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Events from History on November 29

1349 : Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred
1516 : Treaty of Freiburg] French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty
1561 : L˜fland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland
1573 : Don Lu¡s de Requesensy Zu¤iga succeeds duke of Alva as land
1573 : guardian of Netherlands
1581 : Doornik surrenders to duke of Parma
1596 : King Philip II devalues Spanish currency
1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester & occupy Carlisle
1760 : French commandant Belˆtre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers
1775 : Sir James Jay invents invisible ink
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)
1847 : Indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore
1863 : Battle of Ft Sanders, TN (Ft Loudon), 8-900 casualities
1864 : 4th & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
1864 : Battle of Spring Hill, TN (Thomason's Station)
1864 : Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians
1870 : Compulsory education proclaimed in England
1877 : Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph
1887 : US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
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 arn‰ Heinrich," premieres in Vienna
1916 : Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin
1916 : US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
1918 : Serbia annexes Montenegro
1921 : Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0øC
1921 : Z Parenteau & Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki," premieres in NYC
1926 : Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager
1926 : W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife," premieres in NYC
1929 : Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have
1929 : reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was wrong)
1932 : Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee," premieres in NYC
1932 : France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union
1932 : USSR & France sign no attack treaty
1933 : 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania)
1933 : Japan begins persecution of communists
1934 : English King George V weds princess Marina of Greece/Denmark
1935 : Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of NZ
1937 : Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands
1938 : Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany
1939 : USSR drops diplomatic relations with Finland
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 : U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1943 : US aircraft carrier Hornet launched
1944 : Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day)
1944 : John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery
1945 : Yugoslavian Socialist Republic proclaimed
1946 : Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
1947 : UN Gen Assembly partitions 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 : 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 : Pres-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess 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
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 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit
1962 : Great-Britain & France decide to jointly build Concorde
1963 : Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1963 : LBJ sets up Warren Comm to investigate assassination of JFK
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
1967 : British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen
1967 : Robert McNamara 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
1971 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 : Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
1975 : Pres 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
1978 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 : people," boycotted by US & about 20 other countries
1979 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 : "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances
1982 : USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1987 : "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances
1987 : France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 : It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal
1987 : Korean Air jetliner disappears off Burma, all 115 lost
1987 : Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles)
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 : UN Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq
1991 : TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man
1992 : "Sea Gull" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 48 performances
1992 : "Solitary Confinement" closes at Nederlander NYC after 25 perfs
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

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