What happened on November 29? There are more than 283 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About November 29
November 29 is the 334th day of the year 2024. There are 32 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday. This day falls under the 48th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Dallas, Texas 75346 sunrise will occur at 07:09 AM and sunset will occur at 05:22 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Sagittarius. The modern birthstone for this month is Topaz while the mystical birthstone is Pearl.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 61 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For November 29
- 800Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
- 1394The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
- 1776American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
- 1777San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
- 1781The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
- 1830November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia’s rule in Poland begins.
- 1847The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
- 1847Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
- 1850The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
- 1864American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – A Confederate advance into Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army. General John Bell Hood is angered, which leads to the Battle of Franklin.
- 1864Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
- 1872Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
- 1877Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
- 1881Spokan Falls (today the city of Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.
- 1885End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy
- 1890The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
- 1893The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
- 1929U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
- 1943The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.
- 1944Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans.
- 1944The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
- 1945The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
- 1947My Trach Massacre: First Indochina War.
- 1947The Partition Plan: the United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Israel.
- 1950Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
- 1952Korean 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.
- 1961Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
- 1963Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
- 1963U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1965The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
- 1967Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
- 1972Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
- 1983Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
- 1987Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
- 1990Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
- 2007A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad.
- 2007The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
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Who Were Born On November 29?
- 1338Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368)
- 1427Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464)
- 1484Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
- 1627John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)
- 1690Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
- 1752Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher, settler of Jerusalem & Watkins Glen, New York (p. 7/1/1819)
- 1781Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
- 1786Syed Ahmad Shaheed, Indian Muslim revolutionist
- 1797Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
- 1798Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
- 1799Amos Bronson Alcott, American writer, Transcendentalist philosopher, 1st superintendent for a school district (d. 1888)
- 1802Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and novelist (d. 1827)
- 1803Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)
- 1803Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
- 1813Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
- 1816Morrison Waite, American jurist (d. 1888)
- 1818George Brown, Scottish-born Canadian journalist and politician, one of the Fathers of Confederation (d. 1880)
- 1818William Ellery Channing (poet) Transcendentalist poet (d. 1901)
- 1825Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
- 1832Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)
- 1835Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (d. 1908)
- 1849Sir John Ambrose Fleming, British physicist (d. 1945)
- 1856Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German statesman (d. 1921)
- 1857Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
- 1874Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
- 1874Francis Dodd, British artist (d. 1949)
- 1876Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician and 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
- 1879Jacob Gade, Danish composer(d. 1963)
- 1881Artur Phleps, German Waffen-SS officer (d. 1944)
- 1881Julius Raab, Austrian politician (d. 1964)
- 1882Henri Fabre, Aviation Pioneer (d. 1984)
- 1888Joe Slater, Australian Rules footballer (d. 1917)
- 1894Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
- 1895Busby Berkeley, American film director and choreographer (d. 1976)
- 1895William Tubman, Liberian politician (d. 1971)
- 1896Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
- 1898C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
- 1899Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
- 1901Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
- 1904Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
- 1905Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1991)
- 1908Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American civil rights leader and politician (d. 1972)
- 1908N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
- 1910Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (d. 1961)
- 1915Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
- 1916Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1917Merle Travis, American singer/guitarist (d. 1983)
- 1917Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French film director
- 1918Madeleine L'Engle, American author (d. 2007)
- 1920Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician
- 1921Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)
- 1921Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
- 1922Michael Howard, British born American historian
- 1922Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
- 1926Tofik Bakhramov, Azerbaijani linesman (d. 1993)
- 1927Vin Scully, American baseball announcer
- 1928Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
- 1928Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
- 1930Shirley Porter, English politician
- 1931André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
- 1931Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
- 1932Jacques Chirac, French politician
- 1933James Rosenquist, American artist
- 1933John Mayall, British blues musician
- 1935Diane Ladd, American actress
- 1938Gene Okerlund, American wrestling interviewer and announcer
- 1938Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (d. 1996)
- 1939Domenico Monardo, American record producer
- 1939Peter Bergman, American comedian
- 1940Chuck Mangione, American musician
- 1940Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2007)
- 1941Bill Freehan, American baseball player
- 1942Chatrichalerm Yukol, Thai film director
- 1942Felix Cavaliere, American musician
- 1942Maggie Thompson, American magazine editor
- 1942Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
- 1943Sue Miller, American author
- 1946Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1946Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
- 1947Petra Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
- 1947Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist
- 1949Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor and writer
- 1949Jerry Lawler, American wrestler
- 1949Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
- 1949Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
- 1951Barry Goudreau, American musician (Boston)
- 1951Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
- 1952Jeff Fahey, American actor
- 1953Alex Grey, American artist
- 1953Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1954Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer
- 1954Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 2006)
- 1955C. David Johnson, Canadian actor
- 1955Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian
- 1956Eric Laakso, American football player
- 1956Hinton Battle, American dancer
- 1956Leo Laporte, American television personality
- 1957Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security
- 1957Matthew Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands Licensing
- 1958Devon Scott, American actress
- 1958Michael Dempsey, English musician (The Cure)
- 1959Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
- 1959Rahm Emanuel, American politician
- 1959Rich Camarillo, American football player
- 1959Richard Borcherds, Fields Medal winner
- 1960Cathy Moriarty, American actress
- 1960Howard Johnson, American baseball player
- 1961Kim Delaney, American actress
- 1961Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
- 1962Andrew McCarthy, American actor
- 1962Andy LaRocque Swedish musician (King Diamond)
- 1964Cork Graham, American journalist, actor and author
- 1964Don Cheadle, American actor
- 1964Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer
- 1964Tom Sizemore, American actor
- 1965Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian
- 1965Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
- 1966John Layfield, American professional wrestler
- 1967Zbigniew Szewczyk, Polish footballer
- 1968Howard K. Stern, American attorney and reality TV personality
- 1968Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
- 1969Kasey Keller, American soccer player
- 1969Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
- 1969Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
- 1970Frank Delgado, American keyboardist (Deftones)
- 1970Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
- 1971Brad May, Canadian hockey player
- 1971Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
- 1971Gregory Byrne, American college administrator
- 1972Brian Baumgartner, American actor
- 1972Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player
- 1972Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
- 1972Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
- 1973Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
- 1973Sarah Jones, American playwright
- 1974Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
- 1974Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1975Andreas Ioannides, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1975Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
- 1976Anna Faris, American actress
- 1976Chris Akins, American football safety
- 1976Ehren McGhehey, American actor
- 1976Lindsay Mintenko, American swimmer
- 1976Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
- 1977Juan José Gurruchaga, Chilean actor
- 1977Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
- 1978Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
- 1978Benjamín Vicuña, Chilean actor
- 1978Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1978Lauren German, American actress
- 1978Ludwika Paleta, Polish/Mexican actress
- 1979Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
- 1979Game, American rapper
- 1979Neal Horgan, Irish footballer
- 1979Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter
- 1980Brian Wolfe, American baseball player
- 1980Chun Jung Myung, Korean actor
- 1981Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
- 1982Ashley Force, American race car driver
- 1982Imogen Thomas, Welsh reality TV star
- 1982Krystal Steal American pornographic actress
- 1982Lucas Black, American actor
- 1983Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984Sitti Navarro, Philippine bossa nova artist
- 1985Shannon Brown, American basketball player
- 1987Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
- 1991Zac Sunderland, American sailor
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Who Died On November 29?
- 741Pope Gregory III
- 1253Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
- 1268Pope Clement IV
- 1314Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
- 1330Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (b. 1287)
- 1342Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
- 1378Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
- 1530Thomas Wolsey, English religious figure (b. c. 1470)
- 1590Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
- 1595Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533)
- 1600Nanda, King of Burma (b. 1535)
- 1626Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (b. c. 1580)
- 1632Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
- 1643Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567)
- 1643William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
- 1646Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
- 1661Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
- 1694Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (b. 1628)
- 1695James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
- 1699Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
- 1759Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
- 1780Queen Maria Theresa of Austria (b. 1717)
- 1797Samuel Langdon, American university president (b. 1723)
- 1830John Maurice Hauke, Polish professional soldier, general (b. 1775)
- 1847Marcus Whitman, Washington state pioneer (b. 1802)
- 1883Emperor Hiep Hoa, the sixth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (b. 1847)
- 1924Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1858)
- 1927George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
- 1939Philipp Scheidemann, German statesman (b. 1865)
- 1942Boyd Wagner, American World War II fighter pilot (b. 1916)
- 1953Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
- 1953Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
- 1953Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)
- 1954Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)
- 1957Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
- 1967Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian Communist politician (b. 1886)
- 1972Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
- 1974James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905)
- 1975Graham Hill, English race car driver (b. 1929)
- 1980Dorothy Day, American journalist (b. 1897)
- 1980George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)
- 1981Fredric Wertham, German psychologist (b. 1895)
- 1981Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
- 1982Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b. 1908)
- 1984Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)
- 1986Cary Grant, British-born American actor (b. 1904)
- 1987Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
- 1991Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1992Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1993J. R. D. Tata, Indian businessman, Industrialist, and pilot (b.1904)
- 1996Dan Flavin, American artist (b. 1933)
- 1998Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
- 1998Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (b. 1947)
- 1999Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
- 1999Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese naval officer (b. 1918)
- 2001George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1943)
- 2001John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
- 2001Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
- 2002Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
- 2002George “Two Ton” Harris, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
- 2003Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
- 2004Anne Samson, Canadian Nun and supercentenarian (b. 1891)
- 2004Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
- 2004John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2005David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
- 2005Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
- 2006Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
- 2007Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
- 2007James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
- 2007Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
- 2007Roger Bonham Smith, American automobile executive (b. 1925)
- 2007Tom Terrell, American musicologist (b. 1950)
- 2008Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
- 2009Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
- 2010Alfred Masini, American television producer (b. 1930)
- 2010Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (b. 1937)
- 2010Mario Monicelli, Italian film director (b. 1915)
- 2010Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)
- 2010Stephen J. Solarz, American politician (b. 1940)
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