On this day... November 22:

On this day...

November 22:  Alphabet Day in Albania (1908); Independence Day inLebanon (1943) 1718 – The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of North Carolina, ending his reign of terror in theCaribbean. 1812 – War of 1812: During a punitive expedition against Native American villages, a contingent of Indiana Rangers wereambushed by Kickapoo, Winnebago, and Shawnee warriors. 1910 – The crews of the Brazilian warships Minas Geraes, São Paulo, Bahia—all of which had been commissioned only months before—and several smaller warships mutinied in what became known as the Revolt of the Lash. 1967 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously adoptedResolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. 2004 – Massive protests (pictured) started across Ukraine due to allegations that the presidential election between sitting Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was rigged.