What are the important events that happened on November 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 29: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 29 is the 334^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 16, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,880,640 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontatetragon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 61 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,361 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 29 Historical Events

• 1777 –
  San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
• 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.
• 1890 –
  The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
• 1943 –
  The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.
• 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 votes to partition Israel.
• 1963 –
  U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
• 1965 –
  The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
• 1972 –
  Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
• 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.

Who were born on November 29?

• 1803 –
  Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
• 1876 –
  Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician and 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
• 1881 –
  Artur Phleps, German Waffen-SS officer (d. 1944)
• 1927 –
  Vin Scully, American baseball announcer
• 1932 –
  Jacques Chirac, French politician
• 1941 –
  Bill Freehan, American baseball player
• 1954 –
  Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer
• 1955 –
  C. David Johnson, Canadian actor
• 1976 –
  Lindsay Mintenko, American swimmer
• 1982 –
  Krystal Steal American pornographic actress

Who died on November 29?

• 741 –
  Pope Gregory III
• 1330 –
  Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (b. 1287)
• 1643 –
  William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
• 1646 –
  Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
• 1830 –
  John Maurice Hauke, Polish professional soldier, general (b. 1775)
• 1883 –
  Emperor Hiep Hoa, the sixth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (b. 1847)
• 1986 –
  Cary Grant, British-born American actor (b. 1904)
• 1998 –
  Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (b. 1947)
• 2001 –
  Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
• 2005 –
  David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)