On this day ...

NOVEMBER 22

1428: Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick, so-called Kingmaker who was the power behind the throne during the Wars Of The Roses, was born.

1718: Edward Teach, English pirate who sailed under the name of Blackbeard, was killed off the coast of North Carolina.

1808: Thomas Cook, who pioneered the holiday package tour, was born in Derbyshire.

1819: Mary Ann Evans, who took the pseudonym George Eliot and wrote The Mill On The Floss, was born in Arbury, Warwickshire.

1830: Container transport was introduced by Pickfords, the carriers, in an agreement with the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company.

1913: Composer Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft.

1946: The first ballpoint pen went on sale, invented by Hungarian Laszlo Biro.

1963: John F Kennedy, above, president of the United States, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

1975: The monarchy was restored in Spain when Juan Carlos was sworn in as King in Madrid.

ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: Coffee is ‘more likely to benefit health than harm’, a new review found BIRTHDAYS: John Bird, actor and satirist, 82; Terry Gilliam, animator/film-maker, 78; Tom Conti, actor, 77; Billie-Jean King, former tennis player, 75; Jamie Lee Curtis, above, actress, 60; Boris Becker, former tennis player, 51.