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What are the important events that happened on November 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 29: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 29 is the 333rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 16, 2023 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,701,216,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontatrigon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 73 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,995 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 29 Historical Events
- 1847 –The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
- 1872 –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.
- 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.
Who were born on November 29?
- 1874 –Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
- 1938 –Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (d. 1996)
- 1940 –Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2007)
- 1959 –Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
- 1964 –Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer
Who died on November 29?
- 1942 –Boyd Wagner, American World War II fighter pilot (b. 1916)
- 1972 –Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
- 1993 –J. R. D. Tata, Indian businessman, Industrialist, and pilot (b.1904)
- 2007 –James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
- 2007 –Roger Bonham Smith, American automobile executive (b. 1925)
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