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History on the 22nd of November

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22 Nov 1220 RELIGIOUS Pope Honorius III (pope from 1216) crowned Holy Roman Emperor Frederick in St. Peter's, on the promise that Frederick would uphold the rights of the Church, and promote a crusade.
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22 Nov 1633 RELIGIOUS Irish Catholic Cecil Calvert, 27, sent two ships (the Ark and the Dove) from Ireland to establish a colony in America as a refuge for fellow Catholics. His work later earned Lord Calvert the nickname, "Colonizer of Maryland."
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22 Nov 1849 RELIGIOUS Austin College was chartered in Texas at Huntsville under Presbyterian sponsorship. In 1876 the school campus was moved to Sherman, TX.
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22 Nov 1873 RELIGIOUS American lawyer Horatio G. Spafford's four daughters drowned when their passenger ship, while crossing the Atlantic, collided with another and sank. The following month, as his own ship passed over the spot of the earlier tragedy, Spafford penned the words to the enduring hymn, "It is Well With My Soul."
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22 Nov 1910 WW2 Amy Thorpe was born. 
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22 Nov 1914 WW2 All German troops were evacuated from the Ypres, Belgium region, ending the First Battle of Ypres. Although the British managed to hold on to the ruins of Ypres, they had suffered 58,000 casualties (80% of the original British Expeditionary Force), while the French suffered 50,000. The Germans suffered over 130,000 casualties. The end of this battle would mark the last major offensive of 1914. 
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22 Nov 1918 WW2 Douglas MacArthur was transferred to the US 84th Infantry Brigade. 
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22 Nov 1924 WW2 HMS Hermes arrived at Malta. 
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22 Nov 1930 WW2 Lieutenant General Senjuro Hayashi was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Jiro Minami. 
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22 Nov 1935 WW2 Light carrier Hosho was taken out of service to repair typhoon damage and to receive enhancements. 
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22 Nov 1935 WW2 Pan-American Airways commenced the first trans-Pacific airmail service, flying Martin M.130 China Clipper from San Francisco, California, United States to Manila, Philippines via Honolulu, Midway Island, Wake Island and Guam. 
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22 Nov 1937 WW2 The Japanese Central China Area Army requested Tokyo the permission to assault Nanjing, China. 
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22 Nov 1939 WW2 Overnight, German aircraft dropped magnetic mines in River Thames in southern England, United Kingdom, but at least one fell in nearby mud and was observed by the British. 
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22 Nov 1940 WW2 Italian 9th Army was defeated in Greece. 
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22 Nov 1940 WW2 British destroyers HMS Faulknor and HMS Forester approached Vichy French destroyer Boulonnais and freighter Charles Plumier off Spanish Morocco. Boulonnais backed off from the engagement, thus allowing Charles Plumier to be captured. Charles Plumier would later be pressed into British service as amphibious command ship HMS Largs. 
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22 Nov 1940 WW2 German submarine U-123 sank British ship Cree 365 miles west of Ireland shortly after midnight, killing the entire crew of 45. 
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22 Nov 1940 WW2 British motor launch ML.127 hit a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary in southern England, United Kingdom, killing all 11 aboard. 
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22 Nov 1940 WW2 Italian aircraft bombed Alexandria, Egypt, damaging British tanker Zahra. 
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22 Nov 1940 WW2 The first execution by shooting took place at Auschwitz Concentration Camp; 40 men from Katowice, Poland were shot between 0000 and 0020 hours by SS men in retaliation of assault on a police official. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 The German 3.Panzerkorps captured Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 US Navy issued Task Force Ultrasecret Operation Order 1: warships were to proceed to Hawaiian waters in secrecy, with mission to conduct pre-emptive strikes on any potential threats against Hawaii. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 Werner Mölders was killed during a landing accident while traveling as a passenger aboard a He 111 aircraft. Hours later, Jagdgeschwader 51 was christened "Mölders" in his honor. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 A Swordfish torpedo bomber of British No. 830 Squadron damaged Italian cruiser Abruzzi at 0038 hours off Sicily, Italy; the aircraft was shot down in the process, with 1 killed and 1 captured. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 As the ice on Lake Ladoga reached 20 centimeters in thickness, 60 trucks made the crossing, aiming to bring back food into Leningrad, Russia on their return trip on the next day. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 The British Royal Navy dispatched cruisers HMS Devonshire, HMS Dorsetshire, and HMS Dunedin to the South Atlantic to search for the German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis. HMS Devonshire successfully found Atlantis, fueling submarine U-126. While U-126 was able to escape, Atlantis' crew had no choice but to scuttle her. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 British destroyer HMS Sardonyx collided with anti-submarine trawler HMT St. Apollo near the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom. Sardonyx received damage while St. Appollo would sink. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 Allied convoy PQ-3 crossed the Arctic Circle west of Norway. Later in the same day, German Stuka dive bombers attacked the convoy without success; two dive bombers were lost during the mission. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 Robert von Greim was mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht radio report. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 Paul von Kleist was mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht daily radio report. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 Akagi arrived at Hitokappu Bay at Etorofu Island, Kuriles Islands as part of the assembling Mobile Force. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 Shokaku and the Carrier Division 5 arrived at Hitokappu Bay in the Kurile Islands as part of a last-minute addition to the Carrier Striking Force. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 Kaga arrived at Hitokappu Bay, Etorofu Island, Kurile Islands. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 Italian cruiser Cardona arrived at Benghazi, Libya with fuel badly needed by Axis vehicles on the front line; the journey was made without any escorts due to the pressing need. On land, New Zealand and Italian troops engaged in fighting near Sollum, Egypt while the Indian 7th Brigade captured Sidi Omar, Libya. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 The personnel of German Luftwaffe III./KG 4 departed Pskov (German: Pleskau), Russia by rail for a period of rest in Fassberg, Germany. The group's aircraft were reassigned to I./KG 4 for continued use against Soviet positions in the Leningrad area. 
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22 Nov 1941 WW2 The Japanese embassy in Washington DC, United States was instructed that the proposal submitted by Japanese diplomats two days prior would be the final proposal. The deadline for a successful conclusion was pushed back to 29 Nov 1941, upon which date, should the proposal be rejected, the war plans would be executed. 
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22 Nov 1942 WW2 The Japanese halted a combined US Army and US Marine attack at the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 
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22 Nov 1942 WW2 While escorting Allied convoy QP-15, Soviet destroyer Sokrushitelny foundered after sustaining damage in heavy weather. 
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22 Nov 1942 WW2 Paul von Kleist was made the commanding officer of German Army Group A. 
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22 Nov 1942 WW2 Tenryu departed Shortland Island, Solomon Islands. 
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22 Nov 1942 WW2 Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for destroyer Ikazuchi at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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22 Nov 1942 WW2 USS S-35 set sail for the Aleutian Islands. 
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22 Nov 1942 WW2 The encirclement of the German 6th Army around Stalingrad, Russia was completed when Soviet 4th Mechanized Corps and 4th Tank Corps met at Kalach-na-Donu after smashing through positions held by Romanian troops. 
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22 Nov 1942 WW2 Submarine Puffer was launched, sponsored by Mrs. Ruth B. Lyons, who was the granddaughter of the oldest employee of the submarine's builder, Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Christopher Jacobson, Sr. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 Air Vice Marshal M. Henderson became the commanding officer of the No. 12 Group RAF. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 The German occupation of the Dodecanese Islands was completed. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Chiang Kaishek met at Cairo, Egypt. In the evening, Anglo-American leaders including Churchill, Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, Louis Mountbatten, Joseph Stilwell, and Claire Chennault dined together. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Scorpion observed a Japanese convoy in the Mariana Islands but was unable to attack. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Seahorse sank Japanese cargo ship Daishu Maru south of Japan, hitting her with two of four torpedoes fired. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 Commander Hinton A. Owens relieved Commander Donald C. Varian as the commanding officer of USS Luce. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 418th Night Fighter Squadron (flying P-61 aircraft) of USAAF V Fighter Command was transferred from Milne Bay to Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 Naka arrived at Ponape, Caroline Islands and embarked about 700 troops intended for Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 Berlin, Germany was heavily bombed by 764 RAF aircraft (469 Lancaster, 234 Halifax, 50 Stirling, and 11 Mosquito), dropping over 2,300 tons of explosives; 26 bombers were lost. 175,000 Germans were made homeless and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was destroyed. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 Allied convoy JW-54B departed Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. 
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22 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Gar completed overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States. 
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22 Nov 1944 WW2 Metz, France was captured by the Allies, although several of the surrounding forts refused to surrender. 
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22 Nov 1944 WW2 10 Lancaster bombers conducted minelaying operations off Helgoland and at the mouth of River Elbe, Germany. 
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22 Nov 1944 WW2 Viktor Abakumov reported to Lavrentiy Beria that by 15 Nov 1944 59 Romanian-German intelligence personnel, 546 Romanian intelligence personnel, 180 German intelligence personnel, and 9 Hungarian intelligence personnel were arrested by SMERSH in Romania. 
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22 Nov 1944 WW2 In Arakan, Burma, already wounded Sepoy Rhandari Ram crawled over open ground to attack a machine gun position pinning down his comrades. Shot again at point blank range, he still silenced the enemy with a grenade. He was later awarded the Victoria Cross. 
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22 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Ticonderoga departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. 
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22 Nov 1944 WW2 Hiroshi Nemoto stepped down as the commanding officer of the Third Army of the Japanese Kwangtung Army and was transferred to command the Japanese Mongolian Garrison Army. 
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22 Nov 1944 WW2 German V-2 rocket hit Totty Street, Bethnal Green in the East End of London, England, United Kingdom. 25 were killed and 44 were injured. 
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22 Nov 1944 WW2 The 15,000th P-40 fighter was built at the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, New York, United States. 
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22 Nov 1945 WW2 USS San Diego completed her scheduled overhaul and departed Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States. 
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22 Nov 1963 RELIGIOUS Death of C.S. Lewis, 65, Anglican scholar, novelist and Christian apologist. Well_known for his children's classic, "The Chronicles of Narnia" (1950_56), Lewis also penned other Christian classics, including "The Screwtape Letters" (1943) and "The Great Divorce" (1946).
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