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29 Nov 1516
Treaty of Freiburg FrenchSwiss eternal peace treaty
29 Nov 1561
Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland
29 Nov 1573
Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands
29 Nov 1745
Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester & occupies Carlisle
29 Nov 1760
French commandant Beletre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers
29 Nov 1781
Crew of slave ship Zong murder about 142 African slaves by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance
29 Nov 1791
Chatham Islands sighted by HMS Chatham commanded by William Broughton
29 Nov 1803
Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent
29 Nov 1813
Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance
29 Nov 1825
1st Italian opera in US Barber of Seville premieres (NYC)
29 Nov 1830
November Uprising An armed rebellion against Russias rule in Poland begins.
29 Nov 1845
The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
29 Nov 1847
Indians kill Washington state pioneers Marcus & Narcissa Whitman and 12 others in Walla Walla Ore
29 Nov 1850
The treaty Punctation of Olmtz signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
29 Nov 1863
Battle of Ft Sanders TN (Ft Loudon) 8-900 casualities
29 Nov 1864
4th & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro Georgia
29 Nov 1864
Battle of Spring Hill TN (Thomasons Station)
29 Nov 1864
Sand Creek Massacre Colorado militia kills about 150 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians including Cheyenne chief One-Eye
29 Nov 1872
Indian Wars The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
29 Nov 1887
US receives rights to Pearl Harbor on Oahu Hawaii
29 Nov 1890
1st US Army - US Navy football game Score Navy 24 Army 0 at West Point
29 Nov 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.
29 Nov 1910
The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine.
29 Nov 1913
CFL Grey Cup AAA Grounds Hamilton Hamilton Tigers beat Toronto Parkdale 44-2 second-largest margin of victory in a Grey Cup final
29 Nov 1915
Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island California.
29 Nov 1917
A Supreme Allied War Council meets at Versailles to define war aims
29 Nov 1921
Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0C
29 Nov 1921
Z Parenteau & Schuyler Greens musical Kiki premieres in NYC
29 Nov 1923
The Dawes Commission chaired by the American Banker Charles Dawes is set up to look into the German economic situation and make recommendations that the US can accept
29 Nov 1924
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Queens University wins 3rd straight Championship defeat Toronto Balmy Beach 11-3
29 Nov 1926
W Somerset Maughams Constant Wife premieres in NYC
29 Nov 1932
Cole Porters musical Gay Divorcee premieres in NYC
29 Nov 1933
1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania)
29 Nov 1934
Chicago Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally
29 Nov 1937
Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands
29 Nov 1938
Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany
29 Nov 1939
Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (238.8)
29 Nov 1941
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders 18-16 for their 3rd Championship
29 Nov 1941
Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Japanese war fleet
29 Nov 1942
US Office of Price Administration rations coffee for everyone 10 pound a year
29 Nov 1943
Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce Bosnia
29 Nov 1944
Albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day)
29 Nov 1944
John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery
29 Nov 1944
The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
29 Nov 1946
Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
29 Nov 1947
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Toronto Argonauts win 3rd straight and 8th title beat Calgary Stampeders 10-9
29 Nov 1947
UN Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs & Jews
29 Nov 1948
1st opera to be televised Othello broadcast from the Met (NYC)
29 Nov 1948
KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
29 Nov 1949
Nationalist regime of China leaves for TaiwanFormosa
29 Nov 1949
Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3700
29 Nov 1950
National Council of Church of Christ in US forms
29 Nov 1951
1st underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada
29 Nov 1952
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Toronto Argonauts prove to be the dominant club in Canada with their record 10th Championship beat Edmonton Eskimos 21-11
29 Nov 1953
American Airlines begins 1st regular commercial NY-LA air service
29 Nov 1953
WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
29 Nov 1956
Bells Are Ringing opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 925 performances
29 Nov 1956
Chris Brasher becomes first Briton to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field since 1936 claims 3000m steeplechase in 841.2 at the Melbourne Games initially disqualified but reversed on appeal
29 Nov 1957
NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers & Giants
29 Nov 1958
CFL Grey Cup Empire Stadium Vancouver Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats 35-28 for a 4th Championship
29 Nov 1959
2nd Grammy Awards Mack The Knife Bobby Darin wins
29 Nov 1960
26th Heisman Trophy Award Joe Bellino Navy (HB)
29 Nov 1961
Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss
29 Nov 1961
John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA
29 Nov 1961
Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit
29 Nov 1962
Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year
29 Nov 1962
Great Britain & France decide to jointly build the Concorde supersonic airliner
29 Nov 1963
I Want to Hold Your Hand single released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom
29 Nov 1963
Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831 A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118 crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal Canada
29 Nov 1964
Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
29 Nov 1965
Anya opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 16 performances
29 Nov 1966
1st NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena - Warriors beat Bulls 108-101
29 Nov 1966
SS Daniel J Morrell sinks in a storm on Lake Huron 28 die 1 survivor.
29 Nov 1967
British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen
29 Nov 1967
Robert McNamara elected president of World bank
29 Nov 1969
The Beatles Come TogetherSomething reaches 1
29 Nov 1970
Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets leading run scorer (7250)
29 Nov 1970
England cricket batsman Colin Cowdrey reaches 22 on Day 3 of the drawn 1st Test against Australia in Brisbane passes countryman Wally Hammonds world Test-record aggregate of 7249 runs
29 Nov 1971
1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World
29 Nov 1978
UN observes international day of solidarity with Palestinian people boycotted by US & about 20 other countries
29 Nov 1981
My Fair Lady closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances
29 Nov 1981
Greg Chappell scores 201 v Pakistan at The Gabba (Brisbane)
29 Nov 1981
Major Iranian offensive mounted on central front
29 Nov 1987
New Orleans Saints win assuring their 1st winning NFL season
29 Nov 1987
Rangers Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs NY Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal.
29 Nov 1987
A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border killing 115
29 Nov 1989
8th Largest wrestling crowd UFW U-Cosmos (60000-Tokyo Dome)
29 Nov 1990
Shogun - The Musical opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 72 performances
29 Nov 1990
Expos pres Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman
29 Nov 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
29 Nov 1991
TV show Roc has a gay wedding episode - Cant Help Loving that Man
29 Nov 1991
Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath v Australia at the Gabba
29 Nov 1992
Sea Gull opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 48 performances
29 Nov 1992
Solitary Confinement closes at Nederlander NYC after 25 performances
29 Nov 1992
80th CFL Grey Cup Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers 24-10
29 Nov 1993
Abe Lincoln in Illinois opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 40 performances
29 Nov 1994
Seoul Korea celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding
29 Nov 1995
Garden District closes at Circle in the Sq Theater NYC
29 Nov 1995
CNNfn a financial network by Turner Enterprises is launched
29 Nov 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
29 Nov 1998
In a classic all-Spanish final lex Corretja puts on a stunning comeback to beat Carlos Moy 36 36 75 63 75 and win his only ATP Tour World Championship tennis title in Hanover Germany
29 Nov 2001
UN Security Council unanimously approves a resolution extending the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq for another six-month period
29 Nov 2005
The new Croatian Communist Party (KPH) is founded in Vukovar.
29 Nov 2007
The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
29 Nov 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.
29 Nov 2009
97th CFL Grey Cup Montreal Alouettes defeats Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27
29 Nov 2009
Nikolay Davydenko of Russia wins his only ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Argentine star Juan Martn del Potro in the final in London England
29 Nov 2012
30 people are killed and 100 are wounded by bombs in Hillah and Karbala Iraq
29 Nov 2012
The UN votes to approve Palestines status change from an observer to an observer state
29 Nov 2012
Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach
29 Nov 2015
104th Davis Cup Great Britain beats Belgium in Ghent 6-3 7-5 6-3 1st win since 1936
29 Nov 2015
Britain Tyson Fury defeats Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko to win world heavyweight champion title (WBA IBF WBO) in Dusseldorf
29 Nov 2015
British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 2nd in season-ending Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix to win his 3rd overall and 2nd consecutive World Drivers Championship by 59 points from team mate Nico Rosberg
29 Nov 2015
CFL Grey Cup Investors Group Field Winnipeg Edmonton Eskimos beat Ottawa Redblacks 26-20 for their 14th Championship
29 Nov 2016
Former NFL player Darren Sharper sentenced to 20 years in prison for a series of rapes
29 Nov 2017
American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBCs Today show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
29 Nov 2017
Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak commits suicide by poison in court at The Hague after 20 year prison term read out
29 Nov 1984
Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons v NZ Hyderabad
29 Nov 1987
Dreamgirls closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances
29 Nov 1987
75th CFL Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts 38-36
29 Nov 1850
The treaty Punctation of Olmtz signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire taking over the leadership of German Confederation
29 Nov 1923
The Dawes Commission chaired by the American Banker Charles G. Dawes is set up to look into the German economic situation and make recommendations that the US can accept
29 Nov 1961
Following the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion CIA Director Allen Dulles resigns and is replaced by John McCone
29 Nov 1970
England cricket batsman Colin Cowdrey reaches 22 on Day 3 of the drawn 1st Test against Australia in Brisbane to become Test Crickets leading run scorer passes countryman Wally Hammonds world Test-record aggregate of 7249 runs
29 Nov 1987
75th CFL Grey Cup BC Place Vancouver Edmonton Eskimos 10th Championship defeat Toronto Argonauts 38-36 on Jerry Kaurics last second field-goal
29 Nov 1992
CFL Grey Cup SkyDome Toronto Calgary Stampeders beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24-10 MVP QB Doug Flutie 33 of 49 for 480 yards 2 TDs
29 Nov 2009
CFL Grey Cup McMahon Stadium Calgary Montreal Alouettes come from behind to beat Saskatchewan Roughriders 2827 on a 33-yard Damon Duval field goal as time runs out
29 Nov 2018
Tens of thousands Indian farmers protest the agrarian crisis at parliament in Delhi
29 Nov 1863
Battle of Ft Sanders TN (Ft Loudon) 8-900 causalities
29 Nov 1909
International Lawn Tennis Challenge Sydney Australia Norman Brookes & Anthony Wilding beat Americans Melville Long & Maurice McLoughlin 12-10 9-7 6-3 Australasia unassailable 3-0 lead win 5-0
29 Nov 2019
Terrorist knife attack at Fishmongers Hall by London Bridge kills two and injures three attacker previously imprisoned for 2012 terror offence
29 Nov 2019
K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon sentenced to prison for gang-raping unconscious fans and distributing footage of it (Jung)
29 Nov 1760
French commandant Beletre surrenders Detroit to Major R. Rogers
29 Nov 1813
Dutch politician Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes Minister of Finance
29 Nov 1830
November Uprising An armed rebellion against Russias rule beings in Poland begins
29 Nov 1847
Cayuse Indians kill missionaries Marcus & Narcissa Whitman and 12 others in Walla Walla Oregon
29 Nov 1863
Battle of Fort Sanders Tennessee Confederate troops fail to break through Union defenses with 8-900 causalities
29 Nov 1864
Battle of Spring Hill Tennessee (Thomasons Station) Confederate attack on Union forces fails
29 Nov 1901
East 182nd Street in the Bronx is paved & opened
29 Nov 1937
Dutch Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands
29 Nov 1938
Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Netherlands and Germany
29 Nov 1944
Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore performs 1st open heart surgery
29 Nov 1948
Puppet TV showKukla Fran & Ollie starring Fran Allison debuts on NBC
29 Nov 1962
Major League Baseball decides to revert to 1 All-Star game per year after 4 seasons in which 2 All-Star games were played
29 Nov 1967
Robert McNamara elected president of the World Bank
29 Nov 1969
American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond makes his only appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show singing Sweet Caroline and Holly Holy
29 Nov 2002
The Concert for George a benefit memorial to George Harrison held at the Royal Albert Hall London features Eric Clapton Paul McCartney Ringo Starr Jeff Lynne Tom Petty Joe Brown Anoushka Shankar Billy Preston and members of Monty Python
29 Nov 2019
Terrorist knife attack at Fishmongers Hall by London Bridge kills two and injures three attacker who was previously imprisoned for 2012 terror offence is shot dead
29 Nov 1825
Gioachino Rossinis comic opera Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) become 1st opera performed in Italian in US staged at New York Citys Park Theater
29 Nov 1947
Anti-Jewish riots in Aleppo erupt after UN votes to partition Palestine with cost of 75 lives and the disappearance of medieval manuscript the Aleppo Codex
29 Nov 1947
UN General Assembly vote to allow the partition of Palestine between Arabs & Jews
29 Nov 1969
The Beatles single Something Come Together reaches 1
29 Nov 1981
Revival of musical My Fair Lady closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances
29 Nov 1987
Revival of Henry Krieger and Tom Eyens musical .Dreamgirls closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances
29 Nov 1990
Shogun - The Musical opens at Marquis Theater NYC runs for 72 performances
29 Nov 1995
Garden District closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC
29 Nov 2021
British socialite and former girlfriend of Jeffery Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of sex trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan [1]
29 Nov 1847
Cayuse Indians kill missionaries Marcus & Narcissa Whitman and 12 others at Waiilatpu Mission in Oregon Country (near present day Walla Walla Washington)
29 Nov 1926
W. Somerset Maughams comedic play The Constant Wife premieres in NYC
29 Nov 1948
Puppet TV show Kukla Fran & Ollie starring Fran Allison debuts on NBCs WNBQ in Chicago Illinois
29 Nov 1981
Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewes musical My Fair Lady closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances
29 Nov 1990
MLB Montreal Expos president Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman
29 Nov 2018
Opera Prism composed by Ellen Reid with lyrics by Roxie Perkin premieres at REDCAT in Los Angeles (2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music)
29 Nov 2022
For the first time fewer than half of people in England and Wales call themselves Christian according to the 2021 Census [1]
29 Nov 2022
Malawi begins historic campaign against malaria by vaccinating children under five using the RTSS vaccine (thought to provide 30% protection) [1]
29 Nov 2022
Singapores parliament repeals British-era Section 377A decriminalising gay sex but introduces amendments to protect current definition of marriage [1]
29 Nov 2022
Three stowaways rescued by Spanish coastguard after 11 days at sea balancing on a ships rudder from Nigeria to the Canary islands [1]
29 Nov 1349
Black Death Massacre Jews of Free Imperial City of Augsburg massacred amidst accusations of them causing the Bubonic Plague part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
29 Nov 1729
Netherlands signs on to Treaty of Seville restoring France and Englands trading privileges with Spain
29 Nov 1775
American physician James Jay invents invisible ink
29 Nov 1777
Spanish expeditionary soldier Jos Joaqun Moraga establishes El Pueblo de San Jos de Guadalupe (The Town of Saint Joseph of Guadalupe) in California
29 Nov 1781
Crew of slave ship Zong murders approximately 142 African slaves by throwing them into the sea to claim insurance
29 Nov 1803
Dessalines and Christophe declare Saint-Domingue (Haiti) independent
29 Nov 1893
Ziqiang Institute (Wuhan University) is founded by Zhang Zhidong governor of Hubei and Hunan provinces in Chinas Qing Dynasty
29 Nov 1933
First state liquor stores authorized in Pennsylvania
29 Nov 1946
Dutch Minister of Social Affairs Willem Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
29 Nov 1948
1st opera to be televised Othello broadcast from the Metropolitain Opera House in New York City
29 Nov 1951
First underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada
29 Nov 1991
Dust storm in Californias San Joaquin Valley results in massive vehicle accident on Interstate I-5 involving 93 cars and 11 truck. near Coalinga 17 die and 150 injured
29 Nov 2007
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique affecting the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad
29 Nov 2007
Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila hotel after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny
29 Nov 2023
Footage of rare giant rat (Uromys vika) one of worlds largest rodents the size of a newborn baby captured for the first time on island of Vangunu Solomon Islands [1]
29 Nov 2023
Nepal registers its first same-sex marriage in its western Lumjung district after becoming the second Asian country to legalize it five months earlier [1]
29 Nov 2023
US says it has foiled assassination attempt by an Indian national on a US citizen who advocates for a Sikh separatist state [1]
29 Nov 1349
Jews of the Free Imperial City of Augsburg are massacred amidst accusations of them causing the Bubonic Plague part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
29 Nov 1516
Treaty of Fribourg the Perpetual Peace treaty is signed between France and the Swiss Confederation of the Thirteen Cantons
29 Nov 1573
Luis de Requesens y Ziga succeeds Fernando lvarez de Toledo the 3rd Duke of Alba as the land guardian of Netherlands
29 Nov 1581
Alexander Farnese the Duke of Parma conquers Tournai after a 47-day siege
29 Nov 1729
The Dutch Republic joins the Treaty of Seville restoring France and Englands trading privileges with Spain
29 Nov 1760
French Commandant Franois-Marie Picot de Belestre surrenders Fort Detroit to Major R. Rogers
29 Nov 1781
Zong massacre Crew of the slave ship Zong murders more than 130 African slaves by throwing them into the sea to claim insurance
29 Nov 1791
The Chatham Islands are sighted by HMS Chatham commanded by William Broughton
29 Nov 1830
November Uprising An armed rebellion against Russias rule begins in Warsaw Poland
29 Nov 1847
Cayuse Native Americans kill missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and 12 others at Waiilatpu Mission in Oregon Country due to suspicion that they poisoned 200 Cayuse people
29 Nov 1850
The Punctation of Olmtz treaty is signed between Prussia and Austria Prussia abandons the Erfurt Union and accepts the revival of the German Confederation
29 Nov 1863
Battle of Fort Sanders Confederate troops under James Longstreet fail to break through Union defenses under Ambrose Burnside in Knoxville Tennessee resulting in 813 casualties
29 Nov 1864
Battle of Spring Hill Confederate troops under John Bell Hood fail to attack Union forces under John M. Schofield
29 Nov 1864
Sand Creek Massacre Third Colorado Cavalry kills and injures 150 to 600 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans including Cheyenne Chief One Eye
29 Nov 1872
Battle of Lost River First battle in the Modoc War begins
29 Nov 1887
The US receives the sole rights to use Pearl Harbor Hawaii for refurbishing and coaling naval ships
29 Nov 1890
First US Army-Navy football game played at West Point Navy 24 Army 0
29 Nov 1897
First motorcycle race in Surrey England is won by Charles Jarrot
29 Nov 1902
Gerhart Hauptmanns play Der arme Heinrich (Poor Heinrich) premieres in Vienna
29 Nov 1910
The first US patent for a traffic light system is issued to Chicago engineer Ernest Sirrine [1]
29 Nov 1916
The US declares martial law in the Dominican Republic due to its violation of the 1907 treaty
29 Nov 1917
The Supreme Allied War Council meets at Quai dOrsay Paris and at Versailles to draft war aims and resolutions
29 Nov 1923
The Dawes Commission chaired by American banker Charles G. Dawes is set up to look into the German economic situation and make recommendations that the US can accept
29 Nov 1924
NHLs Montreal Forum opens in Montreal Quebec
29 Nov 1927
Russian-French player Alexander Alekhine becomes the fourth world chess champion defeating reigning champion Cuban Jos Ral Capablanca in Buenos Aires
29 Nov 1932
France and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact
29 Nov 1933
Liquor stores are authorized to operate in the US for the first time with the first location to authorize sales in Pennsylvania
29 Nov 1934
The Chicago Bears defeat Detroit (19-16) in the first NFL game broadcast nationally
29 Nov 1937
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands is injured in an auto accident in Diemen Netherlands
29 Nov 1938
Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids a soccer match between Netherlands and Germany
29 Nov 1939
The USSR breaks off diplomatic relations with Finland
29 Nov 1941
SS Lurline passenger ship sends a radio signal reporting the sighting of a Japanese war fleet
29 Nov 1942
The US Office of Price Administration rations coffee for everyone at 1 pound (454 g) every five weeks
29 Nov 1943
German submarine U-86 sinks in the Atlantic Ocean
29 Nov 1944
Albania is liberated from Nazi Germany control (National Day)
29 Nov 1944
Alfred Blalock Helen Taussig and Vivien Thomas of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore perform the first open-heart surgery known as the blue baby operation
29 Nov 1945
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed
29 Nov 1947
The UN General Assembly votes to allow the partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews
29 Nov 1948
KOB TV Channel 4 in Albuquerque New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting
29 Nov 1948
Puppet TV show Kukla Fran and Ollie starring Fran Allison debuts on NBCs WNBQ in Chicago Illinois
29 Nov 1948
The first opera to be televised Giuseppe Verdis Otello is broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City
29 Nov 1949
Uranium mine explosions in Johanngeorgenstadt East Germany kill 3700
29 Nov 1951
A military coup led by Adib Shishakli forces the existing Syrian government to resign
29 Nov 1951
Operation Buster-Jangle First underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat Nevada codenamed Uncle
29 Nov 1953
American Airlines begins the first regular commercial New York to Los Angeles air service
29 Nov 1953
WSIX-TV Channel 8 in Nashville Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
29 Nov 1956
English athlete Chris Brasher is disqualified for interference after finishing first in the 3000m steeplechase at the Melbourne Olympics decision reversed on appeal
29 Nov 1957
NYC Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace baseball teams Dodgers and Giants after they relocate to the west coast
29 Nov 1958
George Punch Imlach becomes coach of the NHLs Toronto Maple Leafs
29 Nov 1959
2nd Grammy Awards Bobby Darin for Mack The Knife wins Record of the Year Frank Sinatra for Come Dance with Me wins Album of the Year Jimmy Driftwood for The Battle of New Orleans wins Song of the Year
29 Nov 1960
26th Heisman Trophy Award Joe Bellino Navy halfback
29 Nov 1961
John A. McCone replaces Allen W. Dulles as the 6th director of the CIA
29 Nov 1961
The Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission is launched with a chimpanzee named Enos aboard becoming the first chimp to orbit the Earth
29 Nov 1962
Great Britain and France decide to build the Concorde supersonic airliner jointly
29 Nov 1962
Major League Baseball decides to revert to one All-Star Game per year after four seasons in which two All-Star Games are played
29 Nov 1963
I Want to Hold Your Hand single is released by The Beatles in the United Kingdom
29 Nov 1963
Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831 A Douglas DC-8 crashes after taking off from Dorval Airport near Montreal Canada killing all 118 people
29 Nov 1964
The Roman Catholic Church in the US replaces Latin with English in Mass
29 Nov 1965
17-year-old Dale Cummings does 14118 consecutive sit-ups
29 Nov 1966
First NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena San Francisco Warriors defeat Chicago Bulls 108-101
29 Nov 1966
SS Daniel J. Morrell sinks in a storm on Lake Huron killing 28 and leaving one survivor
29 Nov 1971
First 150000 open golf championship at Walt Disney World
29 Nov 1975
7.7 magnitude earthquake triggers the Kilauea Volcano to erupt in Hawaii
29 Nov 1976
The New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to a five-year 3.5 million contract
29 Nov 1978
UN observes International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People boycotted by the US and other nations such as Israel
29 Nov 1981
Operation Tariq al-Quds Iranian military operation to liberate Bostan in Khuzestan province
29 Nov 1987
France conducts an underground nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
29 Nov 1987
Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers completes an NFL record of 22 consecutive passes
29 Nov 1987
The New Orleans Saints win their first season in their 21-year history
29 Nov 2018
Tens of thousands of Indian farmers protest the agrarian crisis at Parliament in Delhi
29 Nov 2019
K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon are sentenced to prison for gang-raping unconscious fans and distributing footage of it [1]
29 Nov 2019
Terrorist knife attack at Fishmongers Hall by London Bridge kills two and injures three the attacker previously imprisoned for a 2012 terror offense is shot dead
29 Nov 2021
British socialite and former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell is found guilty of sex trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan [1]
29 Nov 2021
Honduras presidential elections Xiomara Castro is elected as the countrys first female president (declared 2 Dec)
29 Nov 2022
For the first time fewer than half of people in England and Wales call themselves Christian according to the 2021 Census [1]
29 Nov 2022
Singapores parliament repeals British-era Section 377A decriminalizing gay sex but introduces amendments to protect the current definition of marriage [1]
29 Nov 2022
Three stowaways are rescued by the Spanish coastguard after 11 days at sea balancing on a ships rudder from Nigeria to the Canary Islands [1]
29 Nov 2023
Footage of the Vangunu rat a rare giant rat about half a meter (1.5 feet) long is captured for the first time on the island of Vangunu Solomon Islands [1]
29 Nov 2023
The US says it has foiled an assassination attempt by an Indian national on a US citizen who advocates for a Sikh separatist state [1]