Huxley, British writer ("Brave New World"), born 1894
1963 - C. S. Lewis, British writer ("The Chronicles of Narnia"), born 1898
The study of historical events and their impacts on societies is known as History. This year, 2023, marks the 20th anniversary of the controversial deployment of new US medium-range missiles, the "Pershing II" type, in Germany, a significant event in modern History.
Source: www.dpa.com
