AP Highlight in History: On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th president of the United States.
Walter Cronkite of CBS News breaks into the soap opera "As the World Turns"
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1718
English pirate Edward Teach - better known as "Blackbeard" - was killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.
1890
Charles de Gaulle was born in Lille, France.
1906
The SOS distress signal was adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.
1928
"Bolero" by Maurice Ravel debuted in Paris.
1943
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.
1967
The U.N. Security Council approved Resolution 242, which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it captured in 1967, and implicitly called on adversaries to recognize Israel's right to exist.
1968
The Beatles' "White Album" was released.
1975
Juan Carlos was proclaimed king of Spain.
1977
Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis.
1980
Actress Mae West died at age 87.
1990
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election to the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announced her resignation.
1998
The CBS News program "60 Minutes" aired videotape of Dr. Jack Kevorkian administering lethal drugs to a terminally ill patient.
2004
Tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed downtown Kiev, denouncing Ukraine's presidential runoff election as fraudulent and chanting the name of their reformist candidate, Viktor Yushchenko.
2005
Jose Padilla, an American once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb," was charged with supporting terrorism. (He was later convicted and sentenced to 17 years, four months in prison.)
2005
Angela Merkel took power as Germany's first female chancellor.
2005
Ted Koppel hosted his final edition of ABC News' "Nightline."
