November 29 in History

• 1850

  November 29, 1850:

  The Punctation of Olmütz was signed by Austria and Prussia to keep their relations in check.

• 1929

  November 29, 1929:

  Aviator Richard E. Byrd flies over the South Pole.

• 1945

  November 29, 1945:

  The American drama film, “The Lost Weekend” is released.

• 1947

  November 29, 1947:

  The United Nations General Assembly votes in favour of a partitioned Palestine to allow for the creation of a Jewish “side”.

• 1963

  November 29, 1963:

  The Warren Commission is appointed by US President Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the murder of the late President John F. Kennedy.

• 1981

  November 29, 1981:

  American actress, Natalie Wood, aged 43, drowns off California’s Santa Catalina Island, where she had been vacationing with her husband and two friends on a yacht.

• 1994

  November 29, 1994:

  American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige releases her second studio album, “My Life”.

• 1997

  November 29, 1997:

  South Korean religious leader, Sun Myung Moon presides over a blessing ceremony for 30,000 couples in Washington, D.C. and the ceremony is broadcasted via satellite internationally.

• 2011

  November 29, 2011:

  Dr Conrad Murray is handed a four-year prison sentence for prescribing propofol to the late Michael Jackson, which triggered a heart attack.