November 29th
Holidays and Festivals
Liberation Day (Albania) a.k.a. Dita e Çlirimit
International Day of Solidarity With The Palestinian People
Kaftet be-November (Israel) * (see below)
Republic Day (Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia)
Square Dance Day
Electronic Greetings Day
Feast of Saint Saturnin (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Saint Cuthbert Mayne, martyr (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Saint Radboud (Roman Catholic)
* Kaftet be-November (Israel) commemoration of the U.N. decision in 1947 to partition Palestine
Fête de la Genièvre Translation: Juniper Day (French Republican) The Ninth day of the Month of Frimaire in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"Keep your head cool and your feet warm,
And a glass of good whiskey will do you no harm."
- Unknown
- Alternative -
"For, whether we're right or whether we're wrong,
There's a rose in every thistle."
- Traditional
Drink of The Day
International Stinger
1 Part Metaxa
1 Part Galliano
Mix ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass
Wine of The Day
Graffigna (2007) Centenario
Style - Cabernet Sauvignon
San Juan
$15
Beer of The Day
Bourbon Barrel Aged Piper Down Scottish Ale
Brewer - Ballast Point Brewing Co. San Diego, CA, USA
Style - Barrel Aged Scotch Ale
Joke of The Day
A Scotsman and a Englishman were flying from Edinburgh when the stewardess approached. "May I get you something?" she asked.
"Aye, a whisky" Jock replied.
She poured him a drink then asked the Englishman if he'd like one.
"Never!" he said sternly. "I'd rather be raped and ravished by whores all the way to America than drink whisky!"
Jock hurriedly passed the drink back, saying "Damnit, I didn't know that was a choice!"
- In Celebration of St Andrews Eve (Scotland)
Quote of The Day
“When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.”
- Unknown
November Observances
Adopt A Senior Pet Month
American Diabetes Month
Aviation History Month
Banana Pudding Lovers Month
Beard Month (US)
Celebrate Empty Nester Month
Child Safety Protection Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month a.k.a. National Epilepsy Month
Family Stories Month
Final Binary Month (3of 3) (0s and 1s)
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
Greens and Plantains Month
Historic Bridge Awareness Month
I Am So Thankful Month
International Creative Child and Adult Month
International Drum (Percussion) Month
International Microfinance Month
Learn Chinese Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
MADD's Tie One On For Safety Holiday Campaign (11/16-12/31)
Military Family Appreciation Month
Moustache Month a.k.a. Movember (Australia)
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Adoption Month a.k.a. National Adoption Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Month
National American Indian Heritage Month (Also see August)
National COPD Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Family Literacy Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Home Care & Hospice Month
National Hospice Month
National Impotency Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Life Writing Month
National Long-term Care Awareness Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
National Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Awareness & Appreciation Month
National Model Railroad Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Novel Writing Month
National PPSI AIDS Awareness Month
National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
National Pomegranate Month
National Roasting Month
National Scholarship Month
National Sleep Comfort Month
Native American Heritage Month (Also see August)
No-shave-ember
PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month
Peanut Butter Lovers' Month
Plum Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
Real Jewelry Month
Spinach Month
Squash Month
Sweet Potato Awareness Month (Also see February)
Vegan Month
Worldwide Bereaved Siblings Month
Observances this Week
Black Week,Week starting the day afterThanksgiving
National Bible Week, Full Week of Thanksgiving
National Deal Week, 7 Days beginning the Day Before Thanksgiving
Better Conversation Week, Last Full Week in November
Church and State Separation Week, Last Full Week in November
National Family Week, Last Full Week in November
National Game & Puzzle Week, Last Full Week in November
Historical Events on November 29th
526 Antioch in modern day Syria struck by Earthquake, about 250,000 die
561 King Chlothar I dies at Compiègne. The Merovingian Dynasty is continued by his four sons — Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I — who divide the Frankish Kingdom.
799 Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome
800 Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
1349 Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred
1394 The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
1516 Treaty of Freiburg] French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty
1561 Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland
1573 Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands
1581 Doornik surrenders to duke of Parma
1596 King Philip II devalues Spanish currency
1729 Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester & occupy Carlisle
1760 French commandant Beletre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers
1775 Sir James Jay invents invisible ink
1776 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
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.
1783 A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
1803 Dessalines & Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent
1812 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia
1813 Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance
1825 1st Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC)
1830 November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1845 The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 Indians kill Washington state pioneers Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, and 12 others in Walla Walla Ore
1847 The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
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, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, who took over the leadership of German Confederation.
1863 Battle of Ft Sanders, TN (Ft Loudon), 8-900 casualities
1864 Fourth & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia of the American Civil War.
1864 Battle of Spring Hill, TN (Thomason's Station) of the American Civil War, 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 Sand Creek Massacre Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory including Cheyenne chief One-Eye.
1870 Compulsory education proclaimed in England
1872 The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph for the first time.
1885 End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy
1887 US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
1890 1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point
1890 The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
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.
1897 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England)
1900 Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in S Afr
1901 East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved & opened
1902 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der arnë Heinrich," premieres in Vienna
1902 The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11-0, at the Pittsburgh Coliseum, to win the first championship associated with a national professional football league.
1910 The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine.
1913 5th CFL Grey Cup, Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2
1915 Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.
1916 US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
1918 Serbia annexes Montenegro
1921 Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0°C
1921 Z Parenteau & Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki," premieres in NYC
1924 12th CFL Grey Cup, Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3
1924 NHL's Montreal Forum opens
1926 Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager
1926 W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife," premieres in NYC
1929 U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole, he sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole".
1932 Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee," premieres in NYC
1932 France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union
1933 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania)
1933 Japan begins persecution of communists
1934 Chicago Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally
1935 Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of New Zealand
1937 Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands
1938 Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany
1939 Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8)
1939 USSR drops diplomatic relations with Finland
1941 29th CFL Grey Cup, Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16
1941 Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet
1942 US rations coffee
1943 Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce Bosnia
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.
1943 U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1943 US aircraft carrier Hornet launched
1944 Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans from Nazi control (Natl Day).
1944 John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery
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.
1946 Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
1946 The All Indonesia Centre of Labour Organizations (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta.
1947 35th CFL Grey Cup, Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9
1947 My Trach Massacre of the First Indochina War.
1947 The United Nations General Assembly recommends the partition of Palestine between Arabs & Jews.
1948 "Kukla, Fran, & Ollie" debuted on NBC
1948 1st opera to be televised, "Othello," broadcast from the Met (NYC)
1948 KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa
1949 Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700
1950 North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
1950 National Council of Church of Christ in US forms
1951 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada
1951 Winston Churchill re-elected British premier
1952 40th CFL Grey Cup, Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 21-11
1952 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 Korean War.
1953 American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service
1953 WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 Turkish government of Menderes resigns
1956 "Bells Are Ringing" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 925 performances
1957 NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers & Giants
1958 46th CFL Grey Cup, Winn Blue Bombers defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 35-28
1960 26th Heisman Trophy Award, Joe Bellino, Navy (HB)
1961 Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss
1961 John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA
1961 Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission carrying Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1962 Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year
1962 Great-Britain & France decide to jointly build Concorde
1963 Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1963 Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal, Canada
1963 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1964 Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
1965 "Anya" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 16 performances
1965 Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups
1965 The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
1966 First NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena Warriors beat Bulls 108-101
1967 British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen
1967 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation, he is elected president of World bank.
1968 John & Yoko release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK
1969 Beatles' "Come Together/Something" reaches #1
1970 Charles Ives' "Yale-Princeton," premieres
1970 Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets' leading run scorer (7,250)
1971 First pro golf championship at Walt Disney World
1971 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
1972 Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.
1975 Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
1975 President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped
1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with NY Yankees
1976 NY Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to 5-year contract
1978 UN observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by US & about 20 other countries
1978 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances
1981 Greg Chappell scores 201 v Pakistan at Gabba
1982 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh, Semipalitinsk USSR
1984 Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad
1987 "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances
1987 75th CFL Grey Cup, Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 38-36
1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes
1987 Korean Air Boeing 707 Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing all 155.
1987 New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season
1987 Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles) It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal
1989 8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
1989 India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns
1990 "Shogun The Musical" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1990 Expos pres Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman
1990 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 (Gulf War), set Jan 15th military deadline.
1991 TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode Can't Help Loving that Man
1991 Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba
1992 "Sea Gull" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 48 performances
1992 "Solitary Confinement" closes at Nederlander NYC after 25 perfs
1992 80th CFL Grey Cup, Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 24-10
1993 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 40 perfs
1994 Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding
1995 "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater NYC
1995 CNN-fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched
1997 USAir Arena closes, hosting Wash Wizards
2005 The new Croatian Communist Party (KPH) is founded in Vukovar.
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.
2007 The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
2012 30 people are killed and 100 are wounded by bombs in Hillah and Karbala, Iraq
2012 Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach
2012 The UN votes to approve Palestine’s status change from an observer to an observer state
2014 Alabama beats Auburn 55-44 in Tuscaloosa at the 79th Iron Bowl
2015 Great Britain beats Belgium in Ghent 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, 1st win since 1936 at the 104th Davis Cup
2015 Britain Tyson Fury defeats Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko to win world heavyweight champion title (WBA, IBF, WBO) in Dusseldorf
Born on November 29th
1229 Louis II, the Stern, ruler (upper Baveria)
1338 Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368)
1427 Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464)
1484 Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
1627 John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)
1690 Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
1752 Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (d. 1819)
1761 Fridolin Weber, composer
1762 Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
1770 Peter Hansel, composer
1781 Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, philosopher, scholar (Silvas Americanas) (d. 1865)
1786 Syed Ahmad Shaheed, Indian Muslim revolutionist killed by Sikh at Balakote.
1797 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer
1797 Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
1798 Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
1799 Amos Bronson Alcott, American poet (Concord Days), and educator (d. 1888)
1802 Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and novelist (d. 1827)
1803 Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (Doppler effect) (d. 1853)
1803 Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
1811 Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage, antislavery, prison reformer
1813 Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
1815 Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers) (d. 1882)
1816 Carl Binder, composer
1816 Morrison Waite, American jurist (d. 1888)
1818 George Brown, Canadian publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (L) (1858)
1825 Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
1832 Louisa May Alcott, American author (Little Women) (d. 1888)
1833 Louis Douglass Watkins, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1868)
1834 Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (d. 1908)
1838 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch minister of interior/Colonies
1839 Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck)
1849 John Ambrose Fleming, British physicist, inventor (diode) (d. 1945)
1852 Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer
1856 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor, Premier of Prussia (d. 1921)
1857 Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
1860 Hans Haym, composer
1862 Friedrich Klose, composer
1863 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer
1866 Waldemar von Baussnern, composer
1870 Andre Lichtenberger, French sociologist/writer (Le petit roi)
1870 Harry Graham, Australian cricketer
1872 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano, director
1874 Antonio Egas Moniz, Portugal, lobotomist (Nobel 1949)
1874 Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1874 Francis Dodd, British artist (d. 1949)
1876 Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician (d. 1977)
1879 Jacob Gade, Danish composer(d. 1963)
1881 Artur Phleps, German Waffen-SS officer (d. 1944)
1881 Julius Raab, Austrian politician (d. 1964)
1882 Henri Fabre, Aviation Pioneer (d. 1984)
1888 Joe Slater, Australian Rules footballer (d. 1917)
1889 Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953)
1891 Julius Raab, Austrian Chancellor (1953-61)
1891 Richard Frank Donovan, composer
1894 Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
1894 Yakima Canutt (Enos Edward), American actor, director (Texas Terror)
1895 Busby Berkeley, American film director and choreographer (d. 1976)
1895 Lodovico Rocca, composer
1895 William V S Tubman, 17th Liberian president (1943-70) (d. 1971)
1896 Philip L Carret, American CEO (Pioneer Fund)
1896 Rod(erique) La Rocque (La Tour), western actor (Beau Bandit)
1896 Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
1897 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor)
1898 C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples), Irish sci-fi author (Silver Chair) (d. 1963)
1898 Rod La Rocque, Chicago IL, actor (Our Modern Maidens)
1899 Andrija Artukovic, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1899 Gustave Reese, composer
1901 Genevieve Tobin, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady)
1901 Mildred Harris, American actress (No No Nannette) (d. 1944)
1902 Carlo Levi, Italian painter, novelist (Of Fear & Freedom)
1902 Georges Poulet, French-Belgian critic (Temps Humain)
1904 Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
1904 Kay Johnson, American actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage)
1904 Piet Ketting, pianist, conductor, composer (Glorify Kokila)
1905 Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1991)
1905 Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham
1906 Luis Van Rooten, Mexican actor (One Man's Family)
1907 Merle Travis, American country singer (16 Tons)
1908 Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American civil rights leader, politician (Rep-D-NY), minister (d. 1972)
1908 N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
1909 Rupert Davies, methodist Scholar
1910 Antanas Škema, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (d. 1961)
1910 Louis Levy Jr, music publisher
1911 Klaus EJ Fuchs, German/British atomic physicist/spy
1914 Edith Tilton Penrose, economist
1914 Taisen Deshimaru, Japanese founder (Zen centers in France)
1915 Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
1915 Earl W Sutherland, American pharmacologist (Nobel 1971)
1916 Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
1916 Valentino Bucchi, composer
1917 Merle Travis, American singer, guitarist (d. 1983)
1917 Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French film director
1918 Herb Shriner, American host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show)
1918 Madeleine L'Engle (Franklin), American sci-fi author (Ilsa, Love Letters) (d. 2007)
1919 Pearl Primus, dancer
1920 Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician
1921 Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)
1921 Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
1922 Benjamin Smit, Curacaos architect (St Elizabeth Hospital)
1922 Michael Howard, British born American historian
1922 Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
1923 Frank Reynolds, E Chicago Ind, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
1926 Dagmar, American actress (Broadway's Open House)
1926 Tofik Bakhramov, Azerbaijani linesman (d. 1993)
1927 Rubert Crosse, American actor (Det Robinson-The Partners)
1927 Vin(ce) Scully, American baseball sportscaster (NBC Baseball Game of the Week)
1928 Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
1928 Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
1929 Don January, pro golfer (1976 Vardon Trophy)
1929 Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
1930 Shirley Porter, English politician
1931 André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
1931 Frank T Mdlalose, KwaZulu minister of Internal minister
1931 Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1932 Antoine Tisne, composer
1932 Diane Ladd, American actress (Wild Angels, Wild at Heart)
1932 Jacques Chirac, French politician
1932 John Gary, Watertown, NY, singer
1933 David Reuben, author (Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex)
1933 James Rosenquist, American artist
1933 John Mayall, English blues musician (Don't Washed Me Time)
1936 Davide Anzagai, composer
1936 Gerti Tetzner, writer
1937 Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of Defense/Foreign affairs
1938 Gene Okerlund, American wrestling interviewer and announcer
1939 Domenico Monardo, American record producer
1939 Gennadiy Volnov, Soviet basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1939 Meco, rocker
1939 Peter Bergman, American comedian (d. 2012)
1940 Chuck Mangione, American jazz hornist (Chasing the Clouds Away)
1940 Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2007)
1941 Bill Freehan, American baseball player
1941 Dennis Doherty, Canadian Musician (Mamas & The Papas)
1941 Ronald D Coleman, (Rep-D-TX, 1983)
1942 Felix Cavaliere, American musician
1942 Maggie Thompson, American magazine editor
1942 Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
1943 Sue Miller, American author
1944 Felix Cavaliere, American keyboardist (Rascals-Lonely too Long)
1945 Roger Bambuck, French 4X100 runner (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1946 Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter
1946 Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
1946 Suzy Chaffee, American skier (Olympics-1968)
1947 Petra Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
1947 Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist (d. 2012)
1949 Garry Shandling, American comedian (Larry Sanders Show)
1949 Jerry Lawler, American wrestler
1949 Kenneth D Cameron, American Lt Col USMC/astronaut (STS 37, 56, 74)
1949 Petra Kelly, German peace activist/MP (Green)
1949 Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
1949 Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
1950 Kevin O'Donnell Jr, American sci-fi author (Caverns, Reefs, Lava)
1951 Barry Goudreau, American guitarist (Boston)
1951 Jonathan Zeitlyn, artist
1951 Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
1952 Christine Pascal, actress, director (Smile, Nothing But Lies, Elsa)
1952 Dusty Hare, English rugby player
1953 Alex Grey, American artist
1953 Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1953 Jeff Fahey, Actor (Planet Terror)
1954 Joel Coen, American film director (O Brother Where art Thou), producer (Bad Santa), and writer (Raising Arizona, Big lebowski)
1954 Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 2006)
1955 C. David Johnson, Canadian actor
1955 Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian (Dr Wayne Fiscus-St Elsewhere)
1956 Eric Laakso, American football player
1956 Hinton Battle, American dancer
1956 Leo Laporte, American television personality
1957 Charles Grant, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, American actor (Evan Frame-Another World, Bold & Beautiful)
1957 Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security
1957 Matthew Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands Licensing
1958 Mario Petrucci, Anglo-Italian Poet and Ecologist
1958 Michael Dempsey, English musician (The Cure)
1958 Pamela Prati, Rome Italy, Million $ Cap (1984)/actress
1959 Kim Delaney, American actress
1959 Neal Broten, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL center (NJ Devils)
1959 Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
1959 Rich Camarillo, American football player, NFL punter (Houston Oilers)
1959 Richard Borcherds, Fields Medal winner
1960 Cathy Moriarty, American actress (Raging Bull, Bless This House)
1960 Howard Johnson, American baseball player
1961 Kim Delaney, American actress (All My Children, Tour of Duty, NYPD Blue)
1961 Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
1961 Tom Sizemore, American actor (Saving Private Ryan, True Romance)
1962 Andrew McCarthy, American actor (St Elmo's Fire, Class, Weekend at Bernie's)
1962 Andy LaRocque, Swedish musician (King Diamond)
1962 Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (v Sri Lanka 1985-86)
1964 Cork Graham, American journalist, actor and author
1964 Don Cheadle, American actor (Boogie Nights, Crash)
1964 Kris Kamm, American actor (Stuart Rosebrock-Coach)
1964 Perry Parker, American golfer (1992 Xerox BC Open)
1965 Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian (Saturday Night Live)
1965 Neill Barry, American actor (Old Enough, Heat)
1965 Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
1966 John Layfield, American professional wrestler
1967 Marcus Muler, WLAF adm asst (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 Sean Carlin, Australian hammer thrower (Olympics-8-1992, 96)
1968 Dee Brown, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
1968 Jiri Veber, Czech hockey player (Team Czech Rep)
1968 Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
1968 Pedro A Martinez, Dominican pitcher (NY Mets)
1968 Peter Gross-Pass, WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1968 T J Rubley, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
1969 Ben Iroha, soccer player (Vitesse)
1969 Craig Evans, Zimbabwe cricketer
1969 J-Me Carney, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 Kasey Keller, American soccer player
1969 Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1969 Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer (NAC, Celtic)
1970 David Beinhoff, mayor
1970 Frank Delgado, American keyboardist (Deftones)
1970 Guy Hill, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 NCAA-3rd)
1970 Lamar Smith, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
1970 Tonya Gill, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-14th)
1971 Amy Peterson, American short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1971 Bernadette Przybycien, American Miss Illinois USA (1996)
1971 Brad May, Canadian hockey player, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1971 Gena Lee Nolin, American actress, model (Baywatch)
1971 Gregory Byrne, American college administrator
1972 Artis Houston, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
1972 Brian Baumgartner, American actor
1972 Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player, NBA forward (Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks)
1972 Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
1972 Larry Williams, WLAF defensive tackle (Scotland Claymores)
1972 Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1973 Craig Glassock, Australian cricketer
1973 Dick van Burik, soccer player (Ajax/NAC)
1973 Duane Butler, safety (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
1973 Sarah Jones, American playwright
1974 Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
1974 Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators, Blues)
1975 Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
1976 Anna Faris, American actress (Scary Movie, Lost in Translation)
1976 Ehren McGhehey, American actor
1976 Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
1977 Juan José Gurruchaga, Chilean actor
1977 Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
1978 Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player
1978 Benjamín Vicuña, Chilean actor
1978 Dimitrious Konstantopolous, Greek footballer
1978 Lauren German, American actress (Hostel: Part II)
1978 Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born actress
1979 Chamillionaire, American rapper
1979 Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
1979 Jayceon "The Game" Taylor, American rapper
1979 Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter
1980 Brian Wolfe, American baseball player
1980 Chun Jung Myung, Korean actor
1980 Janina Gavankar, Actress (Barbershop)
1981 Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
1982 Ashley Force, American race car driver
1982 Gemma Chan, Actress (Exam)
1982 János Balogh, Hungarian football player
1982 Krystal Steal, American pornographic actress
1982 Lucas Black, American actor (Sling Blade, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift)
1983 Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 Sitti Navarro, Philippine bossa nova artist
1985 Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1985 Taguchi Junnosuke, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN)
1986 Katherine Emily Mills, Actress (Standing in Water)
1987 Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
1988 Briana Cuoco, Actress (Beauty in the Broken)
1989 Shannon Brown, NBA Guard (Los Angeles Lakers)
1990 Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor (Full House, Under the Influence)
1990 Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor (Full House, Under the Influence)
1990 Diego Boneta, Actor (Rock of Ages)
1991 Wendy Alcala, Actress (LA.tino's)
1992 David Lambert, Actor (The Lifeguard)
1993 Devon Voorhees, Actor (Dead Air)
1994 Wyatt Smith, Actor (Never Back Down)
1995 Laura Marano, Actress (Superbad)
1996 Yasmin Nicolson, Actress (What I Did Last Summer: Dramatically Speaking)
1999 Pavle Bozic, Actor and Stuntman (The Parade)
2000 Na'Kia Bell Smith, Actress (College Road Trip)
Died on November 29th
521 Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (b. 451)
561 Chlotarius I, King of the Franks (558-61) (b. 497)
917 Radboud, bishop of Utrecht, Deventer (900-17), saint
1253 Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
1268 Clement IV (Guido Fulcodi), Pope (1265-68)(b. 1190)
1314 Philip IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314) (b. 1268)
1330 Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (b. 1287)
1342 Michael of Cesena, Italian general and theologian (b. 1270)
1378 Charles IV, Holy Roman & German emperor (Univ of Prague) (b. 1316)
1530 Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal, adviser and Lord Chancellor (1514-29) and King of England Henry VIII (b. 1470)
1544 Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1488)
1577 Cuthbert Mayne, English saint (b. 1543)
1590 Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1595 Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533)
1626 Ernst von Mansfeld, German soldier (b. 1580)
1632 Frederick V, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia, husband of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1596)
1643 Claudio Giovanni Monteverdi, Italian composer (L'arianna) (b. 1567)
1643 William Cartwright, English playwright (b. 1611)
1646 Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
1661 Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (b. 1600)
1682 Rupert, prince of the Rhine, chemist, engraver, mathematician (b. 1619)
1694 Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (b. 1628)
1695 James Dalrymple, First Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1619)
1699 Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
1759 Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
1775 Lorenzo Somis, composer
1780 Maria Theresa, Queen of Austria, daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1717)
1797 Samuel Langdon, American clergyman and academic, President of Harvard University (b. 1723)
1813 Giambattista Bodoni, Italian stamp cutter, publisher (bodoni)
1830 John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
1843 Marco Santucci, composer
1847 Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
1865 Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer, statesman
1872 Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian
1872 Giovanni Tadolini, composer
1872 Horace Greeley, American founder, publisher (NY Tribune)
1883 Hiep Hoa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
1895 Eduard count von Taaffe, Austria premier (1868..93)
1918 Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Helten)
1921 Ivan Caryll, composer (Pink Lady)
1924 Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (Madame Butterfly) (b. 1858)
1925 Karl Flodin, composer
1927 George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
1939 Philipp Scheidemann, German politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany, Mayor of Kassel (b. 1865)
1941 Frank Waller, American sprinter (b. 1884)
1942 Boyd Wagner, American pilot (b. 1916)
1952 Rosa Lewis, English chef, owner (Cavendish Hotel London)
1952 Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian-American chemist
1953 Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
1953 Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
1953 Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)
1954 Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)
1954 Enrico Fermi, Italian-American nuclear physicist
1954 George Edward Robey, English comedic actor (Henry IV)
1957 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (Kathrin) (b. 1897)
1959 Fritz Brun, composer
1959 Hans Henny Jahnn, writer
1962 Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar
1964 Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje)
1967 Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian politician (b. 1886)
1967 Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident
1970 Robert Ruthenfranz, composer
1971 Heinz Tiessen, composer
1972 Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
1974 Haroldson L Hunt, US multi-millionaire
1974 James J. Braddock (Cinderella Man), American boxer, heavyweight Champion (b. 1905)
1974 Ouida Bergere, scriptwriter
1975 Graham Hill, English race car driver (b. 1929)
1975 Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)
1976 Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man)
1976 Judith Lowry, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays ...)
1977 George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain)
1978 Alan Richardson, composer
1980 Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist (b. 1897)
1980 George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)
1981 Fredric Wertham, German psychologist (b. 1895)
1981 Natalie Wood, American actress (West Side Story), drowns (suicide) (b. 1938)
1982 Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)
1984 Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)
1985 Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71
1986 Cary Grant, English-American actor (Charades) (b. 1904)
1986 Herb Vigran, actor (Vampire, Mark of Vampire)
1987 Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55)
1987 Irene Handl, English actress (Riding High, Morgan) (b. 1901)
1989 Ann Burton (Anna Rafalowicz), singer
1989 George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, cricketer
1991 Frank Yerby, American author (Health Card, The Dahomean) (b. 1916)
1991 Ralph Bellamy, American actor (Rosemary's Baby, His Girl Friday) (b. 1904)
1992 Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller, American philanthropist (b. 1909)
1992 Cary Scott Lowenstein, dancer, singer
1992 Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy)
1992 Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1992 Robert F Simon, American actor (Operation Petticoat, M*A*S*H)
1992 Robert Shayne, American actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!)
1993 J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and industrialist (Air-India), founder (Tata Motors, Tata Global Beverages) (b. 1904)
1994 Muhammad Ali Araki, ayatollah of Iran
1994 Ronald "Buster" Edwards, robber
1994 Sviatoslav S Stravinsky, French composer, son of Igor Stravinsky
1995 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor, social reformer
1995 Stone Cates, fictional charchter on General Hospital
1996 Dan Flavin, American sculptor (b. 1933)
1997 Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city
1998 Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
1998 Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (b. 1947)
1999 Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
1999 Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese navy officer (b. 1918)
2001 George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, Plastic Ono Band, The Quarrymen) (b. 1943)
2001 John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
2001 Mic Christopher, Irish singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
2002 Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
2002 George "Two Ton" Harris, American professional wrestler, manager (b. 1927)
2003 Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
2004 Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (b. 1891)
2004 Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2004 John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1929)
2005 David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
2005 Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
2006 Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner, author (b. 1934)
2007 Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
2007 James Barber, Canadian chef and author (b. 1923)
2007 Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2007 Roger Bonham Smith, Chairman and CEO of General Motors (b. 1925)
2007 Roger Smith, American businessman (b. 1925)
2007 Tom Terrell, American journalist, musicologist, NPR reviewer, deejay (b. 1950)
2008 Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designer (Sydney Opera House) (b. 1918)
2009 Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
2010 Alfred Masini, American television producer (b. 1930)
2010 Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (b. 1937)
2010 Mario Monicelli, Italian director (b. 1915)
2010 Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)
2010 Stephen J. Solarz, American politician (b. 1940)
2011 Patrice O'Neal, American comedian and actor (b. 1969)
2012 Buddy Roberts, American wrestler (b. 1945)
2012 Joe Kulbacki, American football player and author (b. 1938)
2012 Joyce Spiliotis, American politician (b. 1946)
2012 Klaus Schütz, German politician (b. 1926)
2012 Merv Pregulman, American football player, NFL (b. 1922)
2012 Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (b. 1911)
