This Day in History for November 22 — JFK Assassinated, and More

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1718: Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, is killed off the coast of North Carolina (more info)

1943: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan (more info)

1954: The Humane Society of the United States is founded (more info)

1963: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated while traveling through Dallas in an open-top convertible (more info)

2005: Angela Merkel becomes the first female chancellor of Germany (more info)