Major Events
- 526 A possible date for the Antioch earthquake in present-day Syria (then the Byzantine Empire) which killed 200,000 people
- 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle
- 1877 US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time
- 1935 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment "Schrödinger's cat", a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
- 1951 1st underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada
- More November 29 Events
Nov 29 in Film & TV
- 1945 "The Lost Weekend", based on Charles R. Jackson's novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1946)
Nov 29 in Music
- 1994 "My Life" second studio album by Mary J. Blige is released (Billboard Music Award Top R&B Album 1995)
- 2023 Taylor Swift is Spotify's most-streamed global artist of the year with 26.1 billion streams, with Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” the most-streamed song [1]
Nov 29 in Sport
- 1987 Joe Montana of SF 49ers completes NFL record of 22 consecutive passes
Did You Know?
Crew of slave ship Zong murder about 142 African slaves by dumping them into the sea, to claim insurance
Christian Doppler
Louisa May Alcott
C. S. Lewis
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Beji Caid Essebsi
Jacques Chirac
Chadwick Boseman
Cathy Moriarty
Anna Faris
The Game [Jayceon Taylor]
Vin Scully
Howard Johnson
Russell Wilson
Fun Fact About November 29
Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, the 1st commercially successful video game, in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California
Famous Weddings
- 1916 Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin
- 1927 Theodor Geisel [Dr. Seuss] (23) marries first wife fellow author and editor Helen Palmer (28)
- 1934 Prince George, Duke of Kent, weds princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
More November 29 Weddings
Philip IV of France
Giacomo Puccini
Natalie Wood
Cary Grant
George Harrison
Henry Kissinger
