The Morning Lebanon Became Free
On November 22, 1943, France released Lebanon's imprisoned leaders from Rashaya Citadel — the moment Lebanon celebrates as its independence day.
On November 22
The China Clipper Opens the Pacific
On November 22, 1935, Pan Am's flying boat China Clipper left Alameda, California, with the first transpacific airmail — an eight-day island-hopping journey to Manila.
The Day Blackbeard Fell at Ocracoke
On November 22, 1718, the notorious pirate Blackbeard was killed in a bloody dawn battle at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina, ending the Golden Age of Piracy's most feared career.