Today in History for 29th November 2022

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Historical Events

1830 - November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule beings in Poland begins
1980 - 45th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-18 in Birmingham
1987 - New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season
1989 - 8th Largest wrestling crowd UFW U-Cosmos (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
1995 - CNNfn, a financial network by Turner Enterprises is launched
1997 - OPEC agrees to an increase in its production ceiling. OPEC has raised the ceiling to 27.5 million barrels per day for the first half of 1998

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Famous Birthdays

1770 - Peter Hänsel, German-Austrian violinist and composer, born in Leppe, Silesia Province (d. 1831)
1904 - Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist, conductor and composer (Glorify Kokila), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1984)
1908 - N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
1929 - Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and mother of Sylvester Stallone, born in Washington, D.C.
1952 - Dusty Hare, English rugby union player, born in Newark-on-Trent, England
1959 - Rich Camarillo, American NFL punter, 1981-96, 5X Pro Bowl (New England Patriots, Phoenix Cardinals, and 3 other teams), born in Whittier, California

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Famous Deaths

1643 - Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in development of opera (L'Orfeo,espro della Beata Vergine), dies at 76
1939 - Philipp Scheidemann, German politician (SPD) and Mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
1997 - Isabelle Kelley, American social worker credited with instigating the US Federal Food Stamp Program, dies at 80
2001 - Mic Christopher, Irish rock singer and songwriter (The Mary Janes; solo - "Heyday";"Skylarkin'"), dies of head injury after a fall at 32
2017 - Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian Croat general and war criminal, commits suicide at 72
2019 - Seymour Siwoff, American sports statistician (president and CEO Elias Sports Bureau 1952-2019), dies at 99

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