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What happened in history on this day: November 29?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On November 29 in ...
- 1999 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 750 MHz Athlon processor, fabricated with 0.18-micron technology. Price is US$799 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1999 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 533 MHz K6-2 processor, for US$167 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1999 - Dominican Republic issues a 6-peso postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
- 2002 - Massachusetts' Attorney General Tom Reilly files an appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's ruling of the settlement of the antitrust case against Microsoft.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A desktop computer is used to access a "Wiccapedia" web site.
- 1924 - Disney ships the 11th Alice Comedy film, Alice Cans the Cannibals, to M.J. Winkler Productions.
- 1926 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Spanish Guitar to theaters.
- 1926 - Disney ships the 44th Alice Comedy film, Alice the Collegiate, to Winkler Pictures.
- 1937 - Walt Disney receives a letter from Leopold Stokowski, suggesting Walt create a new character to use in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, instead of using Mickey Mouse.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Toby Tyler, part two.
- 1982 - Anguilla issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh films.
- 1987 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled Student Exchange, part one.
- 1989 - The Gambia issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters riding carousel horses.
- 1996 - Saudi-owned satellite relay station Orbit (based in Rome, Italy) announces it will introduce a special version of the Disney Channel to 23 countries in the Middle East and North Africa on April 2, broadcast in Arabic or with subtitles.
- 2005 - Disney releases the film Sky High on DVD in the USA.
- 2009 - The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, California, premieres the film Christmas with Walt Disney, whcih includes sequences from Disney Christmas cartoons and TV shows.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA.
- The title of the episode, "Rednecks and Broomsticks", is a play on the title of the 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
- A rabbit and a young deer trying to get on the ice with the deer falling flat is a reference to a similar scene in the 1942 animated Walt Disney movie Bambi.
- A group of six performing bears is called the "Country Bear Jamboree", a reference to the attraction at Disneyland.
- 1970 - At the Road Atlanta raceway in Braselton, Georgia, the American Road Race of Champions final races of the SCCA Club Racing series are held.
- Finishing 1st in A Production class is the #48 Corvette driven by John Greenwood.
- Finishing 2nd in A Production class is the #12 Corvette driven by Jerry Thompson.
- Finishing 3rd in A Production class is the #11 Corvette driven by Tony DeLorenzo.
- Finishing 1st in B Production class is the #87 Corvette Sting Ray driven by Allan Barker.
- Finishing 3rd in B Production class is the #27 Corvette Sting Ray driven by Rich Sloma.
- 2011 - GM's Performance Build Center in Wixom, Michigan, build's GM's 100-millionth small-block V8 engine, a 376ci LS9 intended for a 638hp supercharged Corvette ZR1.
- 1932 - France and the Soviet Union sign a Pact of Non-Aggression.
- 1939 - Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 9, "Instructions for warfare against the economy of the enemy". Tasks of the Navy and Air Force against England include mining, blocking, and destroying ports, attacks on merchant shipping, destroying storage facilities for oil, food, and grain, and destroy industrial plants. London, Liverpool, and Manchester are listed as handling 58% of total imports.
- 1941 - Soviet forces begin major counterattacks in the Moscow area.
- 1941 - The Soviet Red Army launches the first general offensive in the Ukraine.
- 1941 - The Soviet Red Army recaptures Rostov.
- 1941 - In Germany, Reinhard Heydrich sends out invitations to a conference in Wannsee, to formulate a plan to deal with Jews.
- 2004 - Ghana issues five postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
- 1982 - Atari files a copyright infringement suit against Imagic, claiming Demon Attack is a copy of Centuri's Phoenix video game, which Atari has the exclusive right to produce for the home game market.
- 1993 - Sega releases the Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine video game for the Genesis in the US.
- 1994 - The American Broadcasting Company airs the Full House TV show in the USA. The family is playing the Super Nintendo using a NES Max controller.
- 2005 - Nintendo releases the Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2005 - Sony releases an update for the PlayStation Portable in the U.S., via Internet connection or installed from a Memory Stick or UMD disc. The update allows Really Simple Syndication version 2.0 for audio streams, and Windows Media Audio file playback.
- 2005 - The National Institute on Media and the Family release a report calling the video game industry-operated rating system "beyond repair."
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. Someone asks "So, you guys have any video games?".
- 2001 - Antigua & Barbuda issues 15 postage stamps for the 100th anniversary of the first Nobel Prizes.
- 1947 - Removal of "ET IND IMP" from Canadian coins is announced.
- 1973 - US President Richard Nixon signs the Hobby Protection Act, regulating the production of numismatic replicas to be marked with the word "COPY". The Act is set to take effect March 10, 1974.
- 1890 - First Army-Navy football game; score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point.
- 1934 - Chicago Bears beat Detroit Lions in first NFL game broadcast nationally.
- 1962 - American baseball decides to revert back to one all-star game per year.
- 1971 - First pro golf championship at Walt Disney World, Florida.
- 1976 - The New York Yankees sign free-agent Reggie Jackson to five-year, US$3.5 million contract.
- 1987 - New York Rangers' Bob Frosse becomes second goalie to score a goal (vs New York Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with the goal.
- 2009 - The Montreal Alouettes defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28 to 27 in Canada's Grey Cup football championship game.
- 2021 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Arizona Coyotes beats Winnipeg Jets by score 1-0.
- 2021 - At Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Montreal Canadiens by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Seattle Kraken beats Buffalo Sabres by score 7-4.
- 1961 - Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit.
- 1779 - The Continental Congress authorizes the first issue of Continental Currency.
- 1820 - Kentucky legislature establishes Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, entirely owned by the state.
- 1825 - First Italian opera, Barber of Seville, produced in US (New York City).
- 1864 - Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians.
- 1866 - Central Pacific Railroad Company completes section of track from Colfax to Cisco, California.
- 1887 - US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii.
- 1916 - US forcesoccupies and declares martial law in Dominican Republic.
- 1933 - First state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania).
- 1944 - John Hopkins Hospital performs first open heart surgery.
- 1950 - National Council of the Church of Christ in US established.
- 1951 - First underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat, Nevada.
- 1952 - US President-elect Dwight Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war.
- 1961 - Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Mississippi, USA.
- 1961 - Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit.
- 1963 - US President Lyndon Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1964 - Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English.
- 1967 - US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara becomes President of the World Bank.
- 1972 - Atari releases the Pong coin-operated arcade video game system. Nolan Bushnell and Al Alcorn developed the game at Atari, partly based on the Magnavox Odyssey system.
- 1973 - US President signs Hobby Protection Act into law as Public Law 93-167.
- 1975 - In Kalapana, Hawaii, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs.
- 1975 - Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii.
- 1978 - United Nations observes "international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people," boycotted by US and about 20 other countries.
- 2009 - Somali pirates capture the Greek-owned Maran Centaurus supertanker carrying oil from Saudi Arabia to the US.
- 2011 - Blanchard and Company sells the unique American 1787 Brasher doubloon pattern coin with "EB" punch on breast for US$7,395,000 to an unnamed buyer in a private transaction.
Other history:
- 1812 - Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia.
- 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the hand-cranked phonograph.
- 1945 - Monarchy abolished as Yugoslavia proclaims a republic.
- 1947 - United Nations General Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
- 1951 - First underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat, Nevada, USA.
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