On This Day: November 22nd

A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves seven workers dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.

While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.

During the Cambodian water festival, a stampede in Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, kills 347 people.

The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.

Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.

A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership.

NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.

The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.

Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier.