UN
Day
International
Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Events
of the day
800
โ Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate
the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
1394 โ The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder
of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from
Kaesลng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
1776 โ American Revolutionary War: The Battle
of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an
end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
1777 โ San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo
de San Josรฉ de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian
settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
1781 โ The crew of the British slave ship Zong
murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the
sea to claim insurance.
1830 โ November Uprising: An armed rebellion
against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1847 โ The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint
forces of other Swiss cantons under General
Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 โ Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus
Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are
killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing
the Cayuse War.
1850 โ The treaty, Punctation of Olmรผtz, is
signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austrian
Empire, which took over the leadership of German
Confederation.
1864 โ Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre โ Colorado
volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre
at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants
inside Colorado Territory.
1864 โ American Civil War: Battle of Spring
Hill โ 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.
1872 โ Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with
the Battle of Lost River.
1877 โ Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph
for the first time.
1885 โ End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end
of Burmese monarchy
1890 โ The Meiji Constitution goes into effect
in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
1893 โ 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.
1929 โ U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the
first person to fly over the South Pole.
1943 โ 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 โ The first surgery (on a human) to correct
blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock
and Vivien Thomas.
1944 โ Albania is liberated by the Albanian
partisans.
1945 โ The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
is declared.
1947 โ The Partition Plan: the United Nations
General Assembly votes to partition Israel.
1947 โ My Trach Massacre: First Indochina War.
1950 โ Korean War: North Korean and Chinese
troops force United Nations forces to retreat
from North Korea.
1952 โ 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.
1961 โ Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission
โ Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space.
The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down
off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1963 โ U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes
the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy.
1965 โ The Canadian Space Agency launches the
satellite Alouette 2.
1967 โ Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 โ Atari announces the release of Pong,
the first commercially successful video game.
1983 โ Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United
Nations General Assembly passes a resolution
stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw
from Afghanistan.
1987 โ Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the
Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
1990 โ 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 โ The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay
siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers
led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
2007 โ A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off
the northern coast of Martinique. This affected
the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto
Rico and as far south as Trinidad.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Brendan of Birr
Cuthbert Mayne
Radboud of Utrecht
Saturnin
November 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian
People (International)
Liberation Day or Dita e รlirimit (Albania)
Republic Day (Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia)
Unity Day (Vanuatu)
William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia)
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