November 29

2024 Calendar

November 29 is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

521 - Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (b. 451)
561 - Chlothar I, Frankish King (b. 497)
1253 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
1268 - Pope Clement IV (b. 1190)
1314 – King Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
1330 - Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and statesman (b. 1287)
1342 - Michael of Cesena, Italian theologian (b. 1270)
1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
1530 - Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal (b. 1470)
1544 - Jungjong of Joseon of Korea (b. 1488)
1590 - Philipp Nikodemos Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1595 - Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (b. 1533)
1600 – Nanda, King of Burma (b. 1535)
1632 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
1643 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567)
1682 - Prince Rupert of the Rhine (b. 1619)
1694 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (b. 1628)
1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
1780 – Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, a Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and a Holy Roman Empress (b. 1717)
1797 - Samuel Langdon, American clergyman and academic (b. 1723)
1830 - John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
1847 - Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
1856 - Frederick William Beechey, English naval officer, explorer, geographer and politician (b. 1796)
1872 - Horace Greeley, American newspaper editor and politician (b. 1811)
1883 – Hiep Hoa, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1847)

1901 – 2000

1901 – Francisco Pi i Margell, Catalan writer and politician (b. 1824)
1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian opera composer (b. 1858)
1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
1941 - Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)
1946 - Sandy Archibald, Scottish footballer (b. 1896)
1946 - Johannes Vares, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
1953 - Sam DeGrasse, American actor (b. 1875)
1954 - Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinetist and drummer (b. 1892)
1954 - George Robey, English comedian, singer and actor (b. 1859)
1957 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
1962 - Erik Scavenius, Danish politician (b. 1877)
1967 - Ferenc Münnich, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)
1972 - Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
1975 – Graham Hill, British racing driver (b. 1929)
1975 - Tony Brise, British racing driver (b. 1952)
1979 – Zeppo Marx, American actor (b. 1901)
1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
1982 - Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)
1986 – Cary Grant, British-American actor (b. 1904)
1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)
1991 - Frank Yerby, American author (b. 1916)
1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1993 - J. R. D. Tata, Indian pilot and businessman (b. 1904)
1998 - Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
1999 - Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)

From 2001

2001 – George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1943)
2003 - Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
2004 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
2004 – Anne Samson, Canadian nun and supercentenarian (b. 1891)
2005 – David di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
2007 - Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2008 – Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
2009 - Prince Alexander of Belgium (b. 1942)
2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (b. 1937)
2010 – Mario Monicelli, Italian movie director (b. 1915)
2010 – Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)
2013 - Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian poet and activist (b. 1936)
2013 - Chris Howland, English-German singer, presenter, actor and author (b. 1928)
2014 - Mark Strand, Canadian-American poet (b. 1934)
2014 - Dwayne Alons, American politician (b. 1946)
2014 - Luc De Vos, Belgian musician (b. 1962)
2015 - O'tkir Sultonov, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (b. 1939)
2015 - Claire Aho, Finnish-Swedish photographer (b. 1925)
2016 - Luis Alberto Monge, President of Costa Rica (b. 1925)
2017 - Belmiro de Azevedo, Portuguese businessman (b. 1938)
2017 - Jerry Fodor, American philosopher (b. 1935)
2017 - Aminul Islam, Bangladeshi academic (b. 1935)
2017 - Charles E. Merrill Jr., Polish-born American educator (b. 1920)
2017 - Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian-Croatian politician and general (b. 1945)
2017 - Heather North, American actress (b. 1945)
2017 - Mary Lee Woods, British mathematician and computer programmer (b. 1924)
2018 - Altaf Fatima, Pakistani writer (b. 1927)
2018 - Eldon George, Canadian fossil hunter and geologist (b. 1931)
2018 - Ruth Haring, American chess player (b. 1955)
2018 - Viktor Matviyenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1948)
2019 - Irving Burgie, American songwriter (b. 1924)
2019 - Fitzhugh Mullan, American physician and medical writer (b. 1942)
2019 - Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
2023 - Henry Kissinger, American politician and diplomat (b.1923)

Births

1901 – 1950

1901 - Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
1902 - Carlo Levi, Italian writer, painter and politician (d. 1975)
1904 - Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
1905 - Marcel Lefebvre, French pilot (d. 1991)
1912 - Jock Shaw, Scottish footballer (d. 2000)
1915 – Eugene Polley, American inventor of the TV remote control (d. 2011)
1916 - John Arthur Love, American politician, 36th Governor of Colorado (d. 2001)
1917 - Pierre-Gaspard Huit, French director and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1917 - Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
1918 – Madeleine L'Engle, American writer (d. 2007)
1920 - Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder (d. 2013)
1920 - Yegor Ligachev, Soviet-Russian politician
1920 - Joseph Shivers, American chemist (d. 2014)
1921 - Jackie Stallone, American astrologer, mother of Sylvester Stallone
1922 - Michael Howard, British historian (d. 2019)
1923 - Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player (d. 2015)
1924 - Jane Freilicher, American painter (d. 2014)
1924 – Erik Balling, Danish director (d. 2005)
1925 – Ernst Happel, Austrian football manager (d. 1992)
1926 - Beji Caid Essebsi, President of Tunisia (d. 2019)
1928 - Shulamit Aloni, Israeli politician (d. 2014)
1928 - Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
1929 - Derek Jameson, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 2012)
1930 - David Goldblatt, South African photographer (d. 2018)
1930 – Shirley Porter, British politician
1931 - Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1931 - Wallace Smith Broecker, American scientist (d. 2019)
1932 – Jacques Chirac, former President of France (d. 2019)
1932 - Diane Ladd, American actress
1933 – John Mayall, English blues singer
1933 – James Rosenquist, American artist (d. 2017)
1934 - Guillermo Sepulveda, Mexican footballer
1938 – Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese Sumo wrestler (d. 1996)
1938 - Michel Duchaussoy, French actor (d. 2012)
1939 - Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian director and producer (d. 2014)
1939 - Hugh Robertson, Scottish footballer (d. 2010)
1939 – Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (d. 2007)
1940 – Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (d. 2007)
1940 - Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer
1941 – Lothar Emmerich, German footballer (d. 2003)
1942 – Ann Dunham (d. 1995), American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama
1946 - Brian Cadd, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist
1946 - Suzy Chaffee, American skier and actress
1947 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (d. 1992)
1947 - Mario Aurelio Poli, Argentine cardinal
1948 - David Rintoul, Scottish actor
1949 – Jerry Lawler, American professional wrestler
1949 - Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor and scriptwriter (d. 2016)

1951 – 1975

1952 – Jeff Fahey, American actor
1953 - Christine Pascal, French actress (d. 1996)
1953 – Huub Stevens, Dutch footballer and coach
1953 - Rosemary West, English murderer
1954 - Joel Coen, American director, producer and screenwriter
1955 - Howie Mandel, Canadian actor and comedian
1957 – Janet Napolitano, American politician
1958 - Michael Dempsey, British musician
1958 - John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana
1959 – Rahm Emanuel, American politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago
1961 - Kim Delaney, American actress
1962 - Ronny Jordan, British guitarist (d. 2014)
1964 – Don Cheadle, American actor
1964 - Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer
1964 - Tom Sizemore, American actor and producer
1965 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese poet and pianist (d. 1992)
1965 - Ellen Cleghorn, American comedienne and actress
1967 - Zbigniew Szewczyk, Polish footballer
1968 - Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2016)
1968 - Jonathan Knight, American singer
1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
1969 – Kasey Keller, American footballer
1969 – Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
1970 - Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
1970 - Frank Delgado, American keyboardist (Deftones)
1970 - Nathan Hines, Australian-Scottish rugby union player
1970 - Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
1971 - Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
1972 - Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player
1973 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
1974 – Pavol Demitra, Slovakian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1975 – Andreas Ioannides, Greek-Cypriot footballer

From 1976

1977 - Juan José Gurruchaga, Chilean actor
1977 - Paul Goodison, English sailor
1977 - Eddie Howe, English footballer and coach
1978 – Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 - Lauren German, American actress
1979 - Simon Amstell, English comedian, actor and television host
1981 - Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor and singer
1982 - Gemma Chan, English actress
1982 – Lucas Black, American actor
1982 – John Mensah, Ghanaian footballer
1982 - Ramya, Indian actress, singer and politician
1982 – Imogen Thomas, Welsh television personality
1983 - Albert Bunjaku, Swiss footballer
1985 – Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1987 - Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
1988 - Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (d. 2014)
1988 - Russell Wilson, American football player
1989 - Stefan Bradl, German motorcycle racer
1990 - Lee Minhyuk, South Korean idol, singer, rapper and dancer
1991 - Zac Sunderland, American sailor
1991 - Becky James, Welsh cyclist
1992 - George Atkinson III, American football player (d. 2019)
1995 - Laura Marano, American actress and singer
1995 - Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer

Deaths

Observances

International Day for Solidarity with the Palestinian people
Liberation Day (Albania)
Tubman Day (Liberia)