Interesting things that happened November 29th:
Birthdays on this date:
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In 1627 John Ray, English naturalist, collector of proverbs
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In 1799 Amos Bronson Alcott, teacher, writer, Transcendentalist
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In 1803 Christian Doppler, discovered Doppler Effect (color shift)
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In 1811 Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage, antislavery, prison reformer
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In 1818 George Brown (L), Canadian publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (1858)
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In 1832 Louisa May Alcott, American author (Little Women)
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In 1849 Sir Ambrose Fleming, inventor of the diode
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In 1874 Antonio Egas Moniz, Portuguese lobotomist (Nobel 1949)
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In 1876 Nellie Ross (near St. Joseph, Missouri), governor (WY, 1925-27),
first female US governor inaugurated
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In 1895 William V.S. Tubman (Whig), 17th Liberian president (1943-70)
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In 1898 Clive Staples Lewis, author (Narnia Chronicles, Screwtape Letters)
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In 1907 Merle Travis, U.S. country singer
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In 1927 Vin Scully, sportscaster
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In 1928 Paul Simon, US Senator (D-IL, 1985-97), US Pres. candidate (1988)
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In 1933 David Reuben, physician, writer
+ John Mayall, blues singer
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In 1939 Diane Ladd, actor (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Primary Colors)
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In 1940 Chuck Mangione, jazz musician, composer
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In 1946 Suzy Chaffee, skier, lip balm huckster
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In 1949 Garry Shandling, comedian
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In 1955 Howie Mandel, actor (St Elsewhere, Walk Like a Man), comedian
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In 1960 Cathy Moriarty, actor (Raging Bull, Cop Land, Analyze That)
Events worth noting:
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+ Feast of St Saturninus, martyr
+ International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People (UN)
+ Advent (4 Sundays till Christmas)
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In 1530 Cardinal Thomas Wolsey adviser to England's King Henry VIII, died.
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In 1847 The Whitman Massacre near Fort Walla Walla, OR -- 14 settlers
killed..
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In 1864 Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians.
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In 1887 U.S. receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii.
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In 1890 First Army-Navy football game. Score: Navy 25, Army 0.
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In 1916 U.S. declares martial law in Dominican Republic.
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In 1922 King Tut's Tomb is discovered in Egypt.
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In 1924 Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels.
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In 1929 Richard Byrd and crew flies over the South Pole.
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In 1934 Chicago Bears beat Detroit in first NFL game broadcast nationally.
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In 1944 Albania liberated from Nazi control (National Day).
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In 1945 Yugoslav Republic Day.
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In 1947 U.N. General Assmebly votes to partition Palestine into two states,
one Jewish and one Arab, with an internationalized Jerusalem.
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In 1951 First underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat, Nevada.
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In 1952 Pres-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war.
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In 1961 Mercury 5 launches a chimp (Enos) to orbit.
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In 1963 Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
+ LBJ sets up Warren comm to investigate assassination of JFK.
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In 1967 US Sec of Def McNamara becomes president of the World Bank.
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In 1971 First Prof Golf Championship at Walt Disney World.
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In 1975 Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii.
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In 1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with Yankees.
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In 1981 Actor Natalie Wood drowns off Santa Catalina, Calif., at 43.
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In 1986 Cary Grant, dies in Davenport, Iowa, at 82.
And remember ...
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National Raisin Bread Month
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National Adoption Month
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National Impotency Month
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National Diabetes Month
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