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On November 22, 498: After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.

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After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.

Pope Anastasius II was the bishop of Rome from 24 November 496 to his death on 19 November 498. He was an important figure in trying to end the Acacian schism, but his efforts resulted in the Laurentian schism, which followed his death. Anastasius was born in Rome, the son of a priest, and is buried in St.

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Born on November 22

Brandon Miller 2002– American basketball player (born 2002)
Owen Power 2002– Canadian ice hockey player (born 2002)
Chenle 2001– Chinese singer and actor (born 2001)
Auliʻi Cravalho 2000– American actress (born 2000)
Trey McBride 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Dwight McNeil 1999– English footballer (born 1999)
Hailey Bieber 1996– American model (born 1996)
Mackenzie Lintz 1996– American film and television actress
JuJu Smith-Schuster 1996– American football player (born 1996)
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Woozi 1996– South Korean singer-songwriter (born 1996)
Katherine McNamara 1995– American actress and singer (born 1995)
Samantha Bricio 1994– Mexican volleyball player (born 1994)
Dacre Montgomery 1994– Australian actor (born 1994)
Nicolás Stefanelli 1994– Argentine footballer (born 1994)
Keiji Tanaka 1994– Japanese figure skater (born 1994)
Natalie Achonwa 1992– Canadian basketball player (born 1992)
Carles Gil 1992– Spanish footballer (born 1992)
Vladislav Namestnikov 1992– Russian ice hockey player (born 1992)

People

Died on November 22

Serge Vohor Vanuatuan politician (1955–2024)
John Y. Brown Jr. American politician and entrepreneur (1933–2022)
Raşit Küçük Turkish Islamicist (1947–2022)
Otto Hutter British physiologist (1924–2020)
George Avakian American record producer (1919–2017)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Russian baritone (1962–2017)
Tommy Keene American musician (1958–2017)
M. Balamuralikrishna Musical artist
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury Bangladeshi politician (1949–2015)
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Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed Bangladeshi politician (1948–2015)
Kim Young-sam President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998
Tom Gilmartin Irish businessman (born 1935)
Georges Lautner French film director and screenwriter (1926–2013)
Alec Reid Irish Catholic priest (1931–2013)
Bryce Courtenay South African–Australian writer (1933–2012)
Svetlana Alliluyeva Youngest child of Joseph Stalin (1926–2011)
Sena Jurinac Austrian opera singer (1921 – 2011)
Lynn Margulis American evolutionary biologist (1938–2011)

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  1. 498 After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 496 to 498

    Pope Anastasius II was the bishop of Rome from 24 November 496 to his death on 19 November 498. He was an important figure in trying to end the Acacian schism, but his efforts resulted in the Laurentian schism, which followed his death. Anastasius was born in Rome, the son of a priest, and is buried in St.

  2. 845 The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.

    Cultural area in northwestern France

    Brittany is a peninsula, historical region and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an independent kingdom and then a duchy before being united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province governed as a separate nation under the crown. Brittany is the traditional homeland of the Breton people and is one of the six Celtic nations, retaining a distinct cultural identity that reflects its history.

  3. 1210 The Castle of Termes falls to Simon de Montfort after a four-month siege during the Albigensian Crusade.

    Ruined castle in Aude, France

    The Château de Termes is a ruined castle near the village of Termes in the Aude département of France. It is one of the so-called Cathar castles.

  4. 1220 Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 to 1250

    Frederick II was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220, and King of Jerusalem from 1225 to 1228. He was the son of Emperor Henry VI, of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, and Queen Constance I of Sicily, of the Hauteville dynasty.

  5. 1307 Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314

    Pope Clement V was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1305 until his death. He is remembered for suppressing the order of the Knights Templar and allowing the execution of many of its members. A Frenchman by birth, Clement moved the Papacy from Rome to Avignon, ushering in the period known as the Avignon Papacy.

  6. 1574 Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
  7. 1635 Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
  8. 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.
  9. 1837 Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
  10. 1855 In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.
  11. 1869 In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched.
  12. 1873 The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.
  13. 1908 The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
  14. 1921 During The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922), 15 Irish Nationalists are killed in Belfast in one day.
  15. 1935 The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
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  1. 1940 World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
  2. 1942 World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
  3. 1943 World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
  4. 1943 Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.
  5. 1952 A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard.
  6. 1955 The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov. The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.
  7. 1963 U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.
  8. 1963 Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables.
  9. 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
  10. 1968 Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. No one is injured.
  11. 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.
  12. 1975 Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier.
  13. 1987 The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.
  14. 1989 NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
  15. 1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership.

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