📜 This Day in History

November 22

• 1574Juan Fernández, a Spanish explorer, discovered an archipelago that now bears his name off the coast of Chile.
• 1797The Geisel School of Medicine, the fourth oldest medical school in the United States, was founded by the physician Nathan Smith.
• 1963John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas; hours later, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States.
• 1975Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I was declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco.
• 1987Two television stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked with footage of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume.
• 2013Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion.

Born on this day

• 1819George Eliot, English novelist and poet (died 1880)
• 1869André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951)
• 1890Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, President of France (died 1970)
• 1984Scarlett Johansson, American actress