Birthdays occurring on November, 22

1744

Abigail Adams was born on November 22, 1744 American letter writer and first lady (1797-1801), wife of John Adams, 2nd US president, and mother of John Quincy Adams, 6th US president, 1744-1818 I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. More quotations from Abigail Adams

1819

George Eliot was born on November 22, 1819 English Victorian novelist. Pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, 1819-1880 It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us. More quotations from George Eliot

1857

George Gissing was born on November 22, 1857 It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched. More quotations from George Gissing

1869

Andre Gide was born on November 22, 1869 French writer, humanist and moralist, 1947 nobel prize for literature, 1869-1951 It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you are not. More quotations from Andre Gide

1890

Charles de Gaulle was born on November 22, 1890 French general, writer and statesman, 1890-1970 France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war. More quotations from Charles de Gaulle

Deaths occurring on November, 22

1916

Jack London died on November 22, 1916 American short-story writer and novelist whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. One of the most extensively translated of American authors. 1876-1916 I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. More quotations from Jack London

1944

Sir Arthur Eddington died on November 22, 1944 English astronomer, physicist and mathematician, 1882-1944 We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong. More quotations from Sir Arthur Eddington

1963

John Fitzgerald Kennedy died on November 22, 1963 American 35th US president (1961-63), 1917-1963 All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents More quotations from John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963

Aldous Huxley died on November 22, 1963 English novelist and critic, 1894-1963 Chastity - the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions. More quotations from Aldous Huxley