On This Day November 22nd

 OTD

November 22nd is the three hundredth twenty-sixth day of the year, and there are 39 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1718 – Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer, Mister Hyde, and Teach himself.

1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.

1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.

1967 – UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of principles to guide negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.

1971 – 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.

1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdrew from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her tenure as Prime Minister.

 

Birthdays

  1710 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)

1744 – Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)

1808 – Thomas Cook, the English businessman, founded the Thomas Cook Group (d. 1892)

1893 – Harley Earl, American industrial designer (d. 1969)

1912 – Doris Duke, American heiress and philanthropist (d. 1993)

1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1940 – Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter

1967 – Boris Becker, German tennis player

1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress

  

 

Holiday Highlight

 National Larimar Day

Larimar is a unique blue pectolite found exclusively in the southern Dominican Republic, specifically in Southwest Barahona. Discovered in 1916 by Father Miguel Domingo Fuertes de Loren, the stone's mining request was initially denied, leading it to fade into obscurity.

In 1976, craftsman Miguel Mendez rediscovered the stone and named it "Larimar," blending his daughter Larissa's nickname "Lari" with the Spanish word "mar," meaning sea. This captivating gemstone has since become a symbol of Dominican heritage.

The only Larimar mine is located in Los Chupaderos, near Barahona. The Dominican Republic celebrated its first National Larimar Day on November 22, 2018, marking the anniversary of its discovery. Today, Larimar fascinates both tourists and locals, available in various forms as jewelry and décor in gift shops across the country.

 

Holidays And Observance

Go For a Ride Day

Humane Society Anniversary Day

National Cranberry Relish Day

National Stop the Violence Day

Start Your Own Country Day

Substitute Educators Day

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