November 29 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Christian: First Sunday of Advent major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2009 — Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington. ↗
• 2007 — The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny. ↗
• 1987 — Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115. ↗
• 1986 — The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women... ↗
• 1972 — Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1997 — Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player
• 1996 — Akvilė Paražinskaitė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1995 — Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, British swimmer
• 1994 — Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 — Terunofuji Haruo, Mongolian sumo wrestler