November 29
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November 29 is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events[change]
- 1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
- 1864 – Indian Wars: Colorado volunteers, led by Colonel Chivington, massacre at least 150 people from the Cheyenne and Arapaho groups, who were unarmed, inside Colorado Territory.
- 1864 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Spring Hill, in the Confederate advance into Tennessee, the Confederates fail to crush the Union Army.
- 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
- 1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan.
- 1922 – Howard Carter opened the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun ("King Tut") to the public.
- 1944 – Albania is liberated by Albanian partisans.
- 1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
- 1947 – The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine.
- 1950 – Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
- 1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
- 1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1963 – Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8, crashes near Montreal shortly after take-off, killing 118 people.
- 1967 – Vietnam War: US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara resigns.
- 1975 – The name "Micro-soft" (for "microcomputer software") is first used in a letter from Bill Gates to Paul Allen.
- 1982 – The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
- 1987 – Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155 people.
- 1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes UN Security Council Resolution 678, allowing military action in Iraq if that nation did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
- 2007 – Martinique is struck by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake.
- 2008 – The 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks come to an end after a stand-off at the Taj Mahal Hotel.
Births[change]
- 1338 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (d. 1368)
- 1427 – Zhengtong Emperor of China (d. 1464)
- 1797 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
- 1799 – Amos Bronson Alcott, American writer and educator (d. 1888)
- 1802 – Wilhelm Hauff, German poet (d. 1827)
- 1803 – Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)
- 1803 – Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
- 1825 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
- 1832 – Louisa May Alcott, American writer (d. 1888)
- 1835 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d. 1908)
- 1856 – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1921)
- 1857 – Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian physician and bacteriologist (d. 1911)
- 1874 – Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician (d. 1955)
- 1876 – Nellie Tayloe Ross, 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
- 1891 – Julius Raab, Cancellor of Austria (d. 1964)
- 1895 – Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (d. 1976)
- 1895 – William Tubman, President of Liberia (d. 1971)
- 1898 – C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
- 1915 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist (d. 1974)
- 1918 – Madeleine L'Engle, American writer (d. 2007)
- 1924 – Erik Balling, Danish director (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Ernst Happel, Austrian football manager (d. 1992)
- 1930 – Shirley Porter, British politician
- 1932 – Jacques Chirac, former President of France
- 1933 – John Mayall, English blues singer
- 1933 – James Rosenquist, American artist
- 1938 – Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese Sumo wrestler (d. 1996)
- 1939 – Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (d. 2007)
- 1940 – Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (d. 2007)
- 1941 – Lothar Emmerich, German footballer (d. 2003)
- 1942 – Ann Dunham (d. 1995), mother of Barack Obama
- 1947 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (d. 1992)
- 1949 – Jerry Lawler, American professional wrestler
- 1952 – Jeff Fahey, American actor
- 1953 – Huub Stevens, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1957 – Janet Napolitano, American politician
- 1959 – Rahm Emanuel, American politician
- 1964 – Don Cheadle, American actor
- 1969 – Kasey Keller, American footballer
- 1969 – Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
- 1973 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
- 1974 – Pavol Demitra, Slovakian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1975 – Andreas Ioannides, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1978 – Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1982 – Lucas Black, American actor
- 1982 – John Mensah, Ghanaian footballer
- 1982 – Imogen Thomas, Welsh television personality
- 1985 – Shannon Brown, American basketball player
Deaths[change]
- 1253 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
- 1314 – King Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
- 1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
- 1600 – Nanda, King of Burma (b. 1535)
- 1643 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567)
- 1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
- 1780 – Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, a Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and a Holy Roman Empress. (b. 1717)
- 1872 – Horace Greeley, American newspaper editor and politician (b. 1811)
- 1883 – Hiep Hoa, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1847)
- 1901 – Francisco Pi i Margell, Catalan writer and politician (b. 1824)
- 1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian opera composer (b. 1858)
- 1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
- 1975 – Graham Hill, British racing driver (b. 1929)
- 1979 – Zeppo Marx, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
- 1986 – Cary Grant, British-American actor (b. 1904)
- 1992 – Jean Dieudonne, French mathematician (b. 1906)
- 2001 – George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1943)
- 2004 – Anne Samson, Canadian nun and supercentenarian (b. 1891)
- 2005 – David di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
- 2008 – Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
- 2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (b. 1937)
- 2010 – Mario Monicelli, Italian movie director (b. 1915)
- 2010 – Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)
Observances[change]
- International Day for Solidarity with the Palestinian people
- Liberation Day (Albania)
- Tubman Day (Liberia)
