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 334th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 16, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,732,838,400 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 ‘trihectatriacontatetragon’ 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 61 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 4,361 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 29 Historical Events
- 1394 –The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
- 1777 –San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José 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 to claim insurance.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – A Confederate advance into Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army. General John Bell Hood is angered, which leads to the 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2007 –The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
Who were born on November 29?
- 1917 –Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French film director
- 1942 –Felix Cavaliere, American musician
- 1954 –Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 2006)
- 1959 –Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
- 1968 –Howard K. Stern, American attorney and reality TV personality
- 1971 –Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
- 1978 –Ludwika Paleta, Polish/Mexican actress
- 1979 –Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter
- 1982 –Krystal Steal American pornographic actress
- 1987 –Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
Who died on November 29?
- 741 –Pope Gregory III
- 1342 –Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
- 1626 –Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (b. c. 1580)
- 1759 –Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
- 1797 –Samuel Langdon, American university president (b. 1723)
- 1927 –George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
- 1957 –Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
- 2001 –George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1943)
- 2007 –Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
- 2007 –Roger Bonham Smith, American automobile executive (b. 1925)
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