561 – Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61
1974 – Ouida Bergere, American scriptwriter (Peter Ibbetson), dies at 88
1977 – George Hamilton Combs, American politician and TV and radio commentator (Through the Curtain), dies at 78
1982 – Yuri Kasakow, Russian writer, dies at 55
1986 – Cary Grant [Archibald Alexander Leach], British-born American actor (Arsenic and Old Lace, North by Northwest), dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 82
1994 – Ronald “Buster” Edwards, British Great Train Robber turned flower-seller, found hanged at 63
2007 – Tom Terrell, American musicologist, NPR reviewer and deejay, dies at 57
2015 – Joe Marston, Australian soccer defender (1954 FA Cup Final), dies at 89
2019 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1982-87), dies at 101
2019 – Seymour Siwoff, American sports statistician (president and CEO Elias Sports Bureau 1952-2019), dies at 99
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Historical Events for 29th November 2022
1745 – Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle
1929 – Richard E. Byrd sends “My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole” (He was wrong)
1948 – Puppet TV show”Kukla, Fran, and Ollie” starring Fran Allison debuts on NBC
1956 – Chris Brasher becomes first Briton to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field since 1936; claims 3,000m steeplechase in 8:41.2 at the Melbourne Games; initially disqualified but reversed on appeal
1964 – Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
1966 – 1st NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena – Warriors beat Bulls 108-101
1972 – Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, the 1st commercially successful video game, in Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, California
1974 – 39th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-13 in Birmingham
1981 – Revival of musical “My Fair Lady” closes at Uris Theater, NYC, after 119 performances
2001 – UN Security Council unanimously approves a resolution extending the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq for another six-month period
Today in History for 29th November 2022
Historical Events
1830 – November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia’s rule beings in Poland begins
1980 – 45th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-18 in Birmingham
1987 – New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season
1989 – 8th Largest wrestling crowd UFW U-Cosmos (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
1995 – CNNfn, a financial network by Turner Enterprises is launched
1997 – OPEC agrees to an increase in its production ceiling. OPEC has raised the ceiling to 27.5 million barrels per day for the first half of 1998
Famous Birthdays
1770 – Peter Hänsel, German-Austrian violinist and composer, born in Leppe, Silesia Province (d. 1831)
1904 – Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist, conductor and composer (Glorify Kokila), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1984)
1908 – N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
1929 – Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and mother of Sylvester Stallone, born in Washington, D.C.
1952 – Dusty Hare, English rugby union player, born in Newark-on-Trent, England
1959 – Rich Camarillo, American NFL punter, 1981-96, 5X Pro Bowl (New England Patriots, Phoenix Cardinals, and 3 other teams), born in Whittier, California
Famous Deaths
1643 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in development of opera (L’Orfeo,espro della Beata Vergine), dies at 76
1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German politician (SPD) and Mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
1997 – Isabelle Kelley, American social worker credited with instigating the US Federal Food Stamp Program, dies at 80
2001 – Mic Christopher, Irish rock singer and songwriter (The Mary Janes; solo – “Heyday”;”Skylarkin'”), dies of head injury after a fall at 32
2017 – Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian Croat general and war criminal, commits suicide at 72
2019 – Seymour Siwoff, American sports statistician (president and CEO Elias Sports Bureau 1952-2019), dies at 99
Famous Deaths for 28th November 2022
1574 – Georg Major, German Protestant theologian, dies at 72
1927 – Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New Guinea), dies
1969 – Roy Barcroft [Howard Ravenscroft], American actor (Oklahoma!; Freckles), dies at 67
1971 – Wasfi Tal, Jordan’s PM, assassinated by Black Sept in Cairo
1997 – Georges Marchal, French actor (Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way, La mort en ce jardin), dies at 77
2011 – Andrew Kazdin, classical record producer, dies at 77
2011 – Ante Markovic, last Premier of Yugoslavia, dies at 87
2015 – Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist, and author (We Are Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made Of), dies at 81
2015 – Luc Bondy, Swiss theatre and opera director, dies of cancer at 67
2016 – Van Williams, American actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon), dies at 82
Historical Events for 28th November 2022
1670 – Pierre Corneille’s “Tite et Berenice” premieres in Paris
1814 – The Times of London first printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer – makes newspapers available to a mass audience
1899 – Battle of Mud River (Boer general Cronjé beats British gen Methuen)
1925 – Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
1951 – John Van Druten’s “I am a Camera” premieres in NYC
1958 – AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9
1959 – CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats (21-7) for a second straight year
1971 – CFL Grey Cup, Empire Stadium, Vancouver: Calgary Stampeders beat Toronto Argonauts, 14-11 on a slick, rain-covered field
1993 – CFL Grey Cup, McMahon Stadium, Calgary: Edmonton Eskimos defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 33-23; Sean Fleming lands record equalling 6 field goals
2012 – “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” 1st of the Hobbit film series, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, premieres in Wellington, New Zealand
Today in History for 28th November 2022
Historical Events
1901 – Gustav Mahler conducts premiere of his 4th Symphony in G, at Kaim-Saal concert hall in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany to mixed reviews
1938 – 4th Heisman Trophy Award: Davey O’Brien, Texas Christian (QB)
1955 – 1956 NFL Draft: Gary Glick from University of Colorado AandM first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
1962 – Telegraph between Netherlands and Indonesia restored
1971 – CFL Grey Cup, Empire Stadium, Vancouver: Calgary Stampeders beat Toronto Argonauts, 14-11 on a slick, rain-covered field
2020 – Joe Biden injures his foot playing with his dog Major
Famous Birthdays
1854 – Gottlieb Haberlandt, Austrian botanist, born in Mosonmagyaróvár (d. 1945)
1864 – Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, Dutch lithographer and wood carver, born in Amsterdam (d. 1945)
1967 – Anna Nicole Smith [Vickie Hogan], American model, Playboy playmate (May 1992, Playmate of the Year 1993) and tabloid fixture, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2007)
1972 – Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
1977 – Angela Stanford, American golfer (Evian C’ship 2018), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1997 – Thor! [Salden], Belgian pop singer, born in Antwerp, Belgium
Famous Deaths
1794 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American military officer (major general of the Continental Army), dies at 64
1852 – Ludger Duvernay, French printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1799)
1859 – Washington Irving, American author (Legend of Sleepy Hollow), dies of a heart attack at 76
1867 – John Drake Sloat, 1st Military Governor of California (Union Navy), dies at 86
1983 – Christopher George, American actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of a heart attack at 52
2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (Spy Hard, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun), dies of pneumonia at 84
Famous Deaths for 27th November 2022
1890 – Emanuele Muzio, Italian composer, dies at 69
1934 – Herman Hollis, FBI agent, shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson
1958 – Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1933-43; New York Philharmonic, 1943-47; Chicago Symphony, 1947-48), dies at 66
1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89
1967 – Cameron Prud’Homme, American actor (Rainmaker), dies after long illness at 75
1967 – Ettore Panizza, Argentinian composer and conductor, dies at 92
1968 – Hans Redlich, Austrian composer, dies at 65
1971 – Joe Guyon, American NFL halfback (Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc), dies at 79
2007 – Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil’s Advocate, Hanky Panky), dies at 76
2012 – Marvin Miller, American Baseball HOF executive (Executive Director MLB Players Association 1966-82), dies at 95
Historical Events for 27th November 2022
1237 – Battle of Cortenuova: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeats the Second Lombard League
1885 – 1st photograph of a meteor taken by Austro-Hungarian photographer Ladislaus Weinek in Prague
1945 – General George Marshall named special US envoy to China
1950 – Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
1956 – Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s “The Diary of Anne Frank” premieres in Netherlands
1966 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Kathy Whitworth wins back-to-back titles by 2 shots from Judy Kimball and Mary Mills
1973 – Neil Simon’s play “Good Doctor” premieres in NYC
1982 – Davis Cup, Grenoble, France: US takes unassailable, 3-0 lead over France as John McEnroe and Peter Flemming take the doubles 6-3, 6-4, 9-7 over Henri Leconte and Yannick Noah; tie ends 4-1
2017 – 8 Donkeys freed from jail after 4 days in Orai, Uttar Pradesh, India for eating plants
2017 – Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis
Today in History for 27th November 2022
Historical Events
1295 – English King Edward I calls what later became known as “The Model Parliament” extending the authorities of its representatives
1956 – Al Oerter wins first of 4 consecutive men’s discus gold medals when he throws Olympic record 56.36m to lead an American medal sweep at the Melbourne Games; Fortune Gordien silver, Desmond Koch bronze
1970 – Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos), receives NL Rookie of Year
1992 – Part of Vienna Hofburg destroyed by fire
2017 – North Korean ghost ship washes up Akita prefecture beach, Japan with 8 skeletons on board, 4th boat in a month
2019 – Ghana celebrates the “year of return” marking 300 years since 1st African slave sold in America, by granting 125 people citizenship in special ceremony
Famous Birthdays
1879 – Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1950)
1907 – L. Sprague de Camp, American sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)
1941 – Eddie Rabbitt, American songwriter (“Kentucky Rain”), and country singer (“I Love a Rainy Night”), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1998)
1944 – Trevor Ward-Davies ‘Dozy’, British rock bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich), born in Enford, Wilshire (d. 2015)
1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer and writer (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), born in San Carlos, California
1981 – Matthew Taylor, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1971 – Jekabs Medinš, Latvian composer, dies at 86
1980 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (b. 1882)
1982 – Filip Kutev, Bulgarian composer (State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance), dies at 79
1985 – Harry Harvey Sr, American actor (It’s a Man’s World), dies at 84
1994 – Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and musicologist (b. 1906)
2015 – Gwyn Jones Francis, Welsh UK Forestry commissioner, dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 26th November 2022
1651 – Henry Ireton, English general and parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40
1807 – Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800), dies at 62
1883 – Sojourner Truth, African-American abolitionist and feminist, dies at 86
1885 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (ozone), dies at 71
1966 – Harold Burrage, American RandB singer, pianist, and songwriter (“Got to Find a Way”), dies of heart failure at 35
1994 – Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71
2003 – Soulja Slim [James Adarryl Tapp Jr.], American rapper (Slow Motion), shot to death by an assailant at 26
2006 – Graham Roope, Englishcricketer (England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78), dies at 60
2018 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director (Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor), dies of lung cancer at 77
2021 – Doug Cowie, Scottish soccer defender (20 caps; Dundee FC 341 games), dies at 95