Today in History: Thursday, November 22, 2012

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.

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.

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.

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 "60 Minutes" aired video 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 reform 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.

2005 Ted Koppel hosted his final edition of ABC News' "Nightline."

2005 The Microsoft video game console Xbox 360 went on sale.