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Benjamin Britten, 1968
Benjamin Britten (1913–76) was an English composer, conductor and pianist, and a central figure in 20th-century British classical music. His wide compositional range includes opera, orchestral, choral, solo vocal, chamber, instrumental and film music. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. His best-known works include the operas Peter Grimes (1945) and Billy Budd (1951), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945). Recurring themes in his operas are the struggle of an outsider against a hostile society, and the corruption of innocence. He wrote copiously for children and amateur performers, including the opera Noye's Fludde, a Missa Brevis, and the song collection Friday Afternoons. Britten often composed with particular performers in mind, most importantly his personal and professional partner, the tenor Peter Pears, with whom he co-founded the annual Aldeburgh Festival in 1948; the pair were responsible for the creation of its Snape Maltings concert hall in 1967. In 1976 Britten became the first composer to be awarded a life peerage. (Full article...)
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watercolour of Colonel James Hargest
... that before James Hargest (pictured) was elected to the New Zealand Parliament, he had been defeated by a father and son in 1925 and 1930, respectively?
... that no part of the current Wabash County Courthouse remains of its original construction, even though it is technically considered the same building?
... that David Dimbleby got his first tattoo aged 75, whilst filming Britain and the Sea?
... that erosion and tectonics are connected, in that high erosion over a wide area can effectively induce tectonic activity?
... that the Silver City Daily Press newspaper in Silver City, New Mexico, has been owned by the Ely family since 1934?
... that Ray Hatton, a college professor from Bend, Oregon, was inducted into the USA Track and Field Masters Hall of Fame in 2001?
... that Hammersmith-born blacksmith Tony Swatton made Wolverine's claws?
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Frederick Sanger
Magnus Carlsen defeats Viswanathan Anand to win the World Chess Championship.
A roof collapse at a grocery store in Riga, Latvia, kills at least 48 people.
A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people.
British biochemist and two-time Nobel Prize winner Frederick Sanger (pictured) dies at the age of 95.
NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
Fifty people are killed when a Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Kazan, Russia.
Abdulla Yameen is elected president of the Maldives.
Sachin Tendulkar retires from all forms of cricket.
Recent deaths: Doris Lessing
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November 22: Alphabet Day in Albania (1908)

Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office of the President of the United States
498 – Following the death of Anastasius II, both Symmachus and Laurentius were elected pope, causing a schism that would last until 506.
1635 – Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launched a three-month pacification campaign against Taiwanese aborigines.
1963 – Hours after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson (pictured) was sworn in aboard Air Force One as the 36th President of the United States.
1988 – The first B-2 stealth bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
2005 – Angela Merkel assumed office as the first female Chancellor of Germany.
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Benjamin Britten, 1968
Benjamin Britten (1913–76) was an English composer, conductor and pianist, and a central figure in 20th-century British classical music. His wide compositional range includes opera, orchestral, choral, solo vocal, chamber, instrumental and film music. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. His best-known works include the operas Peter Grimes (1945) and Billy Budd (1951), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945). Recurring themes in his operas are the struggle of an outsider against a hostile society, and the corruption of innocence. He wrote copiously for children and amateur performers, including the opera Noye's Fludde, a Missa Brevis, and the song collection Friday Afternoons. Britten often composed with particular performers in mind, most importantly his personal and professional partner, the tenor Peter Pears, with whom he co-founded the annual Aldeburgh Festival in 1948; the pair were responsible for the creation of its Snape Maltings concert hall in 1967. In 1976 Britten became the first composer to be awarded a life peerage. (Full article...)
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watercolour of Colonel James Hargest
... that before James Hargest (pictured) was elected to the New Zealand Parliament, he had been defeated by a father and son in 1925 and 1930, respectively?
... that no part of the current Wabash County Courthouse remains of its original construction, even though it is technically considered the same building?
... that David Dimbleby got his first tattoo aged 75, whilst filming Britain and the Sea?
... that erosion and tectonics are connected, in that high erosion over a wide area can effectively induce tectonic activity?
... that the Silver City Daily Press newspaper in Silver City, New Mexico, has been owned by the Ely family since 1934?
... that Ray Hatton, a college professor from Bend, Oregon, was inducted into the USA Track and Field Masters Hall of Fame in 2001?
... that Hammersmith-born blacksmith Tony Swatton made Wolverine's claws?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Frederick Sanger
Magnus Carlsen defeats Viswanathan Anand to win the World Chess Championship.
A roof collapse at a grocery store in Riga, Latvia, kills at least 48 people.
A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people.
British biochemist and two-time Nobel Prize winner Frederick Sanger (pictured) dies at the age of 95.
NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
Fifty people are killed when a Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Kazan, Russia.
Abdulla Yameen is elected president of the Maldives.
Sachin Tendulkar retires from all forms of cricket.
Recent deaths: Doris Lessing
More current events...

On this day...


November 22: Alphabet Day in Albania (1908)

Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office of the President of the United States
498 – Following the death of Anastasius II, both Symmachus and Laurentius were elected pope, causing a schism that would last until 506.
1635 – Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launched a three-month pacification campaign against Taiwanese aborigines.
1963 – Hours after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson (pictured) was sworn in aboard Air Force One as the 36th President of the United States.
1988 – The first B-2 stealth bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
2005 – Angela Merkel assumed office as the first female Chancellor of Germany.
More anniversaries: November 21 – November 22 – November 23
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It is now November 22, 2013 (UTC) – Reload this page



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John F. Kennedy
A posthumous portrait of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, completed by Aaron Shikler in 1970. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested that evening for the crime, but was killed by Jack Ruby two days later, before a trial could take place. The FBI and the Warren Commission officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin, but conspiracy theories persisted. In 1978, a select committee concluded that both investigations were flawed and that the assassination was probably the result of a conspiracy.
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