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What happened in history on this day: November 29?
On November 29 in ...
- 1779 - The Continental Congress authorizes the first issue of Continental Currency.
- 1820 - Kentucky legislature establishes Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, entirely owned by the state.
- 1887 - US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii.
- 1916 - US declares martial law in Dominican Republic.
- 1933 - First state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania).
- 1944 - John Hopkins Hospital performs first open heart surgery.
- 1950 - National Council of the Church of Christ in US established.
- 1951 - First underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat, Nevada.
- 1952 - US President-elect Dwight Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war.
- 1961 - Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Mississippi, USA.
- 1961 - Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit.
- 1963 - US President Lyndon Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1964 - Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English.
- 1967 - US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara becomes President of the World Bank.
- 1972 - Atari releases the Pong coin-operated arcade video game system. Nolan Bushnell and Al Alcorn developed the game at Atari, partly based on the Magnavox Odyssey system.
- 1973 - US President signs Hobby Protection Act into law as Public Law 93-167.
- 1975 - In Kalapana, Hawaii, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs.
- 1975 - Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii.
- 1978 - United Nations observes "international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people," boycotted by US and about 20 other countries.
- 2009 - Somali pirates capture the Greek-owned Maran Centaurus supertanker carrying oil from Saudi Arabia to the US.
- 2011 - Blanchard and Co. sells the unique American 1787 Brasher doubloon pattern coin with "EB" punch on breast sells for US$7,395,000 from Blanchard & Company to an unnamed buyer in a private transaction.
Births on November 29
- 1896 - Birth of Philip L Carret in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; CEO (Pioneer Fund).
- 1918 - Birth of Herb Shriner in Toledo, Ohio, USA; host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show).
- 1923 - Birth of Frank Reynolds in East Chicago, Indiana, USA; news anchor (ABC Evening News).
- 1926 - Birth of Dagmar Huntington in West Virginia, USA; actress (Broadway's Open House).
- 1927 - Birth of Rupert Crosse in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Detective Robinson - The Partners).
- 1932 - Birth of Diane Ladd in Meridian, Mississippi, USA; actress (Wild Angels, Wild at Heart).
- 1944 - Birth of Felix Cavaliere in Pelham, New York, USA; rocker (Rascals - "Lonely too Long").
- 1949 - Birth of Kenneth D Cameron in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Lieutenant Colonel US Marine Corp/astronaut (Sked:STS-37).
- 1959 - Birth of Charles Grant Winston in Salem, North Carolina, USA; actor (Another World).
- 1961 - Birth of Kim Delaney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (All My Children, Tour of Duty).
- 1964 - Birth of Kris Kamm in Evanston, Illinois, USA; actor (Stuart Rosebrock - Coach).
- 1965 - Birth of Neill Barry in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Old Enough, Heat).
- 1982 - Birth of Ashley Force; American race car driver.
Deaths on November 29
- 1938 - Flora Disney (Walt Disney's mother) dies of inhaling poison gas fumes from a defective water heater.
- 1962 - Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood, New Jersey.
- 1981 - Natalie Wood, American actress, drowns off Santa Catalina, California, at age 43 (born 1938).
- 1986 - Cary Grant, British-born American actor, dies in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82 (born 1904).
- 1987 - Howard Pyle, American politician (Governor-Republican-Arizona, 1951-55), dies at age 81.
- 1995 - Charlie Smith, American baseball player, dies at age 57.
- 1999 - Death of Gene Rayburn, American television personality (born 1917).
- 2001 - Death of John Knowles, American author (born 1926).
- 2004 - Death of John Drew Barrymore, American actor (born 1932).
- 2005 - E. Cardon Walker dies at age 89; president of Walt Disney Productions (1971-80), CEO (1976-83), and chairman (1980-83).
- 2007 - Death of Henry Hyde, American politician (born 1924).
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