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 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 16, 2021 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,302,400 minutes 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.
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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 64 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 3,265 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 29 Historical Events
- 800 –Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
- 1877 –Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
- 1885 –End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy
- 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.
- 1945 –The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
- 1963 –Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
- 1972 –Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
- 1983 –Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
- 1990 –Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions 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 –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.
Who were born on November 29?
- 1813 –Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
- 1832 –Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)
- 1857 –Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
- 1933 –James Rosenquist, American artist
- 1943 –Sue Miller, American author
- 1946 –Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1959 –Rahm Emanuel, American politician
- 1971 –Brad May, Canadian hockey player
- 1974 –Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
- 1981 –Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
Who died on November 29?
- 1268 –Pope Clement IV
- 1595 –Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533)
- 1780 –Queen Maria Theresa of Austria (b. 1717)
- 1953 –Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
- 1953 –Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
- 1967 –Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian Communist politician (b. 1886)
- 1981 –Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
- 1986 –Cary Grant, British-born American actor (b. 1904)
- 2004 –Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
- 2004 –John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
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