November 22
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Art and culture
- 1849 - La Vie de bohème, play by Murger staged at the Théâtre des Variétés
- 1922 - Howard Carter, assisted by Lord Carnarvon, opens the tomb of Tutankhamun.
- 1947 - Recording of To Have Done with the Judgment of God by Artaud is started
- 1966 - Situationist International, publication of On the Poverty of Student Life in France.
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Births
- 1808 - Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892)
- 1809 - Bénédict Morel, Austrian-French physician (d. 1873)
- 1819 - George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880)
- 1869 - André Gide, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1951)
- 1890 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (d. 1970)
- 1907 - Dora Maar, French artist Croatian descent, lover and muse of Pablo Picasso. (d. 1997)
- 1940 - Terry Gilliam, American-born British comedian
- 1940 - Andrzej Żuławski, Polish-born film director (d. 2016)
- 1944 - Max Romeo, reggae recording artist
- 1955 - Joe Coleman, American illustrator and painter
- 1950 - Tina Weymouth, American musician (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
- 1960 - Léos Carax, French film director
- 1984 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress
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Deaths
- 1916 - Jack London, American writer (b. 1876)
- 1949 - Richard Connell, American author (The Most Dangerous Game) (b. 1893 )
- 1963 - Aldous Huxley, English author (b. 1894)
- 1963 - C. S. Lewis, Irish author (b. 1898)
- 1980 - Mae West, American actress and writer (b. 1893)
- 1993 - Anthony Burgess, British author (b. 1917)
- 1996 - Terence Donovan, British photographer and film director (b. 1936 )
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