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Highlights of November 29

2012 — In resolution 67/19, the United Nations General Assembly voted to accord the status of a non-member observer state to Palestine. Read more
2007 — During their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, Philippine soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes mutinied and seized a conference room at The Peninsula Manila in Makati. Read more
1987 — A time bomb planted by North Korean agents on Korean Air Flight 858 detonated over the Andaman Sea, killing all 115 people on board. Read more
1982 — Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, was released. Read more
1979 — The controversial Tellico Dam project by the Tennessee Valley Authority is completed despite being ordered to shut down from the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill. Read more
1972 — Atari announced the release of Pong (screenshot pictured), one of the first video games to achieve widespread popularity in both the arcade and home-console markets. Read more
1963 — Five minutes after taking off from Montréal–Dorval, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashed in bad weather, killing all 118 people on board. Read more
1947 — The United Nations General Assembly voted to approve the Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan to resolve the Arab–Israeli conflict in Mandatory Palestine by separating the territory into Jewish and Arab states. Read more
1924 — The Bronx County Bird Club was formed and would go on to lead the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count in the eastern US for three years in a row. Read more
1899 — FC Barcelona, one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football, was founded by Swiss football pioneer Joan Gamper. Read more
1890 — The National Diet of Japan, a bicameral legislature modelled after both the German Reichstag and the British Westminster system, first met in Tokyo. Read more
1854 — An estimated crowd of more than 10,000 demonstrators swore allegiance to the Eureka Flag (pictured) as a symbol of defiance in advance of the Eureka Rebellion in Ballarat, Australia. Read more
1810 — Napoleonic Wars: British troops rendezvoused at Grand Baie to launch an invasion of Isle de France, now known as Mauritius. Read more
1781 — The crew of the British slave ship Zong, running low on water, began the killing of more than 130 enslaved African people by throwing them into the sea to claim insurance. Read more
1776 — American Revolutionary War: British reinforcements brought an end to the Patriot attempt to capture Fort Cumberland in Nova Scotia. Read more
903 — The Abbasid Caliphate captured the Qarmatian leadership at the Battle of Hama in Syria, opening the way for the reconquest of Tulunid Egypt. Read more

Events

2025 — The Government of Jordan officially announces the launch of the Amra City development project during a site visit by the Prime Minister. Read more
2013 — LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board. Read more
2009 — Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington. Read more
2007 — The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny. Read more
1987 — North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew. Read more
1986 — The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children. Read more
1982 — Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time. Read more
1972 — Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game. Read more
1967 — U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation. Read more
1963 — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Read more
1963 — Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board. Read more
1963 — "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom. Read more
1961 — Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico. Read more
1952 — 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. Read more
1947 — The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. Read more
1947 — French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War. Read more
1945 — The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared. Read more
1944 — Albania is liberated by the Partisans. Read more
1943 — 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). Read more
1929 — U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole. Read more
1920 — The Armenian Revolutionary Committee declares Armenia to be a Soviet Socialist Republic, starting 71 years of Soviet rule in Armenia Read more
1899 — FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish and world football's most iconic and strongest teams. Read more
1890 — The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes. Read more
1877 — Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time. Read more
1872 — The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River. Read more
1864 — Colorado War: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants at Sand Creek inside Colorado Territory. Read more
1864 — American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill during the Franklin–Nashville campaign. Read more
1863 — American Civil War: Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from an attack by Confederate forces under General James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders during the Siege of Knoxville. Read more
1850 — The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation. Read more
1847 — The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour. Read more
1847 — Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War. Read more
1830 — An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins. Read more
1807 — John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil. Read more
1783 — A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey. Read more
1781 — The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre. Read more
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. Read more
1776 — During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements. Read more
1732 — The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy. Read more
1729 — Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi. Read more
1612 — The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India. Read more
1549 — The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins. Read more
1114 — A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks. Read more
903 — The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama. Read more
618 — The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan. Read more
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. Read more
528 — Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice. Read more

Born on November 29

2009 — Salish Matter, American YouTuber Read more
2002 — Yunus Musah, American soccer player Read more
1998 — MJ Melendez, American baseball player Read more
1998 — Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player Read more
1998 — Lovie Simone, American actress Read more
1997 — Nick Richards, Jamaican basketball player Read more
1995 — Laura Marano, American actress and singer Read more
1995 — Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer Read more
1994 — Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player Read more
1994 — Julius Randle, American basketball player Read more
1993 — Stefon Diggs, American football player Read more
1992 — Ben Nugent, English footballer Read more
1991 — Becky James, Welsh cyclist Read more
1990 — Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer Read more
1990 — Sheldon Richardson, American football player Read more
1990 — Andrej Šustr, Czech ice hockey player Read more
1990 — Yacouba Sylla, French footballer Read more
1989 — Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer Read more
1988 — Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player Read more
1988 — Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder Read more
1988 — Damon Harrison, American football player Read more
1988 — Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer Read more
1988 — Russell Wilson, American football player Read more
1987 — Wayne Ellington, American basketball player and coach Read more
1986 — Asa Hall, English footballer Read more
1985 — Shannon Brown, American basketball player Read more
1985 — Dominic Roma, English footballer Read more
1984 — Ji Hyun-woo, South Korean actor and musician Read more
1983 — Franchesca Ramsey, American comedian Read more
1983 — Aylin Tezel, German actress Read more
1983 — Tanisha Wright, American basketball player and coach Read more
1982 — Lucas Black, American actor Read more
1982 — Gemma Chan, English actress Read more
1981 — Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer Read more
1981 — Jon Klassen, Canadian writer and illustrator Read more
1980 — Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer Read more
1980 — Dean Howell, English footballer Read more
1979 — Adam Barrett, English footballer Read more
1979 — The Game, American rapper Read more
1978 — Lauren German, American actress Read more

Died on November 29

2024 — Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939) Read more
2024 — Will Cullen Hart, American musician (born 1971) Read more
2024 — Wayne Northrop, American actor (born 1947) Read more
2023 — Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state (born 1923) Read more
2023 — Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (born 1934) Read more
2022 — Derek Granger, British film and television producer and screenwriter (born 1921) Read more
2022 — Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang, Samoan politician (born 1953/1954) Read more
2021 — Kinza Clodumar, Nauruan politician, 7th President of Nauru (born 1945) Read more
2021 — Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (born 1925) Read more
2021 — LaMarr Hoyt, Major League Baseball player, 1983 AL Cy Young Award winner (born 1955) Read more
2020 — Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (born 1978) Read more
2019 — Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1918) Read more
2017 — Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (born 1945) Read more
2016 — Luis Alberto Monge, Costa Rican politician, 39th President of Costa Rica (born 1925) Read more
2016 — Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician (born 1927) Read more
2015 — Joseph F. Girzone, American Catholic priest and author (born 1930) Read more
2015 — Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (born 1926) Read more
2015 — Christopher Middleton, British poet and translator (born 1926) Read more
2015 — O'tkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (born 1939) Read more
2014 — Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (born 1946) Read more
2014 — Dick Bresciani, American businessman (born 1938) Read more
2014 — Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (born 1934) Read more
2013 — Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (born 1948) Read more
2013 — Colin Eglin, South African soldier and politician (born 1925) Read more
2013 — Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (born 1936) Read more
2013 — Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1976) Read more
2012 — Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (born 1936) Read more
2012 — Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (born 1911) Read more
2011 — Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (born 1969) Read more
2011 — Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (born 1936) Read more
2010 — Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (born 1937) Read more
2010 — Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1915) Read more
2010 — S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (born 1930) Read more
2010 — Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (born 1940) Read more
2010 — Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (born 1913) Read more
2009 — Robert Holdstock, English author (born 1948) Read more
2009 — Zuhair Al-Karmi, Palestinian author, scientific programs presenter on TV (born 1922). Read more
2009 — Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (born 1923) Read more
2008 — Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (born 1918) Read more
2007 — James Barber, Canadian chef and author (born 1923) Read more

Holidays & observances

Christian feast day: Brendan of Birr; Christian feast day: Francis Fasani; Christian feast day: Illuminata; Christian feast day: Radboud of Utrecht; Christian feast day: Saturnin; Christian feast day: November 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (United Nations); Liberation Day or Dita e Çlirimit (Albania); Republic Day (Yugoslavia); Unity Day (Vanuatu); William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia)

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