1. In 1909, the first "Meet the Press" radio broadcast was recorded in Chicago, Illinois. "Meet the Press" is the longest-running TV show in the world, and it has a long history in the state of Illinois.

2. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. While this event didn't take place in Illinois, it had a significant impact on the state and the nation as a whole.

3. The Illinois National Guard was activated on November 22, 1972, in response to a coal mining strike that had been ongoing for several months. The strike lasted for more than a year, and it was a major event in Illinois labor history.

4. In 1984, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the state's death penalty was constitutional. The ruling paved the way for several high-profile executions in the years that followed.

5. On November 22, 2014, a police officer in Chicago fatally shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The shooting sparked protests and calls for police reform in the city, as well as nationwide.