On this day: November 22
POSTED: 11:09 PM PST Nov 20, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 21, 2012
A notorious pirate is captured and killed, RCA Victor buys Elvis' contract from Sun Records, the nation mourns a president, The Beatles release "The White Album," and "Toy Story" premieres, all on this day.
Library of Congress
1898: Wiley Post, a famed American aviator and the first pilot to fly solo around the world, is born in Van Zandt County, Texas. Post would be killed with cowboy and film star Will Rogers on Aug. 15, 1935, when their plane develops engine problems at takeoff and crashes in Barrow, Alaska.
