On this day in History - Nov. 29

• 0741 - Pope Gregory III dies.
• 1223 - Franciscan Order Recognised
• 1268 - Pope Clement IV dies
• 1314 - King Philip IV of France dies (b. 1268)
• 1330 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March dies (b. 1287). De facto ruler of England.
• 1338 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence was born (d. 1368). Son of Edward III of England.
• 1342 - Michael of Cesena dies (b. 1270). Italian Franciscan leader.
• 1378 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor dies (b. 1316).
• 1427 - Zhengtong was born (d. 1464). Emperor of China.
• 1484 - Joachim Vadian was born (d. 1551). Swiss humanist.
• 1530 - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey dies. Adviser to King Henry VIII of England.
• 1577 - Cuthbert Mayne dies (b. 1543). English saint.
• 1590 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin dies (b. 1547). German philologist and poet.
• 1595 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga dies (b. 1533). Basque soldier and poet.
• 1626 - Ernst, Graf von Mansfield dies. German soldier
• 1627 - John Ray was born (d. 1705). English naturalist.
• 1632 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine dies (b. 1596)
• 1643 - William Cartwright dies (b. 1611). English dramatist.
• 1643 - Claudio Monteverdi dies (b. 1567). Italian composer.
• 1646 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus dies (b. 1565). Swedish theologian and astronomer.
• 1661 - Brian Walton dies (b. 1600). English clergyman and scholar.
• 1690 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst was born (d. 1747). Father of Catherine II of Russia
• 1694 - Marcello Malpighi dies (b. 1628). Italian physician.
• 1695 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair dies (b. 1619). Scottish lawyer and statesman.
• 1699 - Patrick Gordon dies (b. 1635). Scottish general.
• 1752 - Jemima Wilkinson was born (d. 1819). American preacher.
• 1759 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli dies (b. 1687). Swiss mathematician.
• 1762 - Pierre-Andre Latreille was born (d. 1833). French zoologist.
• 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.
• 1780 - Empress Maria Theresa of Austria dies (b. 1717)
• 1781 - The slave ship Zong dumps its living cargo into the sea in order to claim insurance.
• 1781 - Andrés Bello was born in Caracas (d. 1865). Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, teacher, philosopher and sociologist.
• 1797 - Gaetano Donizetti was born (d. 1848). Italian composer.
• 1797- Samuel Langdon dies (b. 1723). American President of Harvard University.
• 1799 - Amos Bronson Alcott was born (d. 1888). American writer and educator.
• 1803 - Christian Doppler was born (d.1853). Austrian physicist.
• 1803 - Gottfried Semper was born (d. 1879). German architect.
• 1813 - Franz von Miklosich was born (d. 1891). Slovenian linguist.
• 1816 - Morrison Waite was born (d. 1888). 7th Chief Justice of the United States
• 1825 - Jean-Martin Charcot was born (d. 1893). French neurologist.
• 1825 - Latino Coelho was born in Lisbon (d. 29 Aug 1891). Portuguese journalist, politician and historian
• 1830 - November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
• 1832 - Louisa May Alcott was born (d. 1888). American writer, known for her children's books, especially Little Women.
• 1847 - Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
• 1847 - Marcus Whitman dies (b. 1802). Washington state pioneer.
• 1849 - Sir John Ambrose Fleming was born (d. 1945). American physicist.
• 1850 - Prussia and Austria signed the Punctation of Olmütz, an agreement regulating the two powers' relations.
• 1856 - Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg was born (d. 1921). Chancellor of Germany
• 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.
• 1874 - Egas Moniz was born (d. 1955). Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1876 - Nellie Tayloe Ross was born (d. 1977). American politician.
• 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 1881 - Julius Raab was born (d. 1954). Chancellor of Austria
• 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.
• 1894 - Lucille Hegamin was born (d. 1970). American singer and entertainer.
• 1895 - Busby Berkeley was born (d. 1976). American film director, and choreographer.
• 1895 - William Tubman was born (d. 1971). President of Liberia
• 1896 - Yakima Canutt was born (d. 1986). American actor and stuntman.
• 1898 - C. S. Lewis was born (d. 1963). Irish writer.
• 1901 - Mildred Harris was born (d. 1944). American actress.
• 1904 - Egon Eiermann was born (d. 1970). German architect.
• 1908 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was born (d. 1972). American civil rights leader and politician.
• 1911 - Mario Lago was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian actor.
• 1915 - Billy Strayhorn was born (d. 1967). American musician and composer.
• 1915 - Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island in California.
• 1916 - Fran Ryan was born (d. 2000). American actress.
• 1917 - Merle Travis was born (d. 1983). American singer.
• 1918 - Madeleine L'Engle was born. American author
• 1925 - The newspaper "O Povo de Silves" - Silves, Portugal is founded.
• 1921 - Dagmar was born (d. 2001). American television personality.
• 1924 - Giacomo Puccini dies (b. 1858). Italian composer.
• 1927 - Vin Scully was born. Baseball announcer.
• 1928 - Paul Simon was born (d. 2003). U.S. Senator.
• 1929 - U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
• 1932 - Jacques Chirac was born. President of France.
• 1932 - Diane Ladd was born. American actress.
• 1933 - John Mayall was born. British blues musician.
• 1933 - Francisco Cuoco was born. Brazilian actor.
• 1939 - Peter Bergman was born. American comedian.
• 1940 - Chuck Mangione was born. American musician.
• 1941 - Bill Freehan was born. American baseball player
• 1942 - Philippe Huttenlocher was born. Swiss baritone
• 1943 - Sue Miller was born. American author
• 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.
• 1944 - Felix Cavaliere was born. American musician and producer
• 1944 - World War II: Albania is liberated from German occupation
• 1945 - The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
• 1947 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
• 1947 - Petra Kelly was born († 01 Oct1992). German politician and founder of the Green party.
• 1949 - Garry Shandling was born. American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director.
• 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.
• 1953 - Alex Grey was born. American artist
• 1953 - Sam De Grasse dies (b. 1875). American actor.
• 1954 - Dink Johnson dies (b. 1892). American musician.
• 1954 - Joel Coen was born. American film director, producer, and writer
• 1955 - Howie Mandel was born. Canadian actor
• 1956 - Hinton Battle was born. American dancer
• 1956 - Leo Laporte was born. American television personality
• 1958 - María Elena Moyano Delgado was born in Lima (d. 1992). Peruvian politician and women right activist ( Founder of “Micaela Bastidas”).
• 1957 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold dies (b. 1897). Austrian composer.
• 1960 - Cathy Moriarty was born. American actress
• 1961 - Kim Delaney was born. American actress
• 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 -The Beatles released I Want to Hold Your Hand in Great Britain.
• 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.
• 1963 - Andrew McCarthy was born. American actor
• 1964 - Don Cheadle was born. American actor
• 1965 - José Campos de Figueiredo dies in Coimbra (b. 6 May 1899). Portuguese poet ( Navio na Montanha, Obed).
• 1965 - Ellen Cleghorne was born. American comedian
• 1965 - Canadian satellite Alouette 2 is launched.
• 1967 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
• 1967 - John Layfield was born. American professional wrestler.
• 1969 - Alves Redol dies in Lisbon (b. 29 Dec 1911). Portuguese writer. Barranco de Cegos (1962) is his masterpiece
• 1969 - Mariano Rivera was born. Panamanian baseball player
• 1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk was born. Dutch international footballer
• 1970 - Mark Pembridge was born. Welsh international footballer.
• 1970 - President Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire, is re-elected for a third term.
• 1970 - Bruno Garcia was born. Brazilian actor
• 1970 - Maria Paula was born in Brasilia. Brazilian actress and TV personality.
• 1971 - Gena Lee Nolin was born. American actress
• 1973 - Ryan Giggs was born. Welsh international footballer
• 1975 - The name "Micro-soft" (for "microcomputer software") is first used in a letter from Bill Gates to Paul Allen.
• 1975 - Graham Hill dies (b. 1929). British motor racing driver and Formula 1 world Champion.
• 1976 - Anna Faris was born. American actress
• 1976 - Maja Vučić was born. Croatian singer
• 1976 - José da Costa Nunes dies (b. 1880). Portuguese cardinal.
• 1979 - Zeppo Marx dies (b. 1901). American actor and comedian.
• 1981 - Fredric Wertham dies (b. 1895). German-born psychologist.
• 1981 - Actress Natalie Wood (b. 1938) 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.
• 1982 - Ashley Force was born. American race car driver.
• 1982 - Percy Williams dies (b. 1908). Canadian athlete.
• 1984 - Gotthard Günther dies (b. 1900). German philosopher.
• 1986 - Cary Grant dies (b. 1904). British-born American actor.
• 1987 - A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
• 1988 - Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect is distinguished with the 1988 European Architecture Prize.
• 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.
• 1991 - Frank Yerby dies (b. 1916). American author.
• 1992 - Dennis Byrd of the New York Jets is temporarily paralyzed by a neck injury during a football game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
• 1999 - Gene Rayburn dies (b. 1917). American game show host.
• 2001 - George Harrison dies (b. 1943). British singer, guitarist and songwriter
• 2001 - John Knowles dies (b. 1926). American author.
• 2004 - John Drew Barrymore dies (b. 1932). American actor.
• 2004 - Harry Danning dies (b. 1911). American baseball player.
• Feast days of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church: Saint Saturninus, Saint Cuthbert Mayne, Martyr, Radbod , Brendan of Birr or Brendan the Younger
• Denis of the Nativity and Redemptus of the Cross
• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
• Liberation Day (Dita e Çlirimit) in Albania
• Republic Day in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia