Born on 22 November 1953

At A Glance

22 November 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

22 November 1953 was a Sunday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Vaya con Dios” by Les Paul & Mary Ford was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1953

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1953 was Peter Pan.

Star sign

The star sign for 22 November is Sagittarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 22 November 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for November is Topaz.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 22 November 1953 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 22 November

• 1940 World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
• 1942 World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
• 1943 World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
• 1943 Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.
• 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.

Famous people born on 22 November

• Scarlett Johansson, American actress (born 1984)
• Mark Ruffalo, American actor (born 1967)
• Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress (born 1958)
• Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, President of France (1890–1970)

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