29th November

EVENTS:

• 1783 – A 3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
• 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
• 1899 – FC Barcelona Association football club is founded.
• 1945 – The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
• 1946 – The All Indonesia Centre of Labour Organizations (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta.
• 1963 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
• 2007 – A 4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affects the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad.
• 2013 – LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 crashes in Namibia, killing 33 people.

BIRTHS:

• 1874 – Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1888 – Joe Slater, Australian footballer and captain (d. 1917)
• 1908 – S. Krishnan, Indian actor, singer, and director (d. 1957)
• 1930 – Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1956 – Eric Laakso, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1959 – Rich Camarillo, American football player and coach
• 1963 – Lalit Modi, Indian businessman
• 1976 – Chris Akins, American football player
• 1977 – Eddie Howe, English footballer and manager
• 1979 – Adam Barrett, English footballer
• 1982 – Ramya, Indian actress, singer, and politician
• 1988 – Lee Hyun-ho, South Korean footballer
• 1988 – Russell Wilson, American football player

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:

• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (International)
• Liberation Day or Dita e Çlirimit (Albania)
• Republic Day (Yugoslavia)
• Unity Day (Vanuatu)
• William Tubman’s Birthday (Liberia)