This Day in History Nov. 22

Nov. 22

1718 North Carolina, pirate Edward Teach (known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle
1809 Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen
1858 Denver, Colorado, is founded
1869 In Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched and is one of the last clippers ever built
1886 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia
1906 International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help
1922 Library Ave in the Bronx named
1923 Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke
1924 England orders Egyptians out of Sudan
1932 Pump patented that computes quantity & price delivered
1935 China Clipper took off from Alameda, CA, on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight
1943 FDR, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan
1954 The Humane Society of the United States is founded
1963 John F Kennedy 35th U.S. President, is assassinated in Dallas, Tx (by Lee Harvey Oswald)
1967 UN Sec council passes resolution 242-Israel must give back occupied land
1975 Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain
1977 Regular Concorde passenger service between NY & Europe begin
1985 Columbia moves to the Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-C
1988 In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed
1989 US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit
1990 George Bush visits US troops in Saudi Arabia during Thanksgiving
1990 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister

52 years ago, my dad got birth announcements that read "don't worry about the fate of the nation, we have a son". Mom didn't send them.

Happy Birthday, to ya Lazy!