November 22
This day in history:
- 2004 โ The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
- 1971 โ In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
- 1940 โ World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
- 1935 โ The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
Births:
- 1979 โ Christian Terlizzi, Italian footballer
- 1904 โ Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (d. 2005)
- 1980 โ David Artell, English footballer and coach
Deaths:
- 1694 โ John Tillotson, English archbishop (b. 1630)
- 1963 โ John F. Kennedy, American politician, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
- 1956 โ Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882)
Holidays:
- Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.
- Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians)
- Good Spouses Day (ใใๅคซๅฉฆใฎๆฅ) celebrates married couples in Japan.
Random Article of the day:
Pokornรฝ
Pokornรฝ (feminine Pokornรก) is a Czech or Slovak surname, meaning "the humble one". Notable people with the surname include:
Adolf Pokorny (1895โ?), Austrian dermatologist.
Amos Pokornรฝ (1890โ1949), Czech chess master.
Bedลich Pokornรฝ, Czech communist state security officer.
Franciszek Pokorny (1891โ1966), Polish Army officer.
Frank Pokorny (1923โ1999), American politician.
Frantiลกek Pokornรฝ (1905โ?), Czech sport shooter.
Frantiลกek Xaver Pokornรฝ (1729โ1794), Czech Classical era composer and violinist.
Franz Pokorny (1797โ1850), Austrian theatre manager.
Gene Pokorny (born 1953), American tubist.
Hermann Pokorny (1882โ1960), Hungarian general.
Jakub Pokornรฝ (born 1996), Czech footballer.
Jaroslava Pokornรก (born 1948), Czech actress.
Josef Pokornรฝ (born 1955), Czech rower.
Julius Pokorny (1887โ1970), comparative linguist from AustriaโHungary and expert in Celtic languages.
Miloslav Pokornรฝ (1926โ1948), Czech ice hockey player.
Peter Pokorny (born 1940), Austrian tennis player
Petr Pokornรฝ (born 1975), Czech footballer.
Petr Pokornรฝ (1933โ2020), Czech theologian.
Regina Pokornรก (born 1982), Slovak chess player.
Stefan Pokorny, an Austrian karateka.
Stefan Pokorny (designer) (born 1966), a Korean American designer and artist.
Vladimรญr Pokornรฝ (born 1980), Czech footballer.