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United States History: November 29
« Thread Started on Dec 1, 2012, 4:30am »

November 29 is the 334th day of this leap year in the Gregorian calendar.

There are 32 days remaining until the end of the year.

Countdown until Obama should have been leaving Office
http://www.obamaclock.org/

Days until coming elections:
http://www.daysuntil.com/Election-Day/index.html

U.S. Debt Clock: http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Saint Leo III
800 Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_III

1223 Pope Honorius III (1148–1227) formally confirmed the “Regula bullata,” which organized the Franciscan Order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Honorius_III

1644 The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes, as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court

A postcard of the ruins of Fort Rosalie, 1907
1729 Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Rosalie

1776 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.

1776 Anglican hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'He knows our sorrows, not merely as He knows all things, but as one who has been in our situation, and who, though without sin himself, endured when upon earth inexpressibly more for us than He will ever lay upon us.'

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.

1780 The Congregational Church of Connecticut licensed Lemuel Hayes to preach, making him the first black pastor certified by a predominantly white denomination. Hayes later became the first black pastor to serve a white church.

1783 A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

1830 November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.

1825 1st Italian opera, Barber of Seville, produced in US (NYC)

1847 Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed in the Walla Walla valley of Washington 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 Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre - Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.

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.

1872 American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

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.

1929 U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.

1944 The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

1947 The Partition Plan: the United Nations General Assembly recommends the partition of Palestine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine

1950 Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.

1950 The National Council of the Churches of Christ (NCC) was formed in Cleveland, Ohio.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches

1952 Korean War: 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 conflict.

1961 Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

1963 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

1967 Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.

1970 In Nagpur, India, six church bodies __ the Anglicans, the United Church of Northern India, the Baptists, the Methodists, the Church of the Brethren and the Disciples of Christ --merged to form the Church of India.

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.

1990 Gulf War: 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.

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.

Births

1752 Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher, settler of Jerusalem & Watkins Glen, New York (p. 7/1/1819)

1786 Syed Ahmad Shaheed, Indian Muslim revolutionist

1799 Amos Bronson Alcott, American writer, Transcendentalist philosopher, 1st superintendent for a school district (d. 1888)

1811 Wendell Phillips women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer, advocate for Native Americans, orator and lawyer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Phillips

1816 Morrison Waite, American jurist (d. 1888)

1818 George Brown, Scottish-born Canadian journalist and politician, one of the Fathers of Confederation (d. 1880)

1818 William Ellery Channing (poet) Transcendentalist poet (d. 1901)

1832 Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)

1835 Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (d. 1908)

1854 Carl Eissfeldt, in Milwaukee, prominent in early city and institutional work of the Missouri Synod, (d. 14 March 1935, Mount Prospect, Illinois).
http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/display.asp?t1=a&word=ASSOCIATEDLUTHERANCHARITIES

1876 Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician and 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)

1894 Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)

1895 Busby Berkeley, American film director and choreographer (d. 1976)

1896 Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)

1896 Philip L Carret Lynn MA, CEO (Pioneer Fund) (d May 28, 1998)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_L._Carret

1898 C. S. Lewis, in Belfast, Ireland, Anglican scholar and Christian writer (d. 1963)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis

1901 Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)

1905 Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1991)

1908 Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American civil rights leader and politician (d. 1972)

1915 Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)

1916 Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)

1917 Merle Travis, American singer/guitarist (d. 1983)

1918 Madeleine L'Engle, American author (d. 2007)

1921 Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)

1921 Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone

1922 Michael Howard, British born American historian

1922 Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player

1923 Frank Reynolds E Chicago IN, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Reynolds

1927 Vin Scully, American baseball announcer

1928 Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)

1933 James Rosenquist, American artist

1933 Dr David Reuben writer (Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex)

1935 Diane Ladd, American actress

1935 Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop

1938 Gene Okerlund, American wrestling interviewer and announcer

1939 Peter Bergman, American comedian (d. 2012)

1939 Domenico Monardo, American record producer

1940 Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2007)

1940 Chuck Mangione, American musician

1941 Bill Freehan, American baseball player

1941 Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2012)

1942 Felix Cavaliere, American musician

1942 Maggie Thompson, American magazine editor

1943 Sue Miller, American author

1946 Suzy Chaffee US, skier/chapstick user (Olympics-1968)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzy_Chaffee

1947 Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist (d. 2012)

1949 Dutch Mantel, American wrestler

1949 Kenneth D Cameron Cleveland OH, Lt Col USMC/astronaut (Sked:STS-37)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_D._Cameron

1949 Jerry Lawler, American wrestler

1949 Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor and writer

1950 Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (d. 2012)

1951 Barry Goudreau, American musician (Boston)

1951 Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)

1952 Jeff Fahey, American actor

1953 Alex Grey, American artist

1954 Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer

1955 Howie Mandel Toronto Canada, comedian (Dr Wayne Fiscus-St Elsewhere)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Mandel

1956 Hinton Battle, American dancer

1956 Leo Laporte, American television personality

1956 Eric Laakso, American football player

1957 Matthew Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands Licensing

1957 Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security

1957 Jennifer Batten, American guitarist

1958 Devon Scott, American actress

1959 Neal Broten, American ice hockey player

1959 Rahm Emanuel, American politician

1959 Rich Camarillo, American football player

1959 Steve Hindalong, American drummer, percussionist, songwriter and producer (The Choir, Lost Dogs)

1960 Howard Johnson, American baseball player

1960 Cathy Moriarty, American actress

1961 Kim Delaney, American actress

1962 Andrew McCarthy, American actor

1964 Don Cheadle, American actor

1964 Cork Graham, American journalist, actor and author

1964 Tom Sizemore, American actor

1965 Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian

1966 John Layfield, American professional wrestler

1968 Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)

1968 Howard K. Stern, American attorney and reality TV personality

1969 Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer

1969 Kasey Keller, American soccer player

1969 Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player

1970 Frank Delgado, American keyboardist (Deftones)

1970 Larry Joe Campbell, American actor

1971 Gena Lee Nolin, American actress

1971 Gregory Byrne, American college administrator

1972 Brian Baumgartner, American actor

1972 Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player

1973 Sarah Jones, American playwright

1976 Lindsay Mintenko, American swimmer

1976 Chris Akins, American football safety

1980 Brian Wolfe, American baseball player

Deaths

741 Pope Gregory III

1268 Pope Clement IV

1511 Ursula von Cotta, Martin Luther’s benefactress.
http://cyclopedia.lcms.org/display.asp?t1=C&word=COTTA.URSULA

1530 Thomas Wolsey, domestic chaplain of the archbishop of Canterbury, chaplain of Henry VII, privy counsellor of Henry VIII, bishop of Lincoln, archbishop of York , a cardinal and Lord Chancellor of England (b. ca. 1475 at Ipswich[?]).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wolsey

1780 Maria Theresa leader of Austria, dies at 63
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa

1797 Samuel Langdon, American university president (b. 1723)

1847 Marcus Whitman, Washington state pioneer (b. 1802)

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1921 Augustus H. Strong (b. 3 Aug 1836), American Baptist clergyman and theologian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Hopkins_Strong

1942 Boyd Wagner, American World War II fighter pilot (b. 1916)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wolsey

1953 Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)

1953 Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)

1954 Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)

1962 Rav Aaron Kotler in Lakewood NJ, Orthodox Talmudic scholar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Kotler

1972 Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)

1974 James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905)

1980 Dorothy Day, American journalist (b. 1897)

1980 George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)

1981 Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)

1986 Cary Grant, British-born American actor (b. 1904)

1991 Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)

1991 Frank Yerby, African-American writer (b. 1916)

1998 Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)

1999 Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)

2001 George Harrison, English musician, actor, songwriter. (The Beatles) (b. 1943)

2001 John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)

2002 George "Two Ton" Harris, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)

2003 Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)

2004 Anne Samson, Canadian Nun and supercentenarian (b. 1891)

2004 Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)

2004 John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)

2005 Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)

2007 Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)

2007 Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)

2007 Roger Bonham Smith, American automobile executive (b. 1925)

2007 Tom Terrell, American musicologist (b. 1950)

2010 Stephen J. Solarz, American politician (b. 1940)

2010 Alfred Masini, American television producer (b. 1930)

2011 Patrice O'Neal, American comedian (b. 1969)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

Brendan of Birr

Cuthbert Mayne

Radboud of Utrecht

Saturnin

November 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

Martyr Paramon and 370 Martyrs in Bithynia (250)

St. Acacius of Sinai (6th century), mentioned by John of the Ladder

St. Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth

St. Saturnin, martyr and bishop of Toulouse (257)

St. Pitirim of Egypt (4th century), disciple of St. Anthony the Great

Martyr Abibus, bishop of Nekressi, Georgia (6th century)

St. Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Caves (12 century)

Bishop Urban of Macedonia (Greek Calendar)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_of_Macedonia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_29_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)
http://www.lutheranhistory.org/history/tih1129.htm
http://www.scopesys.com/cgi-bin/today2.cgi
http://www.lcms.org/
http://www.lutheranhistory.org/history/tih1129.htm

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