November 29 – A Day as Today - World Jaguar Day!
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November 29 it is the 332nd (three hundred and thirty-second) day of the year on the Gregorian calendar and the 333rd in leap years.
Events that Happened “A Day as Today”

November 29 – A Day as Today – Events
- 528: in Samandag, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, 30 km from Antioch (Turkey) an earthquake of 6.9 degrees on the Richter seismological scale and an intensity of 10 to 11 is recorded, which is also felt in Syria and leaves 5000 dead.
- 529: in Beirut (Lebanon) an earthquake with an intensity I = 9 to 10).
- 648: on the slopes of Mount Tsurugi (Tokushima) and Shikoku (Kii province, Japan) an earthquake measuring 8.4 on the Richter scale is recorded.
- 1223: in Rome, Pope Honorius III approves the definitive Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi with the bull Solet annuere, which currently governs the Order of Friars Minor.
- 1268: the 1268-71 Conclave begins, the longest in history (with a duration of 34 months) that ended with the election as Pope of Gregory X.
- 1291: in Monteagudo de las Vicarías (Spain) Jaime II and Sancho IV sign the Treaty of Monteagudo.
- 1406: 40 km east of the Qaragol state reserve (Azerbaijan) there is an earthquake of 7 degrees on the Richter seismological scale and an intensity of 9, with an epicenter 30 km deep.
- 1456 (Muslim New Year of the year 861 of the hijra): in Erzincan (Turkey) an earthquake is registered, without more data.
- 1534: in Peru, the village of Jauja ―founded on April 25 of this year by Francisco Pizarro―, is moved to its current location.
- 1560: in Rome, Pope Pius IV proclaims the bull of convocation of the Council of Trent.
- 1604: in Colombia, the municipality of Cota located in the department of Cundinamarca was founded.
- 1610: on the Franco-Swiss border, 10 km southwest of Basel (Switzerland) an earthquake is registered, without further data.
- 1732: in Irpinia (Italy), at 7:40 a.m. an earthquake of 6.6 degrees on the Richter seismological scale and intensity of 10 to 11 was recorded, leaving 1942 dead.
- 1800: the new fundamental unit of measurement called meter is approved and imposed by law.
- 1807: the Portuguese regent Juan VI embarks in Lisbon, bound for Brazil, faced with the Napoleonic threat.
- 1835: in Barcelona (Spain), General Francisco Espoz y Mina declares a state of siege.
- 1844: in Chile, Joaquín de Ceballo founds the town of Salamanca.
- 1869: Buenaventura Báez signs a treaty of annexation of the Dominican Republic to the United States.
- 1877: in the United States, Thomas Alva Edison presents for the first time the phonograph, a device for recording and reproducing sound.
- 1878: in Spain the Constitutive Law of the Army is approved.
- 1879: in Spain, María Cristina of Austria marries King Alfonso XII.
- 1899: in Barcelona, Spain, the Barcelona Football Club is founded.
- 1906: the Lancia car factory is founded in Italy.
- 1909: in the Andes mountain range the railway tunnel that connects Las Cuevas (Argentina) with Caracoles (Chile) is inaugurated.
- 1927 in Sonora (Mexico) Ciudad Obregón is founded.
- 1929: Richard Evelyn Byrd, American explorer, sailor, and aviator, flies over the South Pole.
- 1929: France and the USSR sign a non-aggression pact.
- 1936: in Spain, the Government threatens heavy penalties for those who hoard silver and precious metals.
- 1939: the Winter War between Finland and the former USSR begins due to the refusal of Finland to give up some bases located in Hanko and in the Gulf of Bothnia.
- 1941: in the south-west of European Russia – in the framework of the Second World War – the Soviet army reconquered the city of Rostov-on-Don.
- 1942: general elections are held in Uruguay. The Juan José de Amézaga-Alberto Guani formula was the winner. The first four women parliamentarians in the history of Uruguay are also elected: Sofía Álvarez Vignoli, Julia Arévalo de Roche, Magdalena Antonelli Moreno and Isabel Pinto de Vidal.
- 1943: in Yugoslavia, Tito is promoted to Marshal and receives full powers.
- 1944: in the United States, surgeons Alfred Blalock and Helen Taussig successfully perform an anastomosis operation (Blalock-Taussig shunt).
- 1944: Albania liberates its territory from the German invaders and the Communists take power with Enver Hoxha as the leader.
- 1945: in the Balkans the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed.
- 1946: in Rafaela (province of Santa Fe, Argentina), the Medical Association of the Castellanos Department is founded.
- 1947: in New York, the UN General Assembly decides to divide the British Mandate of Palestine into two states, one Arab and one Jewish.
- 1951: 5 meters below the surface of the Nevada nuclear test site, the United States detonates the 1.2 kiloton atomic bomb Uncle. It is the latest in Operation Buster-Jangle, which for a month unwittingly exposed some 6,500 infantrymen to seven atomic blasts for training purposes.
- 1964: Boca Juniors tied 1 to 1 with River Plate at home and became champion of the First Division (Argentina) again in a match that remained in the history of the Superclásico.
- 1969: in Buenos Aires, the Argentine rock group Almendra – led by Luis Alberto Spinetta (1950-2012) – released their first album, Almendra.
- 1973: In the city of Kumamoto (in southern Japan) 104 people die in a fire in a department store.
- 1973: Over the Ivory Coast, a spotted vulture collides with a plane flying at 11,277 meters. This makes it the highest flying bird in the world.
- 1979: in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II publishes the apostolic letter Inter Sanctos where he names Saint Francis of Assisi the patron saint of ecologists.
- 1984: in Palestine, the Palestinian National Council re-elects Yasser Arafat as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO.
- 1984: Argentina and Chile sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship that puts an end to the Beagle Conflict.
- 1991: Yugoslavia begins the events that later lead to its disintegration.
- 2005: in the state of Florida (United States) the micronation of British West Florida (Dominion of British West Florida) is founded, with its capital in Pensacola. It has not been recognized by the United States or any other nation.
- 2007: the first eye hospital in that country is inaugurated at the Saint Bois Hospital in Montevideo (Uruguay).
- 2009: the second round of the presidential elections takes place in Uruguay, where José Mujica triumphs with more than 50%.
- 2012: in Paraguay, floods paralyze the cities of Greater Asunción, causing the dragging of vehicles and missing persons.
- 2012: in New York (United States), the General Assembly of the United Nations grants Palestine the status of an observer state not a member of the entity, which represents a de facto recognition of the existence of that state.
- 2013: in Spain, the Canal Nou television channel stops broadcasting after 24 years of broadcasting.
- 2015: in Catalonia, the Unified Socialist Youth of Catalonia is constituted, a youth reference of the communist party PSUC Viu.
Who was Born “A Day as Today”?

November 29 – A Day as Today – Births
- 826: Guillaume de Septimania, French aristocrat (d. 850).
- 968: Kazan, Japanese emperor (d. 1008).
- 1189: Ferdinand of Castile, Infante of Castile (d. 1211).
- 1206: Béla IV, Hungarian King (d. 1270).
- 1338: Leonel of Antwerp, Belgian prince, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368).
- 1466: Agostino Chigi, Italian banker and patron (d. 1520).
- 1627: John Ray, British naturalist (d. 1705).
- 1677: Guillaume Coustou, French sculptor (d. 1746).
- 1679: Antonio Farnesio, Italian aristocrat, Duke of Parma (d. 1731).
- 1690: Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, German military and aristocrat (d. 1747).
- 1728: Johann Gerhard Koenig, German missionary, botanist and physician (d. 1785).
- 1766: Maine de Biran, French philosopher and psychologist (d. 1824).
- 1781: Andrés Bello, Venezuelan humanist, poet, philologist, educator and jurist (d. 1865).
- 1783: Tomás de Anchorena, Argentine politician and lawyer (f. 1847).
- 1784: Ferdinand Ries, German composer (d. 1838).
- 1797: Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848).
- 1799: Amos Bronson Alcott, American pedagogue and writer (d. 1888).
- 1803: Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (d. 1853).
- 1803: Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879).
- 1805: Friedrich Kasiski, Prussian military man, cryptographer and archaeologist (d. 1881).
- 1811: Wendell Phillips, American lawyer (d. 1884).
- 1815: Ii Naosuke, Japanese feudal lord (d. 1860).
- 1823: Manuel Durán y Bas, Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1907).
- 1825: Jean Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893).
- 1825: José Maria Latino Coelho, Portuguese military, writer, journalist and politician (d. 1891).
- 1826: Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez, Costa Rican President (d. 1905).
- 1829: José López Domínguez, Spanish military and politician (d. 1911).
- 1832: Louisa May Alcott, American writer (d. 1888).
- 1835: Cixí, Chinese empress (d. 1908).
- 1835: Higinio Aguilar, Mexican military (d. 1927).
- 1839: Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, novelist and poet (d. 1889).
- 1842: Jerónimo Ibrán, Spanish engineer (d. 1910).
- 1848: John Ambrose Fleming, British physicist, pioneer of electronics (d. 1945).
- 1853: Francisca Sarasate, Spanish writer (d. 1922).
- 1856: Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German politician (d. 1921).
- 1857: Franz Josef Niedenzu, German botanist (d. 1937).
- 1859: Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934).
- 1861: Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (d. 1917).
- 1862: Gustav von Kahr, German politician (d. 1934).
- 1863: Sijfert Hendrik Koorders, Dutch botanist (d. 1919).
- 1865: Teresa Mañé Miravet, Spanish teacher, editor and writer, mother of Federica Montseny (d. 1939).
- 1869: Miguel Arnaudas, Spanish composer and chapelmaster (d. 1936).
- 1870: Enric Prat de la Riba, Spanish politician (d. 1917).
- 1870: Andrea Beltrami, Italian Salesian priest (d. 1897).
- 1870: Nicanor de las Alas Pumariño, Spanish politician and writer (d. 1935).
- 1873: Matvei Muranov, Russian revolutionary and politician (d. 1959).
- 1874: Antonio Egas Moniz, Portuguese surgeon and politician (d. 1955).
- 1879: Mateo Morral, Spanish anarchist (d. 1906).
- 1879: Jacob Gade, Danish composer and violinist (d. 1963).
- 1880: Sarbelio Navarrete, Nicaraguan jurist (d. 1952).
- 1883: Enrique Pérez Serantes, Chilean bishop (d. 1968).
- 1883: Francisco Romano Guillemin, Mexican impressionist painter (d. 1950).
- 1884: Knud Jessen, Danish botanist (d. 1971).
- 1886: Javier Goerlich Lleó, Spanish architect (d. 1972).
- 1890: Saturnino Cedillo, Mexican military man (d. 1939).
- 1890: Roberto Fernández Balbuena, Spanish architect and painter (d. 1966).
- 1891: Julius Raab, Austrian politician (d. 1964).
- 1895: Busby Berkeley, American filmmaker and choreographer (d. 1976).
- 1895: William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman, Liberian politician (d. 1971).
- 1895: Yakima Canutt, American actor (d. 1985).
- 1897: Josep Maria Millàs Vallicrosa, Spanish historian (d. 1970).
- 1897: Pedro Vallana, Spanish footballer (d. 1980).
- 1898: Clive Staples Lewis, Irish writer, Anglican and scholar (d. 1963).
- 1899: Emma Morano, Italian supercentennial (d. 2017).
- 1899: Joan Oliver i Sellarès (Pere Quart), Spanish poet and playwright in Catalan (f. 1986).
- 1899: Gustave Reese, American musicologist and teacher (d. 1977).
- 1901: Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944).
- 1902: Carlo Levi, Italian writer and painter (d. 1975).
- 1904: Giuseppe Cavalli, Italian photographer (d. 1961).
- 1904: Carlos Torre Repetto, Mexican chess player (d. 1978).
- 1904: Héctor Castro, Uruguayan soccer player and coach (d. 1960).
- 1905: Marcel Lefebvre, French ultra-conservative bishop (d. 1991).
- 1908: Nedda Francy, Argentine actress (d. 1982).
- 1909: Héctor Gagliardi, Argentine poet and tango lyricist (f. 1984).
- 1909: Kinuyo Tanaka, Japanese actress (d. 1977).
- 1912: John Templeton, British financier and philanthropist of American origin (d. 2008).
- 1913: María Esperanza Morales Mérida, Mexican teacher (d. 1990).
- 1914: Taisen Deshimaru, Japanese Buddhist teacher (d. 1982).
- 1915: Oscar Reutersvärd, Swedish artist (d. 2002).
- 1915: Luis Tomasello, Argentine plastic artist (d. 2014).
- 1916: Francisco Martínez Bermell, Spanish winemaker (f. 2008).
- 1917: Merle Travis, American singer and songwriter (d. 1983).
- 1918: Madeleine L’Engle, American writer (d. 2007).
- 1919: Manuel Pelegrina, Argentine soccer player (d. 1992).
- 1919: Joe Weider, Canadian bodybuilder and businessman (f. 2013).
- 1919: Raúl Campero, military and Mexican Olympic medalist (d. 1980).
- 1919: Frank Kermode, British literary critic (d. 2010).
- 1919: José Yglesias, American writer and journalist (d. 1995).
- 1920: Joaquín Gutiérrez Cano, Spanish politician and diplomat (d. 2009).
- 1921: Dagmar, American actress (d. 2001).
- 1921: Jackie Stallone, precursor astrologer of rumpology. Mother of Sylvester Stallone and Frank Stallone (f. 2020).
- 1922: Miguel Ocampo, Argentine painter, architect and diplomat (d. 2015).
- 1922: Hans-Werner Grosse, German aviator.
- 1922: Joan Colomines, Spanish physician, writer and politician (d. 2011).
- 1924: Domingo Liotta, Argentine cardiologist, one of the inventors of the artificial heart.
- 1925: Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1992).
- 1925: Ignacio Sanuy, Spanish journalist, jurist and music critic and historian (f. 1995).
- 1925: Andrés Cuenca Saldívar, Paraguayan composer and musician (f. 1986).
- 1928: Joan Martí i Alanis, Spanish bishop, co-prince of Andorra (f. 2009).
- 1932: Jacques Chirac, French politician, president of France between 1995 and 2007 (f. 2019).
- 1932: Fernando Guillén, Spanish actor (f. 2013).
- 1933: Julio Alemán, Mexican actor (d. 2012).
- 1933: John Mayall, British musician.
- 1933: James Rosenquist, American painter (d. 2017).
- 1934: Guillermo Sepúlveda “El Tigre”, Mexican soccer player.
- 1934: Nicéphore Soglo, Beninese politician, President of the country between 1991 and 1996.
- 1934: Shirō Kuramata, Japanese designer (d. 1991).
- 1934: Mary Carter Reitano, Australian tennis player.
- 1935: Diane Ladd, American actress.
- 1935: Carlos Alonso Bedate, Spanish researcher.
- 1938: Carlos Lapetra, Spanish soccer player (d. 1995).
- 1938: Eduardo Suger, Swiss-Paraguayan businessman and academic.
- 1939: Concha Velasco, Spanish actress.
- 1939: Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (d. 2014).
- 1939: Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (d. 2007).
- 1940: Arturo “Zambo” Cavero, Peruvian musician (d. 2009).
- 1940: Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, of the band The Mamas & the Papas (d. 2007).
- 1940: Chuck Mangione, American trumpeter and composer.
- 1940: Luis Alvarado Constenla, Chilean geographer and politician.
- 1941: Roberto Muñoz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2012).
- 1942: Marco Martos, Peruvian writer, poet and journalist.
- 1942: Kunio Lemari, politician and President of the Marshall Islands (d. 2008).
- 1942: Nelson Ávila, Chilean politician.
- 1943: Maurizio Berlincioni, Italian photographer.
- 1943: Josep Vicent Marqués, Spanish sociologist and writer (f. 2008).
- 1945: Edmundo Rojas Soriano, Mexican politician (d. 1987).
- 1945: Manel Comas, Spanish basketball coach (f. 2013).
- 1946: Juan Alberto Badía, Argentine conductor and journalist (d. 2012).
- 1946: Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter.
- 1946: Carlos Leopardi, Argentine cartoonist and illustrator (d. 2004).
- 1946: Sergio Krešić, Spanish-Croatian soccer player and coach.
- 1947: Petra Kelly, German peace activist (d. 1992).
- 1947: Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist.
- 1947: Víctor Batallé, Spanish writer, translator and playwright.
- 1948: Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician.
- 1949: Mariana Karr, Argentine actress (d. 2016).
- 1949: Mustache Arrocet, Chilean comedian of Argentine origin.
- 1949: Jerry Lawler, American professional wrestler.
- 1951: Tonie Marshall, French actress and film director (f. 2020).
- 1952: Pedro Damián, Mexican producer, actor, director and writer.
- 1952: John David Barrow, British mathematician, cosmologist and science popularizer.
- 1952: Gustavo Moncayo, Colombian activist.
- 1952: Jeff Fahey, American actor.
- 1952: José Obdulio Gaviria, Colombian lawyer and politician.
- 1953: Alex Gray, American artist.
- 1953: Rosemary West, British serial killer.
- 1953: Alfredo Meckievi, Argentine politician.
- 1953: María Paz Andrés Sáenz de Santa María, Spanish jurist.
- 1954: Joel Coen, American filmmaker.
- 1955: Casimiro Curbelo, Spanish politician.
- 1955: Carlos Amador Marchant, Chilean writer and journalist.
- 1955: Howie Mandel, Canadian television presenter and actor.
- 1956: Jorge Telerman, Argentine politician.
- 1956: Lene Tranberg, Danish architect.
- 1957: Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgian writer and filmmaker.
- 1957: Janet Napolitano, American politician and lawyer.
- 1958: Michael Dempsey, British musician, of the band The Cure.
- 1958: María Elena Moyano, Peruvian social activist and neighborhood leader (d. 1992)
- 1959: Richard Ewen Borcherds, British mathematician.
- 1959: Urs Zimmermann, Swiss cyclist.
- 1959: Manuel Espino, Mexican businessman and politician.
- 1959: Rahm Emanuel, American politician.
- 1961: Tom Sizemore, American actor.
- 1961: Tom Carroll, Australian surfer.
- 1962: José Carlos Martínez, Argentine politician (d. 2011).
- 1962: Santiago Luna, Spanish golfer.
- 1962: Petra Lang, German mezzo-soprano.
- 1962: Ricardo Buryaile, Argentine businessman and politician.
- 1964: Don Cheadle, American actor.
- 1965: Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (d. 1992).
- 1965: Jaume Cañellas, Spanish psychiatrist.
- 1966: John Layfield, American wrestler.
- 1966: Marcelo Birmajer, Argentine film writer and screenwriter.
- 1967: Gabriel Brazenas, Argentine soccer referee.
- 1968: Dee Brown, American basketball player.
- 1968: Matt Darey, DJ and producer of British origin.
- 1968: Jonathan Knight, American singer, of the band New Kids on the Block.
- 1969: Kasey Keller, American footballer.
- 1969: Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player.
- 1969: Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer.
- 1969: Gabriel Guerrisi, Argentine guitarist.
- 1970: Frank Delgado, American musician, of the band Deftones.
- 1970: Paola Turbay, Colombian-American actress and model.
- 1971: Laura Seco, Spanish politician.
- 1972: Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player.
- 1972: Diego Ramos, Argentine actor.
- 1972: Roger Shah, German electronic music composer and producer.
- 1972: Rodrigo Pessoa, Brazilian rider.
- 1973: Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer.
- 1974: Risto Mejide, Spanish publicist and presenter.
- 1974: Roman Šebrle, Czech athlete.
- 1974: Esther López, Spanish volleyball player.
- 1974: Cyril Dessel, French cyclist.
- 1975: Patrick Matthews, Australian bassist, of the bands The Vines and Youth Group.
- 1975: Twiggy (Sandra Mariela Vázquez), Argentine singer.
- 1976: Anna Faris, American actress.
- 1976: Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player.
- 1976: Greg Emslie, South African surfer.
- 1976: Adriana Vargas, Colombian journalist.
- 1977: Iván Heyn, Argentine economist and politician (d. 2011).
- 1977: Chadwick Boseman, American actor, screenwriter and playwright (f. 2020).
- 1977: Andrew Panko, American basketball player.
- 1978: Cristian Ledesma, Argentine soccer player.
- 1978: Ludwika Paleta, Polish-Mexican actress.
- 1978: Benjamín Vicuña, Chilean actor and businessman.
- 1978: José Luis Acciari, Argentine footballer and coach.
- 1978: Andriy Vorobey, Ukrainian footballer.
- 1979: The Game, American rapper.
- 1979: Michael Lamey, Dutch footballer.
- 1979: Vanessa Rodríguez Vega, Spanish soccer player.
- 1979: Horacio Ramón Cardozo, Argentine soccer player.
- 1980: Juan David Rodríguez, Chilean singer.
- 1980: Jaime Bellolio, Chilean politician
- 1980: Óscar McFarlane, Panamanian soccer player.
- 1980: Chun Jung-myung, South Korean actor.
- 1981: Guillermo Quiroz, Venezuelan baseball player.
- 1981: Silvia Bonastre, Spanish field hockey player.
- 1982: John Mensah, Ghanaian footballer.
- 1982: Souleymane Youla, Guinean footballer.
- 1982: Lucas Black, American actor.
- 1983: Yauheni Hutarovich, Belarusian cyclist.
- 1984: Rasmus Lindgren, Swedish footballer.
- 1984: Katlego Mphela, South African footballer.
- 1984: Beatrice Rosen, French-American actress.
- 1985: Shannon Brown, American basketball player.
- 1987: María del Rosario Espinoza, Mexican taekwondoina.
- 1987: Wayne Ellington, American basketball player.
- 1988: Damon Harrison, American football player.
- 1989: Dominic Adiyiah, Ghanaian footballer.
- 1990: Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer.
- 1993: Manuel Lazzari, Italian footballer.
- 1994: Julius Randle, American basketball player.
- 1995: Laura Marano, American actress.
Who Left Us “A Day as Today”?

November 29 – A Day as Today – Deaths
- 524: Ahkal Mo ‘Naab’ I, ahau de Palenque (b. 465).
- 561: Clotaire I, King of the Franks (b. 497).
- 1039: Adalberón of Eppenstein, Central European nobleman (b. 980).
- 1268: Clement IV, Italian pope (b.1202).
- 1290: Eleanor of Castile, Infanta of Castile and Queen Consort of England (b. 1241).
- 1314: Philip IV, French King (b. 1268).
- 1330: Roger Mortimer, English aristocrat (b. 1287).
- 1378: Charles IV, German Emperor (b.1316).
- 1393: Leo V of Armenia, King of Armenia (b. 1342).
- 1502: Francesco di Giorgio, Italian architect, sculptor and painter (b.1439).
- 1530: Thomas Wolsey, English politician and cardinal (b.1471).
- 1594: Alonso de Ercilla, soldier and Spanish poet (b. 1533).
- 1630: Theodosius II of Braganza, Portuguese nobleman (b. 1568).
- 1632: Frederick V of the Palatinate, Elector Palatino and King of Bohemia (b. 1596).
- 1632: Fray Pedro Carranza, Spanish religious (b. 1567).
- 1643: Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567).
- 1735: Bernardo de Hoyos, Spanish Jesuit religious (b. 1711).
- 1765: Antoine Joseph Dezallier d’Argenville, French naturalist, lawyer and art historian (b. 1680).
- 1769: Alamgir II, Mughal Emperor of India (b.1699).
- 1780: Maria Teresa I of Austria, German Empress (b. 1717).
- 1793: Antoine Barnave, French politician, member of the Constituent Assembly (b. 1761).
- 1794: Sofia Federica de Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Denmark (b. 1758).
- 1819: Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German nobleman (b. 1778).
- 1828: Manuel Antonio de la Cerda, Nicaraguan lawyer and politician (b. 1780).
- 1832: Karl Asmund Rudolphi, German botanist and zoologist of Swedish origin (b. 1771).
- 1835: Catherine of Württemberg, German aristocrat (b. 1783).
- 1841: María Teresa Aycinena y Piñol, Guatemalan nun (b. 1784).
- 1842: Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja, Spanish sailor and military man (b. 1753).
- 1847: Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b.1802).
- 1852: Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian soldier, historian and journalist (b. 1819).
- 1855: Joaquín de San Martín, Central American military and politician (b. 1770).
- 1856: Frederick William Beechey, English military man, draftsman, naturalist and geographer (b. 1796).
- 1865: Ventura de la Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1807).
- 1869: Giulia Grisi, Italian opera singer (b.1811).
- 1872: Horace Greeley, American journalist and politician (b. 1811).
- 1873: Claude Gay, French-Chilean scientist (b. 1800).
- 1875: Ivan Kuratov, Russian poet and translator (b. 1839).
- 1880: José María Orense, Spanish journalist and politician (b.1803).
- 1884: Gregorio Cruzada Villaamil, Spanish historian, journalist and politician (b. 1832).
- 1894: Ceferino González, Spanish philosopher and prelate (b. 1831).
- 1894: Juan Nepomuceno Méndez, Mexican politician, president between 1876 and 1877 (b. 1824).
- 1898: Ángel Ganivet, Spanish writer and diplomat (b. 1865).
- 1900: Gustav Hartlaub, German physician and zoologist (b. 1814).
- 1901: Francisco Pi y Margall, Spanish politician, President of the Republic in 1873 (b. 1824).
- 1909: Charles Theodore of Bavaria, Bavarian prince (b. 1839).
- 1911: Bernarda Toro, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1852).
- 1915: Luigi Capuana, Italian writer (b. 1839).
- 1918: Antonio Gastón de Orleans-Braganza, prince of Brazil (b. 1881).
- 1924: Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b.1858).
- 1925: Eduardo Scarpetta, Italian actor and author (b. 1853).
- 1927: Enrique Gómez Carrillo, Guatemalan writer (b. 1873).
- 1936: Bombita (Ricardo Torres Reina), Spanish bullfighter (b. 1879).
- 1940: Bonaventura Bassegoda i Amigó, Spanish writer and architect (b. 1862).
- 1943: Vicente Piniés Bayona, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1875).
- 1939: Philipp Scheidemann, German politician (b.1865).
- 1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b.1897).
- 1957: Ciro Redondo, Cuban revolutionary (b.1931).
- 1958: Mario Benzing, Italian writer and translator (b. 1896).
- 1960: Manuel Bernabé, Filipino poet (b. 1890).
- 1963: Ernesto Lecuona, performer and composer of Cuban music (b. 1895).
- 1964: Benjamin Carroll Tharp, American botanist and teacher (b. 1885).
- 1965: Nicolás Repetto, Argentine politician and doctor (b. 1871).
- 1967: Antonio Castillo Lastrucci, Spanish sculptor (b. 1878).
- 1969: Diamond Jenness, Canadian anthropologist (b. 1886).
- 1970: Nina Ricci, fashion designer (b.1883).
- 1971: Edith Tolkien, muse of her husband, J. R. R. Tolkien (b. 1889).
- 1971: Juan Oropeza, Venezuelan jurist, writer, diplomat and teacher (b.1906).
- 1972: Carl Stalling, American composer (b.1891).
- 1974 – James J. Braddock, American boxer (b.1905).
- 1974: Ouida Bergère, American screenwriter and actress (b. 1886).
- 1974: Haroldson Hunt, American oil magnate (b. 1889).
- 1974: Peng Dehuai, Chinese military man (b. 1898).
- 1975: Tony Brise, British motor racing driver (b.1952).
- 1975 – Graham Hill, British motor racing driver (b.1929).
- 1976: José María Arizmendiarrieta, Spanish priest (b.1915).
- 1977: Antonio Hernández Carpe, Spanish painter (b. 1923).
- 1980: Dorothy Day, American journalist, social activist, Benedictine Oblate, Christian anarchist, and devoted member of the Catholic Church (b. 1897).
- 1981: Natalie Wood, American actress (b.1938).
- 1981: Thomas H. Marshall, British sociologist (b. 1893).
- 1982: Hermann Balck, German military man (b. 1893).
- 1982: Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b.1908).
- 1984: Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b.1900).
- 1985: Claes Christian Olrog, Swedish ornithologist (b.1912).
- 1986: Cary Grant, Anglo-American actor (b.1904).
- 1987: Víctor Yturbe, Mexican bolero singer (b.1936).
- 1987: Irene Handl, British actress (b.1901).
- 1989: José León Delestal, Spanish writer, poet, playwright and journalist (b. 1921).
- 1991: Frank Yerby, American writer (b.1916).
- 1991: Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b.1904).
- 1992: Federico Lohse, Chilean painter (b.1912).
- 1992: Robert F. Simon, American actor (b. 1908).
- 1993: Horia Sima, Romanian politician (b.1907).
- 1996: Dan Flavin, American artist, sculptor and architect (b. 1933).
- 1998: Fermín Sanz-Orrio y Sanz, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1901).
- 1999: Carmen Díez de Rivera, Spanish politician (b. 1942).
- 1999: Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese military man (b.1918).
- 1999: Herbert Freudenberger, American psychologist (b.1926).
- 2001: George Harrison, guitarist and British composer, of the band The Beatles (b. 1943).
- 2001: Víktor Astáfiev, Russian writer (b.1924).
- 2001: Awang Usman, Malay poet (b.1929).
- 2002: Saburo Ienaga, Japanese historian (b.1913).
- 2002: John Justin, British actor (b.1917).
- 2004: John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932).
- 2004: Herminio Barrera, Colombian filmmaker, director and producer (b. 1948).
- 2006: Allen Carr, British writer (b.1934).
- 2007: Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b.1927).
- 2007: Juan Antonio Guajardo Anzaldua, Mexican politician (b. 1958).
- 2008: Ulises Dumont, Argentine actor (b.1937).
- 2008: Mario Monicelli, Italian filmmaker and screenwriter (b.1915).
- 2008: Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b.1918).
- 2008: Maurice Wilkes, British physicist and computer scientist (b.1913).
- 2010: Bela Ajmadúlina, Russian poet and translator (b.1937).
- 2010: Peter Hofmann, German tenor (b.1944).
- 2010: Maurice Wilkes, English researcher (b.1913).
- 2010: Carmelo Lauría, lawyer, jurist, financial advisor, politician, businessman, investor, banker and Venezuelan public official (b.1936).
- 2010: Mario Monicelli, Italian film director and screenwriter (b.1915).
- 2011: Guillermo O’Donnell, Argentine political scientist (b.1936).
- 2011: Diego Puerta, Spanish bullfighter and rancher (b.1941).
- 2011: Ulises Wensell, Spanish painter and illustrator (b.1945).
- 2014: Mark Strand, American poet, essayist and translator (b.1934).
- 2016: Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez, Costa Rican farmer and politician, president of Costa Rica between 1982 and 1986 (b.1925).
- 2016: Marcos Danilo Padilha, Brazilian soccer player (b.1985).
- 2017: Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian-Croatian politician, military and war criminal (b.1945).
- 2017: Augusto Cárdich, Peruvian-Argentine agronomist, researcher and archaeologist (b.1923).
- 2019: Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan between 1982 and 1987 (b.1918).
What is Celebrated “A Day as Today”?

November 29 – A Day as Today – Celebrations
- International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- International Day of Women Human Rights Defenders
- International Jaguar Day
- Albania:
- Liberation Day
- Spain:
- Pamplona: Festivity of San Saturnino, patron of the city.
- Venezuela:
- Writer’s Day.
- Dominican Republic:
- Day of the Fumigator.
Catholic Santoral “A Day as Today”

November 29 – A Day as Today – Catholic Santoral
- Saint Alvaro Pelagio
- Saint Brandán of Birr
- Saint Demetrius
- Saint Philomeno
- Illuminated Saint of Todi
- Saint James of Sarug
- Saint Paramon
- Saint Radbodo
- San Saturnino of Carthage
- San Saturnino de Tolosa
- Blessed Alfredo Simón Colomina
- Blessed Dionysius of the Nativity
- Blessed Edward Burden
- Blessed Frederick of Regensburg
- Blessed William Gigson
- Blessed William Knight
- Blessed George Errington
- Blessed Redeemer of the Cross
What Sign of the Zodiac Rules those Born “A Day as Today”?

November 29 – A Day as Today – Zodiac sign
♐ Sagittarius:
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