What happened in history on this day: November 22?
On November 22 in ...
- 1988 - ABC airs the 100th episode of TV show Who's the Boss?.
- 1989 - Universal Pictures releases the film Back to the Future Part II to theaters.
- 1991 - Paramount releases the film The Addams Family to theaters.
- 1995 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures - Pixar computer animated feature film Toy Story to theaters in the USA. This is the first feature film completely animated by computers. The film was created using 800,000 hours of computing time on 300 Sun Microsystems microprocessors.
- 2002 - MGM releases the film Die Another Day to theaters.
- 2005 - Ted Koppel steps down as host of TV show Nightline after 25 years with the program.
- 2013 - Lions Gate Films releases the film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire to theaters.
Births on November 22
- 1899 - Birth of Hoagy Carmichael in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; actor/songwriter (Stardust).
- 1904 - Birth of Roland Winters in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Mama, Smothers Brothers).
- 1924 - Birth of Geraldine Page in Kirksville, Missouri, USA; actress (Interiors, Trip to Bountiful).
- 1932 - Birth of Robert Vaughn in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Napoleon Solo - Man from UNCLE, I Spy).
- 1935 - Birth of Michael Callan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Peter - Occasional Wife).
- 1939 - Birth of Allen Garfield in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Candidate, Beverly Hills Cop II).
- 1940 - Birth of Terry Gilliam in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; comedy writer-animator (Monty Python's Flying Circus).
- 1941 - Birth of Tom Conti in Scotland; actor (Reuben, Reuben).
- 1958 - Birth of Jamie Lee Curtis in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Anything But Love, Halloween).
- 1961 - Birth of Mariel Hemingway in Ketchum, Idaho, USA; actress (Manhattan, Personal Best).
- 1964 - Birth of Stephen Geoffreys in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Faternity Vacation).
- 1966 - Birth of Brian Robbins in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Eric - Head of the Class).
- 1966 - Birth of Nicholas Rowe in London, England; actor (Young Sherlock Holmes).
Deaths on November 22
- 1982 - Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at age 80.
- 1983 - Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at age 58.
- 1986 - Death of Scatman Crothers, American actor (Louie - Chico and the Man), musician, at age 76 (born 1910).
- 1992 - Death of Sterling Holloway of cardiac arrest at age 87; actor (Rin Tin Tin, Willy, The Life of Riley, The Baileys of Balboa, Adventures of Superman, Gilligan's Island, That Girl, F-Troop), voice of Winnie the Pooh in TV and film.
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