Notable Historical Events on November 29th
November 29th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
526 |
Antioch in modern day Syria struck by Earthquake, about 250,000 die |
799 |
Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome |
1349 |
Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred |
1516 |
Treaty of Freiburg: French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty |
1561 |
Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland |
1573 |
Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands |
1581 |
Doornik (Tournai) surrenders to Duke of Parma |
1596 |
King Philip II devalues Spanish currency |
1745 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester & occupies Carlisle |
1760 |
French commandant Beletre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers |
1775 |
Sir James Jay invents invisible ink |
1781 |
Crew of the slave ship Zong murder approx. 142 African slaves by dumping them into the sea in order to claim insurance. |
1791 |
Chatham Islands sighted by HMS Chatham commanded by William Broughton |
1803 |
Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent |
1812 |
Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia |
1813 |
Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance |
1825 |
1st Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC) |
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 |
Indians kill Washington state pioneers Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, and 12 others in Walla Walla Ore |
1850 |
The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation. |
1863 |
Battle of Ft Sanders, TN (Ft Loudon), 8-900 casualities |
1864 |
4th & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia |
1864 |
Battle of Spring Hill, TN (Thomason's Station) |
1864 |
Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado militia kills about 150 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians including Cheyenne chief One-Eye |
1870 |
Compulsory education proclaimed in England |
1872 |
Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River. |
1877 |
US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time |
1887 |
US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii |
1890 |
1st US Army - US Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point |
1893 |
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. |
1897 |
1st motorcycle race (Surrey, England) |
1900 |
General Horatio Kitchener assumes command of the British forces in South Africa from General Lord Roberts |
1901 |
East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved & opened |
1902 |
Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der arme Heinrich" premieres in Vienna |
1910 |
The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine. |
1913 |
5th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2 |
1915 |
Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California. |
1916 |
US declares martial law in Dominican Republic |
1918 |
Serbia annexes Montenegro |
1921 |
Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C |
1921 |
Z Parenteau & Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki" premieres in NYC |
1924 |
12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3 |
1924 |
NHL's Montreal Forum opens |
1926 |
Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager |
1926 |
W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife" premieres in NYC |
1929 |
Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was wrong) |
1932 |
Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee" premieres in NYC |
1932 |
France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union |
1932 |
USSR & France sign no attack treaty |
1933 |
1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania) |
1933 |
Japan begins persecution of communists |
1934 |
Chic Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally |
1935 |
Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of NZ |
1935 |
Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment 'Schrödinger's cat', a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics |
1937 |
Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands |
1938 |
Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany |
1939 |
Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8) |
1939 |
USSR drops diplomatic relations with Finland |
1941 |
29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16 |
1941 |
Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet |
1942 |
US rations coffee |
1943 |
Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce, Bosnia |
1943 |
U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean |
1943 |
US aircraft carrier Hornet launched |
1944 |
Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day) |
1944 |
John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery |
1944 |
The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas. |
1945 |
Yugoslavian Socialist Republic proclaimed |
1946 |
Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities |
1947 |
35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9 |
1947 |
UN Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs & Jews |
1948 |
"Kukla, Fran, & Ollie" debuted on NBC |
1948 |
1st opera to be televised, "Othello", broadcast from the Met (NYC) |
1948 |
KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1949 |
Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa |
1949 |
Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700 |
1950 |
National Council of Church of Christ in US forms |
1951 |
1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat, Nevada |
1952 |
40th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 21-11 |
1952 |
US President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war |
1953 |
American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service |
1953 |
WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1955 |
Turkish government of Menderes resigns |
1956 |
"Bells Are Ringing" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 925 performances |
1957 |
NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers & Giants |
1958 |
46th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 35-28 |
1959 |
2nd Grammy Awards: Mack The Knife, Bobby Darin wins |
1960 |
26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB) |
1961 |
Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss |
1961 |
John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA |
1961 |
Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit |
1962 |
Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year |
1962 |
Great Britain & France decide to jointly build Concord(e) |
1963 |
Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" |
1963 |
LBJ sets up Warren Comm to investigate assassination of JFK |
1963 |
Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal, Canada |
1964 |
Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English |
1965 |
"Anya" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 16 performances |
1965 |
Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups |
1966 |
SS Daniel J Morrell sinks in a storm on Lake Huron, 28 die, 1 survivor. |
1966 |
1st NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena - Warriors beat Bulls 108-101 |
1967 |
British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen |
1967 |
Robert McNamara elected president of World bank |
1968 |
John & Yoko release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK |
1969 |
The Beatles' "Come Together/Something" reaches #1 |
1970 |
Charles Ives' "Yale-Princeton" premieres |
1970 |
Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Cricket's leading run scorer (7,250) |
1971 |
1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World |
1971 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1972 |
Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California. |
1975 |
Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii |
1975 |
Pres Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped |
1976 |
NY Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to 5-year contract |
1978 |
UN observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by US & about 20 other countries |
1978 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1979 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1981 |
"My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances |
1981 |
Greg Chappell scores 201 v Pakistan at The Gabba (Brisbane) |
1981 |
Major Iranian offensive mounted on central front |
1982 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1983 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1984 |
Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad |
1987 |
"Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances |
1987 |
75th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 38-36 |
1987 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
1987 |
Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes |
1987 |
New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season |
1987 |
Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles) It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal |
1987 |
A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115 |
1989 |
8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome) |
1989 |
India president Rajiv Gandhi resigns |
1990 |
"Shogun - The Musical" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 72 perfs |
1990 |
Expos pres Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman |
1990 |
UN Security Council approves US-sponsored resolution authorizing the use of force in the Persian Gulf if Iraq does not withdrawal from Kuwait by Jan. 15, 1991 |
1991 |
TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man |
1991 |
Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba |
1992 |
"Sea Gull" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 48 performances |
1992 |
"Solitary Confinement" closes at Nederlander NYC after 25 perfs |
1992 |
80th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 24-10 |
1993 |
"Abe Lincoln in Illinois" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 40 perfs |
1994 |
Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding |
1995 |
"Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater NYC |
1995 |
CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched |
1995 |
US President Bill Clinton lifts ban on exports of oil from the Alaskan North Slope; the ban was imposed after the oil embargo by Arab oil producers in 1973 |
1997 |
USAir Arena closes, hosting Wash Wizards |
1997 |
OPEC agrees to an increase in its production ceiling. OPEC has raised the ceiling to 27.5 million barrels per day for the first half of 1998 |
2001 |
UN Security Council unanimously approves a resolution extending the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq for another six-month period |
2005 |
The new Croatian Communist Party (KPH) is founded in Vukovar. |
2007 |
The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny. |
2007 |
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as south as Trinidad. |
2009 |
97th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Saskatchewan Roughriders, 28-27 |
2012 |
30 people are killed and 100 are wounded by bombs in Hillah and Karbala, Iraq |
2012 |
The UN votes to approve Palestine's status change from an observer to an observer state |
2012 |
Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach |
2015 |
NSA ends bulk phone data collection |
2015 |
11 killed in two Boko Haram attacks in Cameroon |
2015 |
Davis Cup final: Andy Murray clinches title for Great Britain |
2016 |
Plane Carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team Crashes in Colombia |
2016 |
Trump Officially Wins Michigan Amid Calls for a Recount |
2016 |
France calls for UN Security Council meeting on Aleppo |
2016 |
South Korea's Park asks parliament to find way for her to step down |
2016 |
Oil prices fall as Russia says will not attend OPEC meeting |
2016 |
North Dakota Governor orders evacuation of some pipeline site protesters |
2016 |
Nico Rosberg wins F1 title as Lewis Hamilton wins in Abu Dhabi |
2017 |
North Korea says successfully launches new ICBM that can reach all of US |
2017 |
Pope preaches forgiveness in first public Mass in Myanmar |
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