November 22: Facts & Historical Events On This Day

After 20 years of work, the Leaning Tower of Pisa had its lean corrected by 17.7 inches (45 cm).

A baby girl named Vanellope Wilkins had her heart successfully put back inside her body.

She was the first baby born in the UK to survive being born with a condition that had her heart form outside her body. It took three operations to have her heart put inside her chest. She left the hospital on February 7, 2019.

A 100-vehicle pile-up on a highway in Texas killed two people and injured 120 more.

A heavy fog caused the pile-up.

YouTube Live had the largest viewed broadcast ever, with guest artists performing from San Francisco and Tokyo.

It featured performances from celebrities like The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, Katy Perry, and more.

Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany.

Officially called the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, this position is the head of the German government. The German chancellor is also the commander in chief of the German military.

Riots broke out between Muslims and Christians, in Nigeria, over the Miss World Competition, which killed around 250 and left over 10,000 people homeless.

American country singer Toby Keith released his single “How Do You Like Me Now?!”

It was Billboard's Song of the Year for 2000.

OPEC announced it planned to roll over the current oil production quota to 25.42 million barrels daily.

The Sega Saturn was released in Japan.

The original Sega Saturn had a grey/blue color scheme when it was first released in Japan. The first shipment of 200,000 consoles sold out on the first day of sales.

Neil Simon’s play “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” opened at Richard Rodger’s New York City theatre.

The Discovery Space Shuttle was launched on the fifth Department of Defense shuttle mission.

Known as mission STS-33, it was the 32nd shuttle mission and the last to fly in the 1980s. After orbiting the Earth for seven cycles, Discovery deployed a top-secret US military satellite. It's believed that the satellite was a spy satellite designed to listen in on military and civilian communications from communist nations.

Carl J.E. Eliason, from Sayner, Wisconsin, was awarded his patent for the “motor toboggan,” the world’s first motorized snow vehicle.

The Melbourne cable tramway system opened the Victoria Bridge line in Melbourne, Australia.

The second Earl Grey, famous for his tea brand, became Prime Minister of Britain.