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Monaco", Hill won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and, at the time of his retirement, held the record for most podium finishes (36); he won 14 Grands Prix across 18 seasons.
Notable Deaths on November 29
1975 — Graham Hill plane crash
Graham Hill plane crash
November 29 has 123 recorded notable deaths across history, from 521 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
123 source records
521 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 29
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- 1963 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Source
- 1781 The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre. Source
- 1777 San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California. Source
- 1929 U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole. Source
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Roger Mortimer was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1322 for having led the marcher lords in a revolt against King Edward II in what became known as the Despenser War.
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Like most of his predecessors, Muhammad kept aloof from politics and engaged in religious teaching, while organizing the affairs of the Imamite Shia community through a network of representatives.
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In the first quarter of the 20th century, he played a leading role in both his party and in the young Weimar Republic.
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As a Major general at 37 years old from December 3, 1944, until September 1945 he commanded the 45th Infantry Division during the Western Allied invasion of Germany and the Allied-occupied Germany that followed.
More major people who died on November 29
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1330
Roger Mortimer
1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1287)
Roger Mortimer, 3rd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore, 1st Earl of March, was an English nobleman and powerful marcher lord who gained many estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland following his advantageous marriage to the…
835
Muhammad al-Jawad
the ninth of the Twelve Imams (born 811)
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Rida. He is known by the epithets al-Jawād and al-Taqī.
1939
Philipp Scheidemann
German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (born 1865)
Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
1970
Robert T. Frederick
American general (born 1907)
Major General Robert Tryon Frederick was a senior United States Army officer.
1628
John Felton
English soldier and assassin of the Duke of Buckingham (born c. 1595)
Lieutenant John Felton was an English army officer who assassinated George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham by stabbing him to death in the Greyhound Pub at Portsmouth on 23 August 1628.
2007
Henry Hyde
American lawyer and politician (born 1924)
Henry John Hyde was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th district of Illinois, an area of Chicago's northwestern…
1932
Abdullah Cevdet
Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (born 1869)
Abdullah Cevdet Bey was a Kurdish-Turk intellectual, activist, poet, essayist, and physician.
1268
Clement IV
pope of the Catholic Church (born 1190)
Pope Clement IV, born Gui Foucois and also known as Guy le Gros, was Bishop of Le Puy (1257–1260), Archbishop of Narbonne (1259–1261), Cardinal of Sabina (1261–1265), and head of the Catholic Church from 5 February 1265…
1927
George Giffen
Australian cricketer (born 1859)
George Giffen was a cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia.
2013
Natalya Gorbanevskaya
Russian-Polish poet and activist (born 1936)
Natalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya was a Russian poet, a translator of Polish literature and a civil-rights activist. She was one of the founders and the first editor of A Chronicle of Current Events (1968–1982).
1699
Patrick Gordon
Scottish-Russian general (born 1635)
Patrick Leopold Gordon of Auchleuchries was a general and rear admiral in Russia, of Scottish origin. He was descended from a family of Aberdeenshire, holders of the estate of Auchleuchries, near Ellon.
1314
Philip IV
king of France (born 1268)
Philip IV, called Philip the Fair, was King of France from 1285 to 1314. By virtue of his marriage with Joan I of Navarre, he was also King of Navarre and Count of Champagne as Philip I from 1284 to 1305.
1530
Thomas Wolsey
English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (born 1473)
Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner.
1378
Charles IV
Holy Roman Emperor (born 1316)
Charles IV was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378. He was elected King of Germany in 1346 and became King of Bohemia that same year.
2024
Marshall Brickman
Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
Marshall Jacob Brickman was an American screenwriter and director, best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen, with whom he shared the 1977 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Annie Hall.
1992
Jean Dieudonné
French mathematician and academic (born 1906)
Jean Alexandre Eugène Dieudonné was a French mathematician, notable for research in abstract algebra, algebraic geometry, and functional analysis, for close involvement with the Nicolas Bourbaki pseudonymous group and…
1986
Cary Grant
English-American actor (born 1904)
Cary Grant was an English-American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood's definitive…
521
Jacob of Serugh
Syrian poet and theologian (born 451)
Jacob of Serugh, also called Jacob of Sarug or Mar Jacob, was one of the foremost poets and theologians of the Syriac Christian tradition and authors of Syriac literature, second only to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to…
1594
Alonso de Ercilla
Spanish soldier and poet (born 1533)
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga was a Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid.