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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_22" title="November 22">November 22</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1574" title="1574">1574</a> – The Spanish explorer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(explorer)" title="Juan Fernández (explorer)">Juan Fernández</a></b> discovered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Islands" title="Juan Fernández Islands">the islands off the coast of Chile</a> which now bear his name.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1797" title="1797">1797</a> – The <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisel_School_of_Medicine" title="Geisel School of Medicine">Geisel School of Medicine</a></b>, the fourth oldest medical school in the United States, was founded by the physician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Smith_(physician,_born_1762)" title="Nathan Smith (physician, born 1762)">Nathan Smith</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(album)" title="The Beatles (album)">White Album</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – Two television stations in Chicago <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking" title="Max Headroom signal hijacking">had their broadcast signals hijacked</a></b> with footage of an unknown person wearing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom" title="Max Headroom">Max Headroom</a> mask and costume.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – Norwegian chess grandmaster <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen" title="Magnus Carlsen">Magnus Carlsen</a></b> defeated India's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a> to become <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2013" title="World Chess Championship 2013">world chess champion</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_Felix_II" title="Antipope Felix II">Antipope Felix II</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 365); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Willughby" title="Francis Willughby">Francis Willughby</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1635); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Nipper" title="Billie Nipper">Billie Nipper</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1929); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-chien_Kuan" title="Yu-chien Kuan">Yu-chien Kuan</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2018)</p>