'''November 29''' is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian_calendar. There are 32 days remaining.
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==Events==
*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.
*1781 - The slave ship ''Zong'' dumps its living cargo into the sea in order to claim insurance.
*1830 - November_Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
*1845 - The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri_Dufour.
*1847 - Whitman_Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse_War.
*1864 - Indian_Wars: Sand_Creek_Massacre - Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John_Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado_Territory.
*1872 - Indian_Wars: The Modoc_War begins with the Battle_of_Lost_River.
*1877 - Thomas_Edison demonstrates his Phonograph for the first time.
*1890 - The Meiji_Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
*1890 - In West_Point,_New_York, the United_States_Naval_Academy defeats the United_States_Military_Academy 24-0 in the first Army-Navy_football_game.
*1893 - Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan_University, was founded by Zhang_Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing_Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne was approved by the Qing Government.
*1915 - Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa_Catalina_Island in California.
*1922 - Howard_Carter opened the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen ("King Tut") to the public.
*1929 - U.S. Admiral Richard_Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South_Pole.
*1943 - The 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.
*1944 - The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred_Blalock and Vivien_Thomas.
*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.
*1961 - The U.S. Spacecraft Mercury-Atlas_5 is launched with Enos, a chimpanzee, aboard (the spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto_Rico).
*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 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
*1965 - Canadian satellite Alouette_2 is launched.
*1967 - Vietnam_War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert_McNamara announces his resignation.
*1972 - Nolan_Bushnell (founder of Atari) released Pong (the first commercially successful Video_game) in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, Calif.
*1975 - The name "Micro-soft" (for "Microcomputer Software") is first used in a letter from Bill_Gates to Paul_Allen.
*1981 - Actress Natalie_Wood drowns during a boating accident off Santa_Catalina_Island,_California.
*1982 - Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan: The United_Nations__General_Assembly passes United_Nations_Resolution_37/37, stating that Soviet_Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
*1987 - A Korean_Air Boeing_707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
*1990 - Gulf_War: The United_Nations_Security_Council passes UN_Security_Council_Resolution_678, authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that nation did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January_15, 1991.
*1992 - Dennis_Byrd of the New_York_Jets is temporarily paralyzed by a neck injury during a football game against the Kansas_City_Chiefs.
*2005 - New Croatian_Communist_Party (KPH) is founded in Vukovar.
==Births==
*1338 - Lionel_of_Antwerp,_1st_Duke_of_Clarence, son of Edward_III_of_England (d. 1368)
*1427 - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464)
*1484 - Joachim_Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
*1627 - John_Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)
*1690 - Christian_Augustus_of_Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine_II_of_Russia (d. 1747)
*1752 - Jemima_Wilkinson, American preacher (d. 1819)
*1762 - Pierre-Andre_Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
*1781 - Andrés_Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, teacher, philosopher and sociologist (d. 1865)
*1797 - Gaetano_Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
*1799 - Amos_Bronson_Alcott, American writer and educator (d. 1888)
*1802 - Wilhelm_Hauff, German poet and novelist (d. 1827)
*1803 - Christian_Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)
* 1803 - Gottfried_Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
*1813 - Franz_von_Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
*1816 - Morrison_Waite, 7th Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States (d. 1888)
*1825 - Jean-Martin_Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
*1832 - Louisa_May_Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)
*1849 - Sir John_Ambrose_Fleming, British physicist (d. 1945)
*1856 - Theobald_von_Bethmann_Hollweg, Chancellor_of_Germany (d. 1921)
*1874 - Egas_Moniz, Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
*1876 - Nellie_Tayloe_Ross, American politician (d. 1977)
*1881 - Julius_Raab, Chancellor_of_Austria (d. 1964)
*1894 - Lucille_Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
*1895 - Busby_Berkeley, American film director, and choreographer (d. 1976)
*1895 - William_Tubman, President_of_Liberia (d. 1971)
*1896 - Yakima_Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
*1898 - C._S._Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
*1901 - Mildred_Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
*1904 - Egon_Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
*1908 - Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr., American civil rights leader and politician (d. 1972)
*1915 - Billy_Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
*1916 - Fran_Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
*1917 - Merle_Travis, American singer (d. 1983)
*1918 - Madeleine_L'Engle, American author
*1921 - Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)
*1927 - Vin_Scully, baseball announcer
*1928 - Paul Simon, U.S. Senator (d. 2003)
*1932 - Jacques_Chirac, President_of_France
*1932 - Diane_Ladd, American actress
*1933 - John_Mayall, British blues musician
*1939 - Peter Bergman, American comedian
*1940 - Chuck_Mangione, American musician
*1941 - Bill_Freehan, American baseball player
*1941 - Denny_Doherty, American musician (Mamas_and_the_Papas)
*1942 - Philippe_Huttenlocher, Swiss baritone
*1943 - Sue Miller, American author
*1944 - Felix_Cavaliere, American musician and producer
*1947 - Petra_Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
*1949 - Jerry_Lawler, American professional wrestler and commentator
*1949 - Garry_Shandling, American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director
*1951 - Barry_Goudreau, American musician (Boston)
*1953 - Alex_Grey, American artist
*1954 - Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer
*1955 - Howie_Mandel, Canadian actor
*1956 - Hinton_Battle, American dancer
*1956 - Leo_Laporte, American television personality
*1958 - Michael_Dempsey, American musician (The_Cure)
*1960 - Cathy_Moriarty, American actress
*1961 - Kim_Delaney, American actress
*1961 - Tom_Sizemore, American actor
*1963 - Andrew_McCarthy, American actor
*1964 - Don_Cheadle, American actor
*1965 - Ellen_Cleghorne, American comedian
*1967 - John_Layfield, American professional wrestler
*1969 - Mariano_Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
*1969 - Pierre_van_Hooijdonk, Dutch international footballer
*1970 - Mark_Pembridge, Welsh international footballer
*1971 - Gena_Lee_Nolin, American actress
*1973 - Ryan_Giggs, Welsh international footballer
*1976 - Anna_Faris, American actress
*1976 - Ehren_McGhehey, American actor and skateboarder
*1977 - Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
*1982 - Ashley_Force, American race car driver
*1982 - Krystal_Steal, American pornographic actress
*1990 - Blake_&_Dylan_Tuomy-Wilhoit, American actors (''Full_House'')
==Deaths==
*741 - Pope_Gregory_III
*1268 - Pope_Clement_IV
*1314 - King Philip_IV_of_France (b. 1268)
*1330 - Roger_de_Mortimer,_1st_Earl_of_March, de facto ruler of England (b. 1287)
*1342 - Michael_of_Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
*1378 - Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (b. 1316)
*1530 - Cardinal Thomas_Wolsey, adviser to King Henry_VIII_of_England
*1577 - Cuthbert_Mayne, English saint (b. 1543)
*1590 - Philipp_Nikodemus_Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
*1595 - Alonso_de_Ercilla_y_Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533)
*1626 - Ernst,_Graf_von_Mansfield, German soldier
*1632 - Frederick_V,_Elector_Palatine (b. 1596)
*1643 - William_Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
*1643 - Claudio_Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567)
*1646 - Laurentius_Paulinus_Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
*1661 - Brian_Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
*1694 - Marcello_Malpighi, Italian physician (b. 1628)
*1695 - James_Dalrymple,_1st_Viscount_Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
*1699 - Patrick_Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
*1759 - Nicolaus_I_Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
*1780 - Empress Maria_Theresa_of_Austria (b. 1717)
*1797 - Samuel_Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)
*1847 - Marcus_Whitman, Washington state pioneer (b. 1802)
*1924 - Giacomo_Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1858)
*1953 - Sam_De_Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)
*1954 - Dink_Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)
*1957 - Erich_Wolfgang_Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
*1974 - Carl_Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
*1975 - Graham_Hill, British motor racing driver and Formula 1 world champion (b. 1929)
*1979 - Zeppo_Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
*1981 - Fredric_Wertham, German-born psychologist (b. 1895)
*1981 - Natalie_Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
*1982 - Percy_Williams, Canadian athlete (b. 1908)
*1984 - Gotthard_Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)
*1986 - Cary_Grant, British-born American actor (b. 1904)
*1991 - Frank_Yerby, American author (b. 1916)
*1998 - Martin_Ruane, British professional wrestler (b. 1947)
*1999 - Gene_Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
*2001 - George_Harrison, British singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
*2001 - John_Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
*2004 - John_Drew_Barrymore, American actor (b. 1929)
*2004 - Harry_Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
*2005 - David_di_Tommaso, French football player (b. 1979)
*2005 - Wendie_Jo_Sperber, American television/film comedic actress (b. 1962)
==Holidays and observances==
*Feast days of the following Saints in the Roman_Catholic_Church:
** Saint Saturnin
** Saint Cuthbert Mayne, Martyr
** Radbod
** Brendan_of_Birr or Brendan_the_Younger
** Denis of the Nativity and Redemptus of the Cross
* Albania - Liberation_Day ''(Dita e Çlirimit)''
*Israel - ''Kaftet be-November'' (commemoration of the U.N. decision in 1947 to partition Palestina)
* International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
* former Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia - Republic_Day
== External links ==
* BBC: On This Day
* ''The New York Times'': On This Day
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