November 29

November 29 is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 32 days remain until the end of the year.

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Events

• 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.[1]
• 618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.[2]
• 903 – The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.[3]
• 1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
• 1549 – The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.
• 1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
• 1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
• 1732 – The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
• 1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
• 1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
• 1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• 1807 – Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil: John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
• 1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
• 1847 – 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, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.
• 1864 – American 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: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
• 1872 – American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
• 1899 – FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
• 1902 – The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
• 1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
• 1943 – World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
• 1944 – World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
• 1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
• 1947 – Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• 1947 – First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
• 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 orbits the Earth twice and splashes 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 Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
• 1963 – "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.[4]
• 1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
• 1972 – Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
• 1986 – The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
• 1987 – North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.
• 2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
• 2009 – Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.[5]

Births

• 826 – William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (d. 850)
• 968 – Kazan, emperor of Japan (d. 1008)
• 1310 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English Baron (d. 1361)
• 1329 – John I, duke of Bavaria (d. 1340)
• 1338 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1368)
• 1422 – Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont, English Baron (d. 1460)
• 1427 – Zhengtong, emperor of the Ming Dynasty (d. 1464)
• 1463 – Andrea della Valle, Italian cardinal (d. 1534)
• 1484 – Joachim Vadian, Swiss physician, scholar, and politician (d. 1551)
• 1528 – Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, English politician (d. 1592)
• 1627 – John Ray, English biologist and botanist (d. 1705)
• 1690 – Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1747)
• 1705 – Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (d. 1752)
• 1752 – Jemima Wilkinson, American evangelist (d. 1819)[6]
• 1781 – Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
• 1797 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
• 1798 – Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory (d. 1877)
• 1799 – Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and academic (d. 1888)
• 1802 – Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author (d. 1827)
• 1803 – Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (d. 1853)
• 1803 – Gottfried Semper, German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House (d. 1879)
• 1816 – Morrison Waite, American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1888)
• 1818 – George Brown, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada (d. 1880)
• 1818 – William Ellery Channing, American poet and author (d. 1901)
• 1823 – La Fayette Grover, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Oregon (d. 1911)
• 1825 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and psychologist (d. 1893)
• 1831 – Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier (d. 1862)
• 1832 – Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (d. 1888)[7]
• 1835 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d. 1908)[8]
• 1843 – Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (d. 1932)[9]
• 1849 – John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (d. 1945)
• 1856 – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1921)
• 1857 – Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1911)
• 1861 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek playwright and composer (d. 1917)
• 1873 – Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic (d. 1942)
• 1874 – Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic (d. 1949)
• 1874 – Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1876 – Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
• 1878 – John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (d. 1963)
• 1881 – Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general (d. 1944)
• 1881 – Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (d. 1957)
• 1882 – Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer (d. 1984)
• 1888 – Joe Slater, Australian footballer and captain (d. 1917)
• 1891 – Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1964)
• 1895 – Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (d. 1976)
• 1895 – William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (d. 1971)
• 1898 – C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1963)
• 1899 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior (d. 1988)
• 1899 – Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever, last verified person born in the 1800s (d. 2017)
• 1900 – Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988) [10]
• 1901 – Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
• 1904 – Egon Eiermann, German architect, designed the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (d. 1970)
• 1904 – Margaret Barr, Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (d. 1991) [11]
• 1905 – Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop and theologian (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Barbara C. Freeman, English writer and poet (b. 1999)[12]
• 1908 – Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (d. 1972)
• 1908 – Afet İnan, Turkish historian and sociologist (d. 1985)
• 1910 – Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician (d. 2006)
• 1910 – Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director (d. 1961)
• 1915 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
• 1916 – Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (d. 2017)
• 1917 – Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
• 1918 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician
• 1920 – Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and a promoter of women's wrestling (d. 2020)[13]
• 1922 – Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic (d. 2019)
• 1922 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (b. 2008)
• 1924 – Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Charles E. Mower, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1944)
• 1926 – Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia (d. 2019)
• 1927 – Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host
• 1928 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator
• 1928 – Paul Simon, American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Ernie Vossler, American golfer (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier
• 1930 – Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster
• 1930 – Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician
• 1931 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1997)
• 1931 – André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist (d. 2019)
• 1932 – Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (d. 2019)
• 1932 – John Gary, American singer and television host (d. 1998)
• 1932 – Fernando Guillén, Spanish actor (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Marc Vaux, English painter
• 1933 – John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1933 – James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator (d. 2017)
• 1934 – Willie Morris, American writer (d. 1999)
• 1935 – Diane Ladd, American actress
• 1935 – Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop (d. 2018)
• 1937 – Jan Mangerud, Norwegian geologist and academic
• 1938 – Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (d. 1996)
• 1939 – Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Meco, American record producer and musician
• 1940 – Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer
• 1940 – Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge
• 1940 – Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic
• 1941 – Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1941 – Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1942 – Michael Craze, British actor (d. 1998)[14]
• 1942 – Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (d. 1995)
• 1942 – Maggie Thompson, American author and critic
• 1942 – John Grillo, English actor and playwright
• 1943 – Janet Holmes à Court, Australian businesswoman and philanthropist
• 1943 – Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1943 – Sue Miller, American novelist and short story writer
• 1945 – Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist
• 1946 – Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter, keyboard player and producer
• 1946 – Suzy Chaffee, American skier
• 1946 – Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (d. 1992)
• 1947 – Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
• 1948 – Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician
• 1949 – Yvon Labre, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1949 – Dutch Mantel, American wrestler and manager
• 1949 – Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1949 – Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (d. 2012)
• 1951 – Carl Finch, American polka musician, songwriter, and record producer
• 1951 – Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1951 – Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
• 1951 – Don Walker, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1952 – Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer
• 1952 – Dusty Hare, English rugby player and cricketer
• 1953 – Jackie French, Australian author
• 1953 – Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Huub Stevens, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1954 – Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1955 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
• 1956 – Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer
• 1956 – Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Eric Laakso, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1956 – Katrin Saks, Estonian lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Jennifer Batten, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 – Janet Napolitano, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1957 – Matthew Rubel, American businessman
• 1957 – Mario Salieri, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player
• 1958 – John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana
• 1959 – Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic
• 1959 – Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
• 1959 – Rich Camarillo, American football player and coach
• 1959 – Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago
• 1960 – Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (d. 2013)
• 1960 – Howard Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1960 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress
• 1962 – Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1962 – Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director
• 1962 – Michael Veitch, Australian comedian and actor
• 1963 – Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 – Lalit Modi, Indian businessman
• 1964 – Don Cheadle, American actor and producer
• 1964 – Ken Monkou, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1965 – Lauren Child, English author
• 1965 – Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress
• 1965 – Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese poet and pianist (d. 1992)
• 1968 – Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2016)
• 1968 – Jonathan Knight, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1969 – Kasey Keller, American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1969 – Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player
• 1969 – Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
• 1969 – Tomas Brolin, Swedish footballer
• 1970 – Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director
• 1970 – Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach
• 1970 – Ryu Seung-ryong, South Korean actor
• 1971 – Brad May, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Willie Bain, Scottish academic and politician
• 1972 – Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer
• 1972 – Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Roger Shah, German electronic music producer
• 1972 – Minoru Tanaka, Japanese wrestler and boxer
• 1973 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1973 – Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright
• 1974 – Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1975 – Andreas Ioannides, Cypriot footballer
• 1976 – Chris Akins, American football player
• 1976 – Chadwick Boseman, American actor (d. 2020)[15]
• 1976 – Lindsay Benko, American swimmer
• 1976 – Anna Faris, American actress
• 1976 – Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
• 1977 – Eddie Howe, English footballer and manager
• 1977 – Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• 1977 – Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
• 1978 – Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
• 1978 – Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Adam Barrett, English footballer
• 1979 – Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 – The Game, American rapper
• 1979 – Neal Horgan, American-Irish footballer
• 1980 – P. J. Fleck, American football player and coach
• 1980 – Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer
• 1980 – Jason Griffith, American voice actor and actor
• 1980 – Chun Jung-myung, South Korean actor
• 1980 – Ilias Kasidiaris, Greek soldier and politician
• 1981 – Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer
• 1983 – Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Jennifer Oeser, German heptathlete
• 1983 – Aylin Tezel, German actress
• 1984 – Ji Hyun-woo, South Korean actor and guitarist
• 1984 – Katlego Mphela, South African footballer
• 1985 – Evangelia Aravani, Greek model
• 1985 – Shannon Brown, American basketball player[16]
• 1987 – Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
• 1987 – Sandro Wagner, German footballer
• 1988 – Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder
• 1988 – Lee Hyun-ho, South Korean footballer
• 1988 – Russell Wilson, American football player[17]
• 1990 – Sheldon Richardson, American football player
• 1991 – Terunofuji Haruo, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1993 – Stefon Diggs, American football player[18]
• 1994 – Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player[19]
• 1995 – Karl Lawton, Australian rugby league player[20]
• 1995 – Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer[21]
• 1995 – Yūka Sugai, Japanese idol[22]
• 1997 – Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player[23]

Deaths

• 521 – Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (b. 451)
• 524 – Ahkal Mo' Naab' I, ruler of Palenque (b. 465)
• 561 – Chlothar I, Frankish king (b. 497)
• 835 – Muhammad al-Jawad, The ninth of the Twelve Imams (b. 811)[24][25]
• 997 – Seongjong, Korean king (b. 961)
• 999 – Li Chun'an, Chinese merchant (b. 921)
• 1039 – Adalbero, duke of Carinthia (b. 980)
• 1253 – Otto II, duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
• 1268 – Clement IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1190)
• 1314 – Philip IV, king of France (b. 1268)
• 1330 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1287)
• 1342 – Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian (b. 1270)
• 1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
• 1396 – Robert Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Wemme, English nobleman (b. 1373)
• 1463 – Marie of Anjou, queen and wife of Charles VII of France (b. 1404)
• 1530 – Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1470)
• 1544 – Jungjong of Joseon, Korean king (b. 1488)
• 1577 – Cuthbert Mayne, English priest (b. 1543)
• 1590 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
• 1595 – Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (b. 1533)
• 1626 – Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (b. 1580)
• 1628 – John Felton, English soldier and assassin of the Duke of Buckingham (b. c. 1595)
• 1632 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
• 1643 – William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (b. 1611)
• 1643 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1567)
• 1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (b. 1565)
• 1661 – Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (b. 1600)
• 1694 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (b. 1628)
• 1695 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1619)
• 1699 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (b. 1635)
• 1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687)
• 1780 – Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1717)
• 1797 – Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic (b. 1723)
• 1830 – John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
• 1846 – Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
• 1847 – Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
• 1872 – Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)[26]
• 1883 – Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1894 – Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)[27]
• 1918 – Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 – Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)
• 1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
• 1941 – Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)
• 1942 – Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1946 – Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1953 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)
• 1954 – Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)
• 1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
• 1967 – Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)
• 1970 – Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)
• 1972 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1974 – James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1975 – Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)
• 1975 – Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)
• 1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (b. 1897)
• 1980 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)
• 1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
• 1982 – Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist (b. 1894)
• 1982 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)
• 1984 – Nora Thompson Dean, American Lenape educator and author (b. 1907)[28]
• 1986 – Cary Grant, English-American actor (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
• 1993 – J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 1996 – Denis Jenkinson, English journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1997 – Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Maus Gatsonides, Dutch race car driver and businessman (b. 1911)
• 1999 – John Berry, American-French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Gene Rayburn, American game show panelist and host (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Mic Christopher, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
• 2001 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (b. 1943)
• 2001 – John Knowles, American novelist (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2004 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
• 2005 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
• 2006 – Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author (b. 1934)
• 2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and author (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
• 2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (b. 1937)
• 2010 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2010 – S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (b. 1913)
• 2011 – Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (b. 1969)
• 2011 – Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (b. 1911)
• 2012 – Merv Pregulman, American football player and businessman (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Buddy Roberts, American wrestler and manager (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Colin Eglin, South African soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1976)
• 2014 – Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Dick Bresciani, American businessman (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Otto Newman, Austrian-American sociologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Oʻtkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (b. 1939)
• 2016 – Marcos Danilo Padilha, Brazilian football player (b. 1985)
• 2017 – Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (b. 1945)
• 2019 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)[29]
• 2020 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b. 1978)[30]

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Abibos of Nekresi
  • Blessed Bernardo de Hoyos
  • Brendan of Birr
  • Cuthbert Mayne
  • Francis Fasani
  • Illuminata
  • Our Lady of Beauraing
  • Radboud of Utrecht
  • Sadwrn
  • Saturnin
  • November 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (United Nations)[31]
• Liberation Day or Dita e Çlirimit (Albania)
• Republic Day (Yugoslavia)
• Unity Day (Vanuatu)
• William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia)

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External links

• "On This Day". BBC.
• The New York Times: On This Day

• "Historical Events on November 29". OnThisDay.com.
• "Today in Canadian History". Canada Channel.