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John F. Kennedy was the fourth U.S. president to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, and William McKinley.
November 29 in History
1963 — U
S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
November 29 spans 46 recorded events across recorded history, from 528 to 2025. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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46 events
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More major events on November 29
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- 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
Did you know
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination, according to the Warren Commission's findings, which were published in September 1964.
Did you know
Parkland Memorial Hospital, where Kennedy was pronounced dead, is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Did you know
Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, which began after Kennedy's assassination, lasted from 1963 to 1969 and included significant civil rights legislation.
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Dealey Plaza, the site of the assassination, is a public park in downtown Dallas, Texas, and has since become a popular tourist destination and memorial to Kennedy.
528
Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.
Earthquake striking Syria and Antioch in 528
561
Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
King of the Franks (r. 511–558) of the Merovingian dynasty
618
The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.
Imperial dynasty of China (618–907)
903
The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.
Third Islamic caliphate
1114
A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East.
Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.
1612
The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
Part of Portuguese battles in the Indian Ocean (1612)
1729
Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
Historical Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands
1732
The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
Earthquake in Southern Italy
1776
During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
1775–1783 conflict in North America
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.
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.
Protection from financial loss
1783
1807
John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
King of Portugal from 1816 to 1826
1830
An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
Anti-Russian uprising in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1830–31)
1847
The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847 civil war in Switzerland
1847
Missionaries Dr.
Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
1850
The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc.
Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
1863
American Civil War: Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from an attack by Confederate forces under General James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders during the Siege of Knoxville.
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
1864
Colorado War: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants at Sand Creek inside Colorado Territory.
19th-century armed conflict of the American Indian Wars
1864
American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill during the Franklin–Nashville campaign.
Field army of the Confederate States
1872
The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1872–1873 conflict between the Native American Modoc people and the U.S. Army
1877
Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
1890
The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
1890–1947 Empire of Japan constitution
1899
FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen.
It later develops into one of Spanish and world football's most iconic and strongest teams.
1920
The Armenian Revolutionary Committee declares Armenia to be a Soviet Socialist Republic, starting 71 years of Soviet rule in Armenia
Early provisional governing administrations of Soviet regions
1929
U.S.
Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
1943
The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
World War II-era political body
1945
The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992
1947
The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
Intergovernmental organization organ
1947
French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.
1947 massacre of civilians by French soldiers in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam
1952
U.S.
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961
Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space.
The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1963
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
1963 plane crash in Quebec, Canada
1963
"I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
1963 single by the Beatles
1972
Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
American video game developer (1972–1992)
1982
Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time.
American singer (1958–2009)
1986
The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
1987
North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.
1987 aircraft bombing over the Andaman Sea
2007
The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
Military forces of the Philippines
2009
Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.
Mass shooting in Washington, U.S.
2013
LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board.
2013 deliberate aircraft crash in Namibia
2025
The Government of Jordan officially announces the launch of the Amra City development project during a site visit by the Prime Minister.