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Today November 29th 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
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 crew of the slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them 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.
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.
1864 – Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – Confederate advance into Tennessee misses opportunity to crush Union army. Gen. Hood angered, leads to Battle of Franklin.
1872 – Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1881 – The city of Spokan Falls (today Spokane, Washington) was officially incorporated as a city.
1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
1890 – At 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, 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.
1910 – The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine.
1915 – Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.
1922 – Howard Carter opens the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to the public.
1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
1934 – The Chicago Bears defeat the Detroit Lions 19-16 in the first nationally broadcast game.
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 (The Partition Plan).
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 – Project 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.
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 Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 – Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.
1983 – Soviet war in 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 United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing use all necessary means to uphold and implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 to restore international peace and security if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
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.
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 André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
1781 – Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
1797 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
1798 – Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
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, American jurist (d. 1888)
1825 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
1831 – Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)
1835 – Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (d. 1908)
1849 – Sir John Ambrose Fleming, British physicist (d. 1945)
1856 – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German statesman (d. 1921)
1857 – Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
1874 – Francis Dodd, British artist (d. 1949)
1874 – Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1876 – Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician (d. 1977)
1879 – Jacob Gade, Danish composer(d. 1963)
1881 – Julius Raab, Austrian politician (d. 1964)
1888 – Joe Slater, Australian Rules footballer (d. 1917)
1894 – Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
1895 – Busby Berkeley, American film director and choreographer (d. 1976)
1895 – William Tubman, Liberian politician (d. 1971)
1896 – Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
1898 – C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
1899 – Andrija Artukovic, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1901 – Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
1904 – Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
1905 – Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1991)
1908 – Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American civil rights leader and politician (d. 1972)
1908 – N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
1910 – Antanas Škema, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (d. 1961)
1915 – Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
1916 – Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
1917 – Merle Travis, American singer/guitarist (d. 1983)
1918 – Madeleine L Engle, American author (d. 2007)
1920 – Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician
1921 – Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)
1929 – Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
1922 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
1927 – Vin Scully, American baseball announcer
1928 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
1928 – Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
1930 – Shirley Porter, English politician
1931 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1931 – André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
1932 – Jacques Chirac, French politician
1932 – Diane Ladd, American actress
1933 – John Mayall, British blues musician
1933 – James Rosenquist, American artist
1939 – Peter Bergman, American comedian
1939 – Domenico Monardo, American record producer
1940 – Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (d. 2007)
1940 – Chuck Mangione, American musician
1941 – Bill Freehan, American baseball player
1942 – Felix Cavaliere, American musician
1942 – Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
1942 – Maggie Thompson, American magazine editor
1943 – Sue Miller, American author
1946 – Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter
1946 – Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
1947 – Petra Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
1947 – Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist
1949 – Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
1949 – Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
1949 – Jerry Lawler, American wrestler
1949 – Garry Shandling, American comedian
1951 – Barry Goudreau, American musician (Boston)
1951 – Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
1953 – Alex Grey, American artist
1953 – Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1954 – Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer
1954 – Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 2006)
1955 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian
1956 – Hinton Battle, American dancer
1956 – Leo Laporte, American television personality
1956 – Eric Laakso, American football player
1957 – Matthew Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands Licensing
1957 – Janet Napolitano, American politician, governor of Arizona
1958 – Michael Dempsey, English musician (The Cure)
1958 – Mario Petrucci, Anglo-Italian Poet and Ecologist
1959 – Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
1959 – Kim Delaney, American actress
1959 – Rich Camarillo, American football player
1960 – Howard Johnson, American baseball player
1960 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress
1961 – Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
1962 – Andy LaRocque Swedish musician (King Diamond)
1963 – Andrew McCarthy, American actor
1964 – Don Cheadle, American actor
1964 – Cork Graham, American journalist, actor and author
1964 – Tom Sizemore, American actor
1965 – Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian
1965 – Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
1967 – John Layfield, American professional wrestler
1968 – Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
1969 – Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
1969 – Kasey Keller, American soccer player
1969 – Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
1970 – Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
1971 – Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
1971 – Gregory Byrne, American college administrator
1972 – Brian Baumgartner, American actor
1972 – Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
1972 – Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player
1972 – Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1973 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
1973 – Sarah Jones, American playwright
1974 – Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
1974 – Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player
1975 – Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
1976 – Anna Faris, American actress
1976 – Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
1976 – Ehren McGhehey, American actor
1977 – Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
1978 – Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born actress
1978 – Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
1978 – Lauren German, American actress
1978 – Dimitrious Konstantopolous, Greek footballer
1979 – Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter
1979 – Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
1979 – Jayceon The Game Taylor, American rapper
1981 – Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
1982 – Lucas Black, American actor
1982 – Ashley Force, American race car driver
1982 – C. David Johnson, Canadian actor
1982 – Krystal Steal, American pornographic actress
1983 – Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Sitti Navarro, Philippine bossa nova artist
1985 – Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1985 – Taguchi Junnosuke, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN)
1987 – Stephen O Halloran, Irish footballer
1990 – Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, American actors
Deaths
741 – Pope Gregory III
1253 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
1268 – Pope Clement IV
1314 – Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
1330 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (b. 1287)
1342 – Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
1530 – Thomas Wolsey, English religious leader (b. c.1470)
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 (b. c. 1580)
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 – Maria Theresa of Austria (b. 1717)
1797 – Samuel Langdon, American university president (b. 1723)
1847 – Marcus Whitman, Washington state pioneer (b. 1802)
1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1858)
1927 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
1953 – Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
1953 – Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)
1953 – Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
1954 – Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)
1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
1972 – Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
1974 – James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905)
1975 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (b. 1929)
1979 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist (b. 1897)
1980 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)
1981 – Fredric Wertham, German 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)
1987 – Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)
1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1996 – Dan Flavin, American artist (b. 1933)
1998 – Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (b. 1947)
1998 – Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
1999 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
2001 – Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
2001 – George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
2001 – John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
2002 – Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
2002 – George Two Ton Harris, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
2003 – Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
2004 – Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (b. 1891)
2004 – Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2004 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1929)
2005 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
2005 – David di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
2006 – Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
2007 – Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
2007 – Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2007 – Roger Bonham Smith, American automobile executive (b. 1925)
2007 – Tom Terrell, American musicologist (b. 1950)
2008 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
Holidays and observances
Feast days of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
Saint Saturnin
Saint Cuthbert Mayne, martyr
Saint Radboud
Albania – Liberation Day (Dita e Çlirimit)
Israel – Kaftet be-November (commemoration of the U.N. decision in 1947 to partition Palestine)
Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – Republic Day
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