1813 – Giambattista Bodoni, Italian typographer (Bodoni), printer and publisher, dies at 73
1952 – Vladimir Ipatieff, Russian-American chemist, dies at 85
1954 – George Robey, English musical theatre actor and comedian, dies at 85
1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert, dies of a heart attack at 83
1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (Rosemary’s Baby, His Girl Friday, Trading Places), dies at 87
1994 – Sviatoslav S. Stravinsky, French-American composer, son of Igor S, dies at 84
1995 – Irene Ighodar, Sierra Leonean doctor and social reformer, dies at 79
2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
2008 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House), dies at 90
2020 – Viorel Turcu, Romanian soccer midfielder (7 caps; FC Argeș Pitești, Steaua București, FC Olt Scornicești), dies from a heart attack at 60
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Historical Events for 29th November 2023
1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle
1791 – Chatham Islands sighted by HMS Chatham commanded by William Broughton
1803 – Dessalines and Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent
1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, taking over the leadership of German Confederation
1943 – US aircraft carrier Hornet launched
1981 – Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “My Fair Lady” closes at Uris Theater, NYC, after 119 performances
1986 – 51st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-17 in Birmingham
1987 – Ranger’s Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs NY Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal.
2017 – Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak commits suicide by poison in court at The Hague after 20 year prison term read out
2022 – For the first time fewer than half of people in England and Wales call themselves Christian according to the 2021 Census
Today in History for 29th November 2023
Historical Events
1825 – Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (The Barber of Seville) become 1st opera performed in Italian in US, staged at New York City’s Park Theater
1950 – National Council of Church of Christ in US forms
1963 – US President LBJ sets up the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy
1971 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 – New Zealand general election won by the National Party headed by Robert Muldoon
2008 – 73rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 36-0 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s first win in the series in seven years
Famous Birthdays
1627 – John Ray, English naturalist (advances in taxonomy), born in Black Notley, England (d. 1705)
1899 – Arvid Kleven, Norwegian flautist and composer, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 1929)
1961 – Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese heavy metal bass guitarist (Loudness), born in Osaka, Japan
1969 – Ben Iroha, Nigerian football player (Vitesse), born in Aba, Nigeria
1977 – Andy Beshear, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (2019-), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1990 – Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, American actor (Full House), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1530 – Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal, adviser and Lord Chancellor, (1515-29) to England’s King Henry VIII, dies just before facing treason trial at about 55
1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian-American composer (Violanta; The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 60
1989 – Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz], Dutch jazz singer, dies of throat cancer at 56
2003 – Larry Booker (Moondog Spot), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), dies of a heart attack at 51
2006 – Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
2018 – Charles Harrison, American industrial designer (view finder), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 28th November 2023
1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (c. 1608)
1815 – Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70
1867 – John Drake Sloat, 1st Military Governor of California (Union Navy), dies at 86
1878 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
1880 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa, dies at 43
1915 – Mubarak Al-Sabah “The Great”, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
1960 – Richard Wright, American author (Native Son, Uncle Tom’s Children), dies at 52
1993 – Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25
1995 – Brunhilde Hendrix, German relay runner (Olympic silver 1960), dies at 57
2022 – Clarence Gilyard Jr, American actor (Walker, Texas Ranger – “Trivette”; Matlock, 1989-93 – “Conrad”; Die Hard), and educator, dies at 66
Historical Events for 28th November 2023
1754 – Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d’Alembert is elected to the French Academy of Sciences
1813 – Cossacks occupy Utrecht
1909 – Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, one of the genres most difficult, premieres at the New Theatre in New York City, with the composer as soloist and the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch
1955 – 1956 NFL Draft: Gary Glick from University of Colorado AandM first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
1957 – “Look Homeward, Angel” play based on the book by Thomas Wolfe adapted by Ketti Frings and starring Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC
1960 – Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)
1966 – Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared
1967 – 1st radio pulsars detected by British postgraduate Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish at Cambridge University
1975 – Wings release single “Venus and Mars/Rock Show” medley
1984 – Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States
Today in History for 28th November 2023
Historical Events
1879 – Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
1899 – Second Boer War: Battle of Modder River (Cape Colony), British Lord Methuen defeats Boer forces of Piet Cronjé and Koos de la Rey
1938 – Dmitri Shostakovich’s Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 premieres in Moscow, USSR
1950 – Walter O’Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager
1981 – 46th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 28-17 in Birmingham
2019 – European parliament declares a climate emergency
Famous Birthdays
1640 – Willem de Vlamingh, Dutch sea captain who explored the then “New Holland”, the central west coast of Australia, born in Oost-Vlieland, Dutch Republic (d. c. 1698)
1907 – Alberto Moravia [Pincherle], Italian author (Indifferent Ones), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1990)
1936 – Gary Hart, American politician (Sen-D-Co, 1975-86), born in Ottawa, Kansas
1962 – Karen Marsden, Australian field hockey goalie (Olympic gold 1996; World Cup gold 1994; Champions Trophy gold 1993), born in Perth, Australia
1971 – William Simas Jr, pitcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Hanford, California
1984 – Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
Famous Deaths
1641 – Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50
1698 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and Governor General of New France (1672-82, 1689-98), dies at 76
1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)
1994 – Vicente Enrique y Tarancon, Spanish cardinal, dies at 87
1996 – Charles Bressler, American tenor, specializing in early music (New York Pro Musica, 1953-63), and educator, dies at 70
2020 – Vítor Oliveira, Portuguese soccer midfielder (Braga, Portimonense) and manager (won 11 promotions to Primeira Liga, 6 as champion), dies from a heart attack at 67
Famous Deaths for 27th November 2023
511 – Clovis, king of Salische France, founder of Merovingische, dies at 45
1474 – Guillaume Dufay, French Flemish composer, dies at about 74
1749 – Balthasar Schmid, German composer and printer, dies at 44
1749 – Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, dies at 59
1996 – George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
1998 – Barbara Acklin, American soul singer (“Love Makes A Woman”) and songwriter (“HAve You Seen Her”), dies of pneumonia at 55
2006 – Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
2007 – Cecil Payne, American jazz baritone saxophonist, dies of prostrate cancer at 84
2017 – Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75
2021 – Francis Routh, British organist, composer (Sacred Tetralogy), magazine editor (Composer), educator, and music promoter (Redcliffe Festival), dies at 94
Historical Events for 27th November 2023
1912 – Albanian National Flag adopted
1914 – 1st British woman elected political agent (Grantham, Lincolnshire)
1962 – 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place
1973 – Neil Simon’s play “Good Doctor” premieres in NYC
1980 – Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
1982 – Yasuhiro Nakasone elected Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
1985 – Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year
1997 – Lions’ Barry Sanders becomes NFL’s 2nd all-time rusher
2005 – First partial human face transplant is completed for Isabelle Dinoire in Amiens, France.
2013 – “Frozen”, the highest-grossing animated film of all time, starring Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell, is released
Today in History for 27th November 2023
Historical Events
1947 – Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
1963 – The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg
1965 – 1966 NFL Draft: University of Texas linebacker Tommy Nobis #1 pick by Atlanta Falcons
2006 – The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s motion to declare Québécois a nation within a unified Canada.
2011 – Roger Federer claims a record 6th ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 win over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final in London, England
2019 – US President Donald Trump signs two bills backing Hong Kong protesters, which check the territories autonomy and ban the sale of munitions to Hong Kong police, angering China
Famous Birthdays
1929 – Billy Nair, South African union/SACP leader (20 yrs in Robbeneiland Prison)
1939 – Dave Giusti, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Seneca Falls, New York
1945 – Barbara Anderson, American actress (Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible), born in Brooklyn, New York
1955 – Bill Nye, American TV host and science presenter (Bill Nye the Science Guy) and engineer, born in Washington D.C.
1960 – Martin van Geel, Dutch soccer player (Willem II), born in Goirle, Netherlands
1966 – Edward Hall, British theatre director of Hampstead Theatre (Rose Rage), born in England
Famous Deaths
1967 – (Héctor) Ettore Panizza, Argentinian composer (Aurora; Bizancio). and opera conductor, dies at 92
1986 – Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61
1995 – Giancarlo Baghetti, Italian auto racer (French GP 1961) and journalist/photographer, dies from cancer at 60
2007 – Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of Gatorade, dies at 80
2017 – Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75
2021 – Eddie Mekka [Mekjian], American stage and screen singer and actor (Laverne and Shirley – “Carmine – The Big Ragu”), dies at 69
Famous Deaths for 26th November 2023
1776 – Dov Baer of Mezhirech, hassidic rabbi, dies
1809 – Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, French composer, dies at 56
1880 – Guilherme Cossoul, Portuguese composer, dies at 52
1902 – Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop, poet (Anykščių šilelis) and dialectologist, dies at 67
1974 – Cyril Connolly, English intellectual (b. September 10, 1903)
1982 – Juhan Aavic, Estonian composer, dies at 98
1992 – Stephen Burks, actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36
1993 – Mart Kempers, Dutch graphic artist and sculptor, dies at 69
2006 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish procyclist (b. 1975)
2021 – Aleksandr Timoshinin, Russian rower (Olympic gold Soviet Union double sculls 1968, 72), dies at 73