November 29 in History - Today In History

November 29th events in history

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DateWeekdayEvent
November 29, 1530 Saturday Cardinal Thomas Wolsey adviser to England's King Henry VIII died.
November 29, 1847 Monday Indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore
November 29, 1864 Tuesday Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians
November 29, 1887 Tuesday US receives rights to Pearl Harbor on Oahu Hawaii
November 29, 1890 Saturday 1st Army-Navy football game Score: Navy 24 Army 0
November 29, 1916 Wednesday US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
November 29, 1924 Saturday Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels
November 29, 1929 Friday Richard Byrd & crew flies over South Pole
November 29, 1934 Thursday Chicago Bears beat Detroit in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally
November 29, 1944 Wednesday Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day)
November 29, 1945 Thursday Yugoslav Republic Day
November 29, 1947 Saturday UN Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
November 29, 1951 Thursday 1st underground atomic explosion Frenchman Flat Nevada
November 29, 1952 Saturday Pres-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war.
November 29, 1961 Wednesday Mercury 5 launches a chimp (Ham/Enos)
November 29, 1963 Friday Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
November 29, 1963 Friday LBJ sets up Warren comm to investigate assassination of JFK
November 29, 1967 Wednesday US Sec of Def McNamara becomes president of the World Bank.
November 29, 1971 Monday 1st Prof Golf Championship at Walt Disney World
November 29, 1975 Saturday Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
November 29, 1976 Monday Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with Yankees
November 29, 1981 Sunday Actress Natalie Wood drowns off Santa Catalina Calif. at 43
November 29, 1986 Saturday Cary Grant dies in Davenport Iowa at 82
November 29, 1987 Sunday It was later ruled that he should not be credited with the goal
November 29, 1987 Sunday Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles)