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Seminole family in Indian camp, 1916

The indigenous people of the Everglades region arrived in the Florida peninsula 15,000 years ago. The Paleo-Indians found an arid landscape. Climate changes 6,500 years ago brought a wetter landscape, and the Paleo-Indians slowly adapted to the new conditions. Archaeologists call the cultures that resulted Archaic peoples, from whom two major tribes emerged: the Calusa and the Tequesta. Spanish explorers sought to convert and conquer them. Isolated groups may have been assimilated into the Seminole nation, which formed in northern Florida when a band of Creeks consolidated surviving members of pre-Columbian societies in Florida into their own to become a distinct tribe. Seminoles were forced into the Everglades by the U.S. military during the Seminole Wars from 1835 to 1842. Seminoles continue to live in the Everglades region, and support themselves with casino gaming on six reservations located throughout the state. ( Full article... )

685 First Avenue

• ... that, although Richard Meier mostly designed white buildings, he used a black facade for 685 First Avenue (pictured) because of his close relationship with its developer?
• ... that in 2023 Nick McKenzie won what was dubbed "the defamation trial of the century" against Ben Roberts-Smith ?
• ... that Jilly Cooper published volumes of nature diaries , as well as compilations of journalism and other non-fiction ?
• ... that Aline Sitoe Diatta was declared a "heroine of Senegal" when her death was announced, nearly forty years after she died?
• ... that Lick Creek , a settlement of freeborn Black people, used to exist in Hoosier National Forest?
• ... that Christian Dahl explored the Ob river, paving the way for a trade route from Siberia to Western Europe?
• ... that Shockwave at Six Flags Great America was the first roller coaster to turn riders upside down seven times?
• ... that the 110th U.S. Open Cup final was the first in the tournament's history to have an all-women team of referees?
• ... that Cianna Lieffers was once told to buy a ticket for a hockey game she was about to referee?

Sheikh Hasina

• Former prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina (pictured) is found guilty of crimes against humanity in absentia by a Bangladeshi tribunal and sentenced to death.
• In Canadian football, the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Montreal Alouettes to win the Grey Cup .
• In motorcycle racing, Marc Márquez wins the MotoGP World Championship .
• The High Court of Justice in London rules BHP liable for the 2015 Mariana dam disaster in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

November 22

King Juan Carlos I of Spain

• 1718 – The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina.
• 1873 – The French steamship Ville du Havre collided with a Scottish iron clipper in the North Atlantic and sank with the loss of 226 lives.
• 1910 – The crews of three Brazilian warships – all commissioned only months before  – and several smaller vessels mutinied against perceived "slavery" being practised in the Brazilian Navy.
• 1975 – Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I (pictured) was declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco.
• 1995 – Toy Story , the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States.