Portal:United States/Anniversaries/November/November 22

1858 – Denver, Colorado is founded.
1812 – War of 1812: 17 Indiana Rangers are killed at the Battle of Wild Cat Creek.
1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Confederate General John Bell Hood invades Tennessee in an unsuccessful attempt to draw Union General William T. Sherman from Georgia.
1954 – The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
1963 – In Dallas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is later captured and charged with the murder of both the President and police officer J. D. Tippit. Oswald is shot two days later by Jack Ruby while in police custody.

On this day for the United States

Events

1963 – John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, United States President John F. Kennedy is shot to death, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the 36th President. All television coverage for the next four days is devoted to the assassination, its aftermath, the procession of the horsedrawn casket to the Capitol Rotunda, and the funeral of President Kennedy. Stores and businesses shut down for the next four days, in tribute.
1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
1995 – Six-year-old Elisa Izquierdo's child abuse-related death at the hands of her mother makes headlines, and instigates major reform in New York City's child welfare system.
1995 – The first ever full length computer animated feature film Toy Story was released by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures.

Births

1744 – Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)
1814 – Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (d. 1893)
1942 – Guion Bluford, American astronaut
1950 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)

Deaths