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CaptainCrunch · 11-29-2017, 03:03 PM

Nov 29th

1776 - The American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an end with the arrival of British re-reinforcements
1781 - The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them at sea to claim the insurance
1830 - The November Uprising. An armed rebellion in Poland against Russian rule begins
1864 - The Sand Creek massacre, volunteers under Col John Chivington slaughter 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho non combatants in Colorado Territory
1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time
1890 - The Meji Constitution goes in effect and the Diet convenes in Japan
1902 - The Pittsburgh Stars beat the Philadelphia Athletics 11-0 to win the first America National Professional Football League Championship
1929 - Admiral Richard Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole
1944 - Albania is liberated by Partisans
1945 - The Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia is declared
1947 - The UN approves a plan for the partition of Palestine
1947 - French troops carry out a massacre at My Trach, Vietnam
1961 - Project Mercury, a Chimp named Enos is fired into space, orbits the planet twice and splashes down
1963 - Lyndon B Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of JFK
1967 - US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara resigns
1972 - Atari releases Pong the first commercially successful video game
1987 - North Korean Agents plant a bomb on Korean Airlines flight 858 killing 115 passengers and crew

Notable Births

968 - Kazan Emperor of Japan (K, I just love the name), 1919 - Joe Weider, 1940 - Chuck Mangione, 1949 - Jerry "The King" Lawler,

11-29-2017, 03:03 PM	#34
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	Nov 29th 1776 - The American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an end with the arrival of British re-reinforcements 1781 - The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them at sea to claim the insurance 1830 - The November Uprising. An armed rebellion in Poland against Russian rule begins 1864 - The Sand Creek massacre, volunteers under Col John Chivington slaughter 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho non combatants in Colorado Territory 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time 1890 - The Meji Constitution goes in effect and the Diet convenes in Japan 1902 - The Pittsburgh Stars beat the Philadelphia Athletics 11-0 to win the first America National Professional Football League Championship 1929 - Admiral Richard Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole 1944 - Albania is liberated by Partisans 1945 - The Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia is declared 1947 - The UN approves a plan for the partition of Palestine 1947 - French troops carry out a massacre at My Trach, Vietnam 1961 - Project Mercury, a Chimp named Enos is fired into space, orbits the planet twice and splashes down 1963 - Lyndon B Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of JFK 1967 - US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara resigns 1972 - Atari releases Pong the first commercially successful video game 1987 - North Korean Agents plant a bomb on Korean Airlines flight 858 killing 115 passengers and crew Notable Births 968 - Kazan Emperor of Japan (K, I just love the name), 1919 - Joe Weider, 1940 - Chuck Mangione, 1949 - Jerry "The King" Lawler, __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!