Event:
China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight
More Notable Events on November 22:
1990 George Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia
1972 U.S. ends 22 year travel ban to China
1969 Isolation of single gene announced by scientists at Harvard
1968 1st interracial TV kiss, Star Trek-Kirk and Uhura
1842 Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts
