Today in History: November 22, Genocide conviction in Srebenica massacre
In the modern day is Saturday Nov the th day of There are days left in the year In current times in history On Nov Ratko Mladi the Bosnian Serb general whose forces carried out the Srebrenica massacre of the worst massacre in Europe since World War II was convicted of genocide and other crimes by the United Nations Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and sentenced to life behind bars Also on this date In English pirate Edward Teach better known as Blackbeard was killed during a battle with British naval forces near Ocracoke Island in North Carolina Related Articles Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia former Trump loyalist says she is resigning from Congress Flu activity is low but experts worry about a new strain and vaccination rates Kashoggi s widow and Democrats demand release of a call transcript with Trump and Saudi crown prince Coast Guard reverses program on approach to call swastikas and nooses potentially divisive In contemporary times in History November Navy intelligence analyst accused of spying for Israel In a flying boat the China Clipper took off from Alameda California carrying more than pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight In John F Kennedy the th president of the United States was shot to death during a motorcade in Dallas Texas Gov John B Connally riding in the same car as Kennedy was seriously wounded Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested Vice President Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in as president In -year-old Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history stopping WBC titleholder Trevor Berbick in the second round of their championship bout in Las Vegas In British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher having failed to win reelection to the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot broadcasted she would resign In Angela Merkel took office as Germany s first female chancellor In a panicked crush at a festival in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh left nearly dead and hundreds injured in what the prime minister called the country s biggest tragedy since the s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge In a Walmart manager pulled out a handgun before a routine employee meeting and began firing wildly in the break room of a company store in Chesapeake Virginia killing six people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself In current times s Birthdays Actor-filmmaker Terry Gilliam is Hockey Hall of Famer Jacques Laperri re is Astronaut Guion Bluford is Tennis Hall of Famer Billie Jean King is Rock musician-actor Steven Van Zandt is Rock musician Tina Weymouth Talking Heads is Actor Richard Kind is Actor Jamie Lee Curtis is Actor Mads Mikkelsen is Actor Mark Ruffalo is Tennis Hall of Famer Boris Becker is Actor Scarlett Johansson is Actor Alden Ehrenreich is Actor Dacre Montgomery is Actor Auli i Cravalho is
