Efeméride del 29 Noviembre

eso ha pasado un 29 Noviembre

1864 : Sand Creek Massacre On November 28, 1864, the Colorado Volunteers of Colonel John M. Chivington attacked a peaceful Cheyenne village, at Sand Creek, while the governor of Colorado had led the tribe to settle here, under the protection of the army. Hundreds of civilians were massacred and mutilated with great savagery. The pacifist Cheyenne chief Black Kettle escaped. He was assassinated four years later, with his whole village, by the men of Custer, in the same ciconstances while he still believed he was under the protection of the army in an federal reservation.
1947 : The United Nations voted to partition Palestine On November 29, 1947, against the advice of the Arab populations, the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state. At the end of the second World War, the British, who ran the country and could not find a solution to manage conflicts between the Arab and Jewish communities, had submitted the problem to the United Nations. The vote of the United Nations and the many following resolutions did not solve the problem that remains deeply conflicting.
1963 : President Johnson appointed the Warren Commission On November 29, 1963, U.S. President Johnson appointed a commission to clarify the ins and outs of the assassination of President Kennedy : the Warren commission, named after Chief Justice Warren. As Kennedy's murderer was killed in unclear circumstances, the Warren Commission was responsible for determining all the responsibilities. The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald, Kennedy's murderer, had acted on his own, as well as Jack Ruby, Oswald's assassin. Many people were not satisfied with these conclusions.
2007 : Earthquake in Martinique On November 29, 2007, an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale hit Martinique, in particular the town of Le Robert. Because of its depth, no victim is to be deplored, but the damage is very important.

Cita del día : 29 Noviembre

Cary Grant
When people tell you how young you look, they are telling you how old you are.

Cumpleaños : 29 Noviembre

Zhengtong, Emperador de China (1427)
Gaetano Donizetti, Compositor italiano (1797)
Christian Doppler, Físico austriaco (1803)
Jean-Martin Charcot, Neurólogo francés (1825)
Louisa May Alcott, Escritora americana (1832)
John Ambrose Fleming, Físico inglés (1849)
António Egas Moniz, Neurólogo portugués, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1874)
C. S. Lewis, Escritor irlandés (1898)
Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Director de cine francés (1917)
Jacques Chirac, Político francés (1932)
Roger Leloup, Dibujante belgo (1933)
Diane Ladd, Actriz americana (1935)
Michel Duchaussoy, Actor francés (1938)
Tonie Marshall, Directora de cine francesa (1951)
Jeff Fahey, Actor americano (1952)
Christine Pascal, Actriz francesa (1953)
Joel Coen, Director de cine americano (1954)
Michael Dempsey, Músico inglés (The Cure) (1958)
Kim Delaney, Actriz americana (1958)
Tom Sizemore, Actor americano (1961)
Andrew McCarthy, Actor americano (1962)
Don Cheadle, Actor americano (1964)
Frank Delgado, Músico estadounidense (Deftones) (1970)
Gena Lee Nolin, Actriz americana (1971)
Cyril Dessel, Ciclista francés (1974)
Lindsay Mintenko, Nadadora estadounidense (1976)
Maria Petrova, Patinadora artística rusa (1977)
Stephen O'Halloran, Futbolista irlandés (1987)

Nos han dejado un 29 Noviembre

Thomas Wolsey, Político y cardenal inglés (1530)
Claudio Monteverdi, Compositor italiano (1643)
Giacomo Puccini, Compositor italiano (1924)
Natalie Wood, Actriz americana (1981)
Cary Grant, Actor inglés (1986)
Ralph Bellamy, Actor americano (1999)
George Harrison, Músico inglés (The Beatles) (2001)
Daniel Gélin, Actor francés (2002)
John Drew Barrymore, Actor americano (2004)
Robert Holdstock, escritor inglés (2009)