WillDekkard
11-29-2010, 03:41 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - November 29th
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* 800 Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
* 1394 The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moved the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
* 1777 San Jose, California, is founded as el Pueblo de San Josι de Guadalupe. 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 in order to claim insurance.
* 1807 The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops.
* 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 Olmόtz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
* 1864 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 Confederate advance into Tennessee misses opportunity to crush Union army. Gen. Hood angered, leads to Battle of Franklin.
* 1872 Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
* 1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
* 1881 The city of Spokan Falls (today Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.
* 1890 The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
* 1890 At West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academy defeats the United States Military Academy 24-0 in the first ArmyNavy football game.
* 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.
* 1899 Spanish football club FC Barcelona is founded by Joan Gamper.
* 1910 The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest E. Sirrine.
* 1913 Fιdιration Internationale d'Escrime, the international organizing body of competitive fencing is founded in Paris, France.
* 1915 Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.
* 1922 Howard Carter opens the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to the public.
* 1929 U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
* 1934 The Chicago Bears defeat the Detroit Lions 19-16 in the first nationally broadcast game.
* 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 Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans.
* 1945 The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
* 1947 The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine (The Partition Plan).
* 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.
* 1961 Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-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 Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
* 1965 Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
* 1967 Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
* 1972 Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capps Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.
* 1983 Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
* 1987 Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
* 1990 Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing "use all necessary means to uphold and implement" United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 "to restore international peace and security" if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
* 2007 The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
* 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 far south as Trinidad.
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This Date in History - November 29th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 800 Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
* 1394 The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moved the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
* 1777 San Jose, California, is founded as el Pueblo de San Josι de Guadalupe. 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 in order to claim insurance.
* 1807 The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops.
* 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 Olmόtz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
* 1864 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 Confederate advance into Tennessee misses opportunity to crush Union army. Gen. Hood angered, leads to Battle of Franklin.
* 1872 Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
* 1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
* 1881 The city of Spokan Falls (today Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.
* 1890 The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
* 1890 At West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academy defeats the United States Military Academy 24-0 in the first ArmyNavy football game.
* 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.
* 1899 Spanish football club FC Barcelona is founded by Joan Gamper.
* 1910 The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest E. Sirrine.
* 1913 Fιdιration Internationale d'Escrime, the international organizing body of competitive fencing is founded in Paris, France.
* 1915 Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.
* 1922 Howard Carter opens the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to the public.
* 1929 U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
* 1934 The Chicago Bears defeat the Detroit Lions 19-16 in the first nationally broadcast game.
* 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 Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans.
* 1945 The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
* 1947 The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine (The Partition Plan).
* 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.
* 1961 Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-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 Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
* 1965 Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
* 1967 Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
* 1972 Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capps Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.
* 1983 Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
* 1987 Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
* 1990 Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing "use all necessary means to uphold and implement" United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 "to restore international peace and security" if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
* 2007 The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
* 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 far south as Trinidad.
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