Historical Events
- 526 A possible date for the Antioch earthquake in present-day Syria (then the Byzantine Empire) which killed 200,000 people
- 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle
- 1877 US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time
- 1935 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment "Schrödinger's cat", a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
- 1951 1st underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada
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Nov 29 in Film & TV
- 1945 "The Lost Weekend", based on Charles R. Jackson's novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1946)
Nov 29 in Music
- 1994 "My Life" second studio album by Mary J. Blige is released (Billboard Music Award Top R&B Album 1995)
Nov 29 in Sport
- 1987 Joe Montana of SF 49ers completes NFL record of 22 consecutive passes
Did You Know?
Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, the 1st commercially successful video game, in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California
On November 29, 1972
Christian Doppler
C. S. Lewis
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Jacques Chirac
Chadwick Boseman
Cathy MoriartyWould You Believe?
Crew of slave ship Zong murder about 142 African slaves by dumping them into the sea, to claim insurance
On November 29, 1781
Famous Weddings
- 1916 Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin
- 1927 Theodor Geisel [Dr. Seuss] (23) marries first wife fellow author and editor Helen Palmer (28)
- 1934 Prince George, Duke of Kent, weds princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
More Weddings
Philip IV of France
Giacomo Puccini
Graham Hill
Dorothy Day
Cary Grant
George HarrisonArticles, Photos and Quiz
Pong
The original Atari Pong video game upright cabinet
November 29, 1972
Wrong Address for Shakespeare Tourist Attraction
Millions of tourists around the world still have souvenirs of the house where William Shakespeare’s mother was born and grew up. Sadly, it’s the wrong house.
November 29, 2000
Weekly Quiz for November 25 - December 1
What did Alfred Nobel patent? What was name of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's famous thought experiment? What was Mark Twain's real name?
