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Today In History: November 22nd, 2022

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in 1718, Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard, was killed by Lt. Maynard at Ocrocoke Inlet.

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November 22, 2022

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – It’s now time to turn our spotlight on events that shaped the day that was November 22nd including a heated row in the House of Assembly.

On this day in 1718, Edward Teach, more famously known as Blackbeard, was killed by Lieutenant Maynard at Ocrocoke Inlet off the coast of North Carolina.

It was a bloody battle during which Maynard inflicted more than 25 wounds on Blackbeard’s body. When it was finished, to prove that he had finally killed the feared pirate, Maynard sailed into Bath Town with Blackbeard’s head dangling from the bowsprit of his ship.

Blackbeard, is by far the most notorious pirate to have lived in The Bahamas. His pirating career lasted about five years, and it is estimated that in that time he captured about 40 ships.

And, in 1965, a very heated debate took place in the House of Assembly when Sir Stafford Sands, Minister of Finance and Tourism and Acting Premier, revealed for the first time that his government was prepared to agree to the transfer of the existing gambling license from the venerable Bahamian Club, to a new facility to be built on Paradise Island.

Also, in 1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. It was the most notorious political murder in recent American history, when Kennedy, the 35th U.S. President (1961–63), was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas, while riding in an open car.

Then in 1986 – with a second-round knockout of Trevor Berbick, 20-year-old Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history.

1990 saw the resignation of Margaret Thatcher announced as British prime minister, after a split occurred in the ranks of the conservative party.

In 1995, Pixar’s Toy Story, the first entirely computer-animated feature-length film, was released and became a critical and commercial hit.

Finally in 2005, German politician Angela Merkel was sworn in as the country’s chancellor, becoming the first woman to hold the post.