On this day in History - Nov. 29

• 1314 - King Philippe IV of France died
• 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.
• 1797 - Gaetano Donizetti born, opera composer
• 1864 - a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.
• 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 1924 - Giacomo Puccini, italian composer Italian , died in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot." It was finished by Franco Alfano.
• 1929 - Zeppo Marx, comediant, (The Marx-brothers) dies of lungs cancer.
• 1932 - Jacques Chirac, born French political leader
• 1944 - World War II: Albania is liberated from German occupation
• 1945 - The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared (this day was celebrated as Republic Day until the 2003).
• 1947 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
• 1950 - Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force a desperate retreat of United Nations forces from North Korea.
• 1961 - "Enos" the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited earth twice before returning.
• 1961 - Kim Delaney, actress, born.
• 1963 -The Beatles released I Want to Hold Your Hand in Great Britain.
• 1967 - Vietnam War: US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
• 1970 - President Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire, is re-elected for a third term.
• 1971 - Gena Lee Nolin, born, actress
• 1975 - Graham Hill, british Formula 1 racer, died
• 1981 - Natalie Wood, actress, died drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, Calif., at age 43.
• 1982 - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 3737, stating that the Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
• 1986 - Cary Grant, actor died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.
• 1987 - A Korean Air Boeing 707 exploded over the Thai-Burmese border killing 155.
• 2001 - George Harrison, musician (The Beatles) , died of cancer in Los Angeles, at age 58
• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People