November 29 - Events

Events

• 800 – Charlemagne arrives atRome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
• 1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital fromKaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
• 1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as el 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 in order to claim insurance.
• 1807 – The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops.
• 1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
• 1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of otherSwiss 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.
• 1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc.Prussia capitulates to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
• 1864 – Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenneand Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – Confederateadvance into Tennessee misses opportunity to crush Union army.Gen. Hood angered, leads to Battle of Franklin.
• 1872 – Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
• 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 1881 – Spokan Falls (today the city of Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.
• 1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the firstDiet convenes.
• 1890 – At West Point, New York, the United States Naval Academydefeats the United States Military Academy 24-0 in the first Army–Navy football game.
• 1893 – The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
• 1899 – Spanish football club FC Barcelona is founded by Joan Gamper.
• 1910 – The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest E. Sirrine.
• 1913 – Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, the international organizing body of competitive fencing, is founded in Paris, France.
• 1915 – Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.
• 1922 – Howard Carter opens the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun to the public.
• 1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
• 1934 – The Chicago Bears defeat the Detroit Lions 19-16 in the first nationally broadcast game.
• 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.
• 1944 – Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans.
• 1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
• 1947 – The Partition Plan: the United Nations General Assemblyvotes to partition Israel.
• 1950 – Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
• 1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhowerfulfills 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 theEarth 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.
• 1963 – Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
• 1965 – The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
• 1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamaraannounces his resignation.
• 1972 – Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game, in Andy Capp’s Tavern inSunnyvale, California.
• 1983 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
• 1987 – Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
• 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 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanesstage a mutiny.
• 2007 – A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast ofMartinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north asPuerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad.