History for November 29

History for November 29 - On-This-Day.com
Louisa May Alcott 1832, C.S. Lewis 1898, Chuck Mangione 1940 - Composer, musician 


Garry Shandling 1949 - Comedian, actor, Howie Mandel 1955 - Actor, comedian, Kim Delaney 1964 - Actess ("NYPD Blue") 


1890 - Navy defeated Army by a score of 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game. The game was played at West Point, NY. 


1892 - A patent was issued to Almon Brown Strowger for the rotary dial. 


1929 - The first airplane flight over the South Pole was made by U.S. Navy Lt. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd. 


1947 - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution that called for the division of Palestine between Arabs and Jews. 


1961 - The Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft was launched by the U.S. with Enos the chimp on board. The craft orbited the earth twice before landing off Puerto Rico. 


1981 - Actress Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, CA, at the age 43. 


1994 - The U.S. House passed the revised General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. 


2004 - Godzilla received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.