November 29
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Events
- 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
- 1929 - U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
- 1945 - The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
- 1947 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine (The Partition Plan).
- 1950 – Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
- 1954 - The main immigration port-of-entry in New York Harbor at Ellis Island closes (the facility had processed more than 20 million immigrants since opening in 1892).
- 1963 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Births
- 1896 - Solomon Andhil Fineberg, American Jewish Committee member (d. 1990)
- 1898 - C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
- 1908 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American civil rights leader and politician (d. 1972)
- 1932 - Jacques Chirac, French politician
- 1942 - Ann Dunham, mother of Barack Obama (d. 1995)
Deaths
- 1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
- 1954 - Enrico Fermi, physicist (b. 1901)
- 2001 - George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
