Today in History: November 22:
In 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot during a motorcade in Dallas.
In 1718, English pirate Edward Teach — better known as “Blackbeard” — was killed during a battle off North Carolina.
In 1935, a flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, California, carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.
In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win reelection to the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced she would resign.
In 2005, Angela Merkel took power as Germany’s first female chancellor.