Reuters historical calendar - November 22

London, Nov 21 (Reuters) Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 22 since 1900: 1916 - The American writer Jack London, author of the novels ''White Fang'' and ''Call of the Wild'', died aged 40.

1943 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Franklin Roosevelt and Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss the war against Japan.

1943 - Lorenz Hart, the American lyricist who formed a partnership with Richard Rodgers, died. Among his best known songs are ''Isn't it Romantic?'' and ''The Lady is a Tramp''.

1963 - US President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, aged 46.

1975 - Juan Carlos was sworn in as the first Spanish king since 1931. General Francisco Franco, ruler of Spain since 1939, had died two days earlier.

1977 - After two years of legal wrangling, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner Concorde began regular flights to New York from London and Paris.

1980 - Mae West, movie star and sex symbol of the 1920s and 1930s, died aged 87. Famed for her wit, she also wrote many of the plays in which she starred.

1989 - Newly elected Lebanese president Rene Muawad was ssassinated in West Beirut while driving in a motorcade to celebrate Independence Day. Sixteen others also died.

1990 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned after 11 years in office.

1991 - The UN Security Council picked Egyptian deputy prime minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali to succeed Javier Perez de Cuellar as UN secretary-general.

1997 - Australia's most successful rock singer, Michael Hutchence, was found dead in a Sydney luxury hotel. He was 37.

2002 - Nigeria decided to abandon the Miss World contest following a third day of Muslim-Christian violence in Kaduna triggered by the event. At least 215 people died in the rioting.

2005 - Angela Merkel was elected Germany's first woman chancellor by parliament after her Christian Democrats won a national election.

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