About November 29
November 29, 2024 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.
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Sagittarius is the sun 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.
What Happened On November 29
- 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, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
- 1781 –The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
- 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 Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
- 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.
- 1864 –Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
- 1872 –Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
- 1877 –Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
- 1893 –The 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.
- 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.
- 1945 –The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
- 1947 –My Trach Massacre: First Indochina War.
- 1950 –Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
- 1965 –The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
- 1967 –Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
- 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.
- 1987 –Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
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