November 22, 1942 (Sunday) During Operation Uranus the Red Army secured the vital bridge over the Don River at Kalach-na-Donu west of Stalingrad. The new German army group Army Group Don was created with Erich von Manstein in command. Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist was made Commander-in-Chief of Army Group A.

The 2008 United States elections were held on November 4.Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the presidential election, and Democrats bolstered their majority in both Houses of Congress.. Obama won his party's presidential nomination after defeating Senator Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primaries.With Republican President George W. Bush term-limited, …

Sărbătoarea cunoscută sub numele de Halloween a fost influențată, de-a lungul secolelor, de numeroase culturi. În Imperiul Roman era Ziua Pomona, la celtici era festivalul Samhain, iar la creștini Sărbătoarea Tuturor Sfinților.. Istoricul Nicholas Rogers, care a cercetat originile Halloweenului, observă că în timp ce „unii folcloriști i-au detectat originile în sărbătoarea ...