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 333^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 16, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 490,104 hours 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 ‘trihectatriacontatrigon’ 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 80 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 4,726 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 29 Historical Events

• 1776 –
  American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
• 1777 –
  San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
• 1847 –
  The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
• 1847 –
  Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
• 1885 –
  End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy
• 1929 –
  U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
• 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.
• 1965 –
  The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
• 1983 –
  Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
• 2007 –
  The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.

Who were born on November 29?

• 1798 –
  Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
• 1803 –
  Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)
• 1876 –
  Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician and 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
• 1921 –
  Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)
• 1941 –
  Bill Freehan, American baseball player
• 1956 –
  Eric Laakso, American football player
• 1972 –
  Brian Baumgartner, American actor
• 1973 –
  Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
• 1976 –
  Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
• 1978 –
  Ludwika Paleta, Polish/Mexican actress

Who died on November 29?

• 1314 –
  Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
• 1530 –
  Thomas Wolsey, English religious figure (b. c. 1470)
• 1661 –
  Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
• 1699 –
  Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
• 1981 –
  Fredric Wertham, German psychologist (b. 1895)
• 1987 –
  Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
• 1993 –
  J. R. D. Tata, Indian businessman, Industrialist, and pilot (b.1904)
• 1998 –
  Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2005 –
  Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
• 2008 –
  Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)