Historical Events on November 29, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on November 29th This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington. |
| 2007 | The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny. |
| 1987 | North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew. |
| 1986 | The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children. |
| 1972 | Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game. |
| 1967 | U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation. |
| 1963 | U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. |
| 1963 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board. |
| 1963 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom. |
| 1961 | Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico. |
| 1952 | 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. |
| 1947 | The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine. |
| 1947 | French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War. |
| 1945 | The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared. |
| 1944 | Albania is liberated by the Partisans. |
| 1943 | The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). |
| 1929 | U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole. |
| 1899 | FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams. |
| 1890 | The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes. |
| 1877 | Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time. |
| 1872 | The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River. |
| 1864 | Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory. |
| 1864 | The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill. |
| 1863 | Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders in the American Civil War. |
| 1850 | The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation. |
| 1847 | The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour. |
| 1847 | Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War. |
| 1830 | An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins. |
| 1807 | John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil. |
| 1783 | A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey. |
| 1781 | The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre. |
| 1777 | San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California. |
| 1776 | During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements. |
| 1732 | The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy. |
| 1729 | Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi. |
| 1612 | The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India. |
| 1549 | The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins. |
| 1114 | A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks. |
| 903 | The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama. |
| 618 | The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan. |
| 561 | Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom. |
Famous People Born on November 29
Here is a random list who born on November 29. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer |
| 1895 | William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (d. 1971) |
| 1959 | Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago |
| 1752 | The Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (d. 1819) |
| 1831 | Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier (d. 1862) |
| 1856 | Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1921) |
| 1937 | Eric Barnes, English footballer (d. 2014) |
| 1959 | Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic |
| 1951 | Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter |
| 1910 | Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director (d. 1961) |
Famous People Deaths On November 29
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on November 29. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1954 | Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892) |
| 1967 | Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886) |
| 2014 | Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (b. 1946) |
| 1530 | Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1473) |
| 1253 | Otto II, duke of Bavaria (b. 1206) |
| 2022 | Derek Granger, British film and television producer and screenwriter (b. 1921) |
| 1643 | William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (b. 1611) |
| 1987 | Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901) |
| 1972 | Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888) |
| 1975 | Graham Hill plane crash |
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