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| Birthday November 29, 1803 Christian Doppler, discovered Doppler Effect (color shift) |
| Birthday November 29, 1811 Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage, antislavery, prison reformer |
| Birthday November 29, 1818 George Brown, (L), Canadian publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (1858) |
| Birthday November 29, 1832 Louisa May Alcott, American author (Little Women) |
| Birthday November 29, 1849 Sir Ambrose Fleming, invented diode |
| Birthday November 29, 1874 Ant¢nio Egas Moniz, Portuguese lobotomist (Nobel 1949) |
| Birthday November 29, 1895 William V.S. Tubman, (Whig), 17th Liberian president (1943-70) |
| Birthday November 29, 1907 Merle Travis, U.S. country singer (Sixteen Tons) |
| Birthday November 29, 1927 Vin Scully, Sportscaster |
| Birthday November 29, 1928 Paul Simon, (Sen-D-Ill), pres candidate |
| Birthday November 29, 1932 Diana Ladd |
| Birthday November 29, 1933 David Reuben, physician/Writer |
| Birthday November 29, 1933 John Mayall, blues singer |
| Birthday November 29, 1940 Chuck Mangione, jazz musician, composer |
| Birthday November 29, 1943 Sue Miller is born |
| Birthday November 29, 1946 Suzy Chaffee, Skier |
| Birthday November 29, 1955 Howie Mandel, (St Elsewhere's-Dr Fiscus) |
| Birthday November 29, 1960 Cathy Moriarty, Actress |
| History November 29, 1530 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey adviser to England's King Henry VIII died. |
| History November 29, 1775 Congress creates Committee of Secret Correspondence |
| History November 29, 1847 Indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore |
| History November 29, 1864 Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians |
| History November 29, 1864 Sand Creek massacre |
| History November 29, 1864 Colorado militia massacre Cheyenne at Sand Creek |
| History November 29, 1887 US receives rights to Pearl Harbor on Oahu Hawaii |
| History November 29, 1890 1st Army-Navy football game Score: Navy 24 Army 0 |
| History November 29, 1916 US declares martial law in Dominican Republic |
| History November 29, 1918 American nurse Maude Fisher writes to mother of war casualty |
| History November 29, 1924 Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels |
| History November 29, 1929 Byrd flies over South Pole |
| History November 29, 1929 Richard Byrd & crew flies over South Pole |
| History November 29, 1934 Chicago Bears beat Detroit in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally |
| History November 29, 1942 Coffee rationing begins |
| History November 29, 1944 Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day) |
| History November 29, 1945 Yugoslav Republic Day |
| History November 29, 1947 UN Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews. |
| History November 29, 1950 Chinese overwhelm Allies in North Korea |
| History November 29, 1951 1st underground atomic explosion Frenchman Flat Nevada |
| History November 29, 1952 Eisenhower goes to Korea |
| History November 29, 1952 Pres-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war. |
| History November 29, 1961 Mercury 5 launches a chimp (Ham/Enos) |
| History November 29, 1963 LBJ forms commission to investigate Kennedy assassination |
| History November 29, 1963 LBJ sets up Warren comm to investigate assassination of JFK |
| History November 29, 1963 Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" |
| History November 29, 1963 Johnson establishes Warren Commission |
| History November 29, 1967 McNamara resigns as Secretary of Defense |
| History November 29, 1967 US Sec of Def McNamara becomes president of the World Bank. |
| History November 29, 1968 Communists vow to smash Phoenix program |
| History November 29, 1971 1st Prof Golf Championship at Walt Disney World |
| History November 29, 1971 Americal Division stands down and departs |
| History November 29, 1975 Silver Convention earn a #1 pop hit with Fly, Robin, Fly |
| History November 29, 1975 Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii |
| History November 29, 1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with Yankees |
| History November 29, 1981 Actress Natalie Wood drowns off Santa Catalina Calif. at 43 |
| History November 29, 1981 Actress Natalie Wood drowns |
| History November 29, 1986 Cary Grant dies in Davenport Iowa at 82 |
| History November 29, 1987 Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles) |
| History November 29, 1987 It was later ruled that he should not be credited with the goal |
| History November 29, 1991 Dust storm causes massive pileup in California |
| History November 29, 1996 Last day at VW for Jose Ignacio Lopez |
| History November 29, 1997 The legendary Eddie Robinson coaches his last game |
| History November 29, 2011 Dr. Conrad Murray receives four-year sentence in Michael Jackson's death |