November 29th

Antioch, modern day Syria, struck by an earthquake, killing about 250,000.

Rock musician George Harrison of the Beatles died at age 58 following a battle with cancer.

Protestant and Catholic adversaries formed a Northern Ireland government.

A U.N. court sentenced Bosnian Serb army soldier Drazen Erdemovic to 10 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 1,200 Muslims - the first international war crimes sentence since World War II.

The U.N. Security Council voted 12-2 to authorize military action if Iraq did not withdraw its troops from Kuwait and release all foreign hostages by Jan. 15, 1991.

In response to a growing pro-democracy movement in Czechoslovakia, the Communist-run parliament ended the party's 40-year monopoly on power.

Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.

Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, 1st commercially successful video game in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.

President Lyndon B. Johnson named a commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited Earth twice before returning.

President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to visit Korea to assess the conflict.

1st underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada.

The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews.

Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot.'".

FC Barcelona founded. The popular football (soccer) club was founded by footballer Hans Gamper. Informally known as Barça, the club is thought to be one of the top 5 richest football clubs in the world. The club has won 4 European Cups (1978-79, 1981-82, 1988-89, 1996-97) and is a 5 time Champions League winner (1991-92, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2014-15).

Navy won the first Army-Navy football game 24-0 at West Point, N.Y.

US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time.

City of San Jose Founded. The first city to be settled in California, San Jose was founded as San José de Guadalupe. Before the Spanish settled in the city, the area was inhabitated by the Ohlone people. San Jose was the first capital of the state of California, which was established in 1850.

Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester & occupies Carlisle.