135511 | November 29 | Death | 2014 – Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (b. 1946) |
135512 | November 29 | Death | 2014 – Dick Bresciani, American businessman (b. 1938) |
135513 | November 29 | Death | 2014 – Luc De Vos, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Gorki) (b. 1962) |
135514 | November 29 | Death | 2014 – Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928) |
135515 | November 29 | Death | 2014 – Mark Strand, Canadian-American author, poet, academic and poet laureate of the United States (b. 1934) |
135516 | November 29 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Blessed Bernardo de HoyosBrendan of BirrCuthbert MayneRadboud of UtrechtSaturninNovember 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
135517 | November 29 | Holiday and observance | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (International) |
135518 | November 29 | Holiday and observance | Liberation Day or Dita e Çlirimit (Albania) |
135519 | November 29 | Holiday and observance | Republic Day (Yugoslavia) |
135520 | November 29 | Holiday and observance | Unity Day (Vanuatu) |
135521 | November 29 | Holiday and observance | William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia) |
135522 | November 30 | Event | 3340 BC – Earliest believed record of an eclipse. |
135523 | November 30 | Event | 1707 – The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida. |
135524 | November 30 | Event | 1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. |
135525 | November 30 | Event | 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris – In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). |
135526 | November 30 | Event | 1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). |
135527 | November 30 | Event | 1803 – In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase. |
135528 | November 30 | Event | 1804 – The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. |
135529 | November 30 | Event | 1824 – Ground is broken at Allanburg, Ontario, for the building of the first Welland Canal. |
135530 | November 30 | Event | 1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking. |
135531 | November 30 | Event | 1853 – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey. |
135532 | November 30 | Event | 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Franklin – The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with H |
135533 | November 30 | Event | 1868 – A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården. |
135534 | November 30 | Event | 1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. |
135535 | November 30 | Event | 1886 – The Folies Bergère stages its first revue. |
135536 | November 30 | Event | 1902 – American Old West: Kid Curry Logan, second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor. |
135537 | November 30 | Event | 1908 – A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154. |
135538 | November 30 | Event | 1916 – Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty. |
135539 | November 30 | Event | 1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. |
135540 | November 30 | Event | 1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire. |