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What happened in history on this day: November 22?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On November 22 in ...
- 1985 - Apple Computer and Microsoft sign a licensing agreement permitting Microsoft royalty-free rights to use graphical display technology of the Macintosh for Windows 1.0, and Macintosh versions of several Microsoft products.
- 1998 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A computer in a school has labels "COLECO" on it. The salesman says "These old Colecos will rust up on you like that" (snaps fingers).
- 2004 - Advanced Micro Devices begins shipping the Sempron 3000+ processor for notebook computers. Price is US$134 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - Switzerland isues a stamp depicting children and a personal computer.
- 1940 - The Goofy film Goofy's Glider is released to theaters.
- 1963 - Following the assassination of US President John Kennedy, Disneyland is closed for the rest of the day.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Toby Tyler, part one.
- 1974 - The Buena Vista Club golf club opens at Lake Buena Vista at Walt Disney World.
- 1985 - Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film One Magic Christmas to theaters. The original title was Father Christmas.
- 1989 - MCA/Universal Pictures releases the film Back to the Future Part II to theaters in the USA. A Roger Rabbit doll appears in an antique store window.
- 1991 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Mark Twain and Me.
- 1991 - Disney generally releases the animated feature film Beauty and the Beast to theaters in the US and Canada. It cost US$30 million to produce.
- 1991 - The Beauty and the Beast stage show begins performances at the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World.
- 1995 - Disney releases the film Tron on laserdisc in the US, for US$100.
- 1995 - The Toy Story Parade premiers at the Disney-MGM Studios, in Walt Disney World in Florida.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures - Pixar computer animated feature film Toy Story to theaters in the USA. This is the first feature film completely animated by computers. The film cost US$30 million to create. The film was created using 800,000 hours of computing time on 300 Sun Microsystems microprocessors.
- 1996 - The Chinese Government complains about the Walt Disney Company's involvement in producing the film Kundun.
- 1996 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film The War at Home to theaters in New York and Los Angeles. The film is based on the play Homefront by James Duff.
- 1997 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character says he is "twitterpated", a reference to a word originating in Disney's Bambi.
- 1998 - The Hollywood & Vine Cafeteria of the Stars opens in the Disney-MGM Studios theme park at Walt Disney World.
- 2000 - Disney generally releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film 102 Dalmatians to theaters in the USA.
- 2000 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Unbreakable to theaters in the USA.
- 2003 - The ABC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Eloise at Christmastime.
- 2006 - The Touchstone/Jerry Bruckheimer film Déjà Vu is released to theaters in the USA.
- 2008 - The Castle Couture shop opens in Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 2009 - Grand re-opening of Space Mountain at Walt Disney World after seven months renovations.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A bulletin board includes the note "Operation Gumbo Drop", a reference to the Disney film Operation Dumbo Drop.
- 2013 - Touchstone releases the DreamWorks film Delivery Man to theaters in the USA.
- 2005 - Microsoft releases the Project Gotham Racing 3 video game for the Xbox 360 video game system in the US. Included are C5 and C6 Corvettes.
- 1939 - A German magnetic mine lands in mud off Shoeburyness, England. It is recovered, stripped, and evaluated by a team from HMS Vernon, revealing the secret of its magnetic polarity. The underwater mine is activated when subjected to a magnetic field of 50 milligauss. British ships can now install degaussing systems to make them invisible to the mines.
- 1940 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill informs the First Lord of the Admiralty nd the First Sea Lord that British policy in the Far East would be strictly defensive, accepting the consequences.
- 1941 - The Japanese government sends a secret coded message to its diplomats in Washington, D.C., saying Japanese-American relations must be settled by November 29, "after that things are automatically going to happen".
- 1941 - Cruiser HMS Devonshire sinks German raider Atlantis while supplying submarine U-126 near Ascension Island. The Atlantis had sunk 22 ships since departing Germany on March 31, 1940.
- 1942 - (evening) Adolf Hitler orders the Germany 6th Army to stay in Stalingrad, despite commander Friedrich Paulus insisting they do have the strength or supplies to defend their position.
- 1943 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, American President Franklin Roosevelt, and Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek meet at Cairo, Egypt, over five days. They agree on military strategy against Japan.
- 1943 - (evening) 764 British bombers attack Berlin, Germany. Enormous damage is done.
- 1944 - In Canada, the Army High Command threatens to resign if the government does not impose conscription to send soldiers into overseas battle.
- 1944 - (evening) In Canada, at a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister King announces that the request for volunteers for overseas duty had failed. With a risk of District Officers Commanding threatening to resign, the only option left was mandatory conscription. The cabinet agrees to set a limit of 16,000 troops.
- 1944 - (evening) In Canada, Defence Minister Andrew McNaughton recommends to Cabinet that 16,000 conscripted soldiers be sent to fight in Europe.
- 1969 - France issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of the landing of the liberation of Strasbourg.
- 1989 - MCA/Universal Pictures releases the film Back to the Future Part II to theaters in the USA.
- A Jaws video game cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System appears in an antique store window.
- An arcade game Wild Gunman appears, which Nintendo released to arcades in 1974.
- 1994 - Sega introduces the Saturn video game system in Japan. It features two 28.6 MHz 32-bit Hitachi SH7064 RISC processors, two video display processors, Hitachi SH7034 processor controlling the double-speed CD-ROM drive, Tamaha FH1 digital signal processor, Motorola 68EC000 sound processor, QSound surround sound, 2 MB main memory, 1.5 MB video memory, 24-bit color in 640x224 resolution, memory cartridge slot, expansion slot. Price is 44800 yen (about US$450).
- 1997 - Eidos releases the Tomb Raider II video game for the PlayStation in the US.
- 1998 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A child plays a home video game system, playing game "Dingo Dash", similar to Crash Bandicoot. A child mispronounces "superintendant" as "Super Nintendo".
- 1999 - Unit sales of the Dreamcast video game system in North America to date: 1 million.
- 2002 - Midway releases the Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance video game for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance in the US. Midway declares the day "Fatality Friday".
- 2005 - Microsoft launches the Xbox 360 video game system in North America. The system features IBM PowerPC with 3 cores, 3.2 GHz each with simultaneous multi-threading, 500 MHz ATI graphics with 10 MB cache, and 512 MB RAM. Code name during development was "Xenon". The Xbox 360 Core System costs US$299.99, and includes Composite AV Cable, and Controller. The full Xbox 360 costs US$399.99, and includes Universal Media Remote, Ethernet Connectivity Cable, Headset, Wireless Controller, Component HD AV Cable, and Hard Drive 20 GB. Eighteen game titles are immediately available. Availble accessories are: Xbox 360 Controller US$39.99, Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote US$29.99, Xbox 360 Headset US$19.99, Xbox 360 Wireless Controller US$49.99, Xbox 360 Component HD AV Cable US$39.99, Xbox 360 Hard Drive 20 GB US$99.99, Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter US$99.99, Xbox 360 VGA HD AV Cable US$39.99, Xbox 360 Memory Unit 64 MB US$39.99, Xbox 360 S-Video AV Cable US$29.99, Xbox 360 Faceplate US$19.99, Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack US$11.99, Xbox 360 Play and Charge kit US$19.99.
- 2005 - Activision releases the Call of Duty 2 video game for the Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2005 - Electronic Arts releases the Need for Speed: Most Wanted video game for the Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2005 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Project Gotham Racing 3 video game for the Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2005 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Perfect Dark Zero video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA and Canada.
- 2005 - Vivendi Universal Games releases the 50 Cent: Bulletproof video game for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2005 - Ubisoft releases the Peter Jackson's King Kong video game for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and GameCube in the US.
- 2006 - Microsoft releases an Xbox 360 download update for high-definition displays.
- 2006 - Electronic Arts releases the Superman Returns video game for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 1956 - (to December 8) The 16th Olympic Games are held in Melbourne, Australia. Sweden wins 8 gold, 5 silver, and 6 bronze medals.
- 1919 - The Minister of Finance reports that due to the increased price of silver, to continue with 0.925 fine silver coinage would mean a loss of 4.7c per ounce, and coins in circulation would likely be melted.
- 1979 - The Greater Toronto Coin and Stamp Exhibition (Torex) is held in Mississauga, Ontario. 3752 attend. Tony Carratto displays his creation of a 1911 specimen set, including for the first time the 1911 $1 pattern.
- 1910 - Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs.
- 1917 - National Hockey League (NHL) is founded with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, TorontArenas, Ottawa Senators, and Quebec Bulldogs.
- 1917 - National Hockey Association disbands.
- 1930 - First US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0).
- 1945 - Jim Benton, Cleveland Rams' end, gains 303 yards (NFL record).
- 1950 - Lowest NBA score, Fort Wayne Pistons (19), Minneapolis Lakers (18).
- 1956 - (to December 8) The Games of the XVI Olympiad are held in Melbourne, Australia.
- 1957 - Mickey Mantle beats Ted Williams by one vote for baseball's Most Valuable Player.
- 1959 - Boston Patriots enter the AFL.
- 1959 - New York Titans (AFL) make first draft choice (George Izo, quarterback, Notre Dame).
- 1972 - Pittsburgh Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest five goals (2 minutes 7 seconds).
- 1981 - San Diego Chargers' Dan Fouts passes for six touchdowns versus Oakland Raiders (55-21).
- 1986 - Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title by defeating Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1986 - Wayne Gretzky, of Edmonton Oilers, became 13th NHL player to score 500 goals.
- 1987 - New England Patriots shutout Indianapolis Colts 24-0.
- 1989 - Kirby Pucket signs record US$3 million per year (for three years) Minnesota Twins' contract.
- 1995 - Colin McRae becomes the first ever Scottish world rally champion.
- 1999 - Wayne Gretzky is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, his number 99 permanently retired by the National Hockey League.
- 2003 - England wins the 2003 Rugby World Cup, defeating Australia 20-17 after extra time.
- 2004 - The recently relocated Washington National League baseball franchise announces its new name, the Washington Nationals.
- 2021 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: San Jose Sharks beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Ottawa Senators by score 7-5.
- 2021 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats Winnipeg Jets by score 3-1.
- 2021 - At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Anaheim Ducks by score 3-2.
- 2021 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 5-2.
- 2021 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats Buffalo Sabres by score 7-4.
- 2022 - In Qatar, the Saudi Arabia Green Falcons team defeats the Argentina team 2-1 in World Cup soccer.
- 1982 - Space shuttle Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base, Texas.
- 1989 - Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and the Moon.
- 1989 - US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit.
- 1842 - Mount Saint Helens in Washington state, USA, erupts.
- 1871 - Oscar J Dunn (Lieutenant Governor-Louisiana), dies suddenly, possibly was poisoned.
- 1910 - A group of men meet in secret at Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA, to write legislation to revise US banking system to produce a central bank under their control. The men are US Senator Nelson Aldrich, his secretary Arthur B. Shelton, assistant secretary to Treasury and special assistant to National Monetary Commission A. Piatt Andrew, president of National City Bank of New York Frank Vanderlip, senior partnet at J.P. Morgan Company Henry P. Davidson, president of First National Bank of New York Charles D. Norton, lieutenant of J.P. Morgan Benjamin Strong, partner in Kuhn, Loeb and Company Paul Warburg.
- 1914 - In Batavia, New York, falling meteorites damage a farm.
- 1923 - US President Calvin Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death.
- 1935 - China Clipper (flying boat) takes off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on first trans-Pacific airmail flight.
- 1943 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, American President Franklin Roosevelt, and Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek meet at Cairo, Egypt, over five days. They agree on military strategy against Japan.
- 1950 - 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills, New York, USA.
- 1963 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the murders of Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit. Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as the 36th president at 2:39 p.m.
- 1963 - Moments after US President Kennedy is shot, a false statement blaming Cuba is sent from U.S. Army Intelligence in Texas to the U.S. Strike Command in MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, and armed fighter planes are launched to attack Cuba.
- 1967 - Silver hits record US$2.17 an ounce in New York.
- 1972 - The US loses its first B-52 bomber to hostile fire in Vietnam; the crew abandon the damaged aircraft over Thailand.
- 1977 - Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins.
- 1980 - Georgia tanker at Pilottown, Louisiana, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused the ship to leak.
- 1988 - In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
- 1989 - Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired.
- 1989 - The Mirage hotel and casino opens in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the first "megaresort" built in Las Vegas, at a cost of $640 million, providing 3400 hotel rooms. On opening night, Elmer Sherwin wins US$4.6 million on a Megabucks spin. About 200,000 people attend the opening.
- 1990 - US President George Bush visits US troops in Saudi Arabia during Thanksgiving.
- 2020 - The United States withdraws from the Treaty on Open Skies.
Other history:
- 1842 - Mount St Helens in Washington erupts.
- 1906 - International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help.
- 1917 - National Hockey League founded with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, TorontArenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs.
- 1956 - 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne, Australia.
- 1975 - Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain.
- 1989 - Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and the Moon.
- 1990 - Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister.
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