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Today's Anniversary – Saturday, November 29


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Births

* 1981 Tom Hurndall British photographer, member of the International Solidarity Movement and an activist against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
* 1979 Simon Amstell English comedian and television presenter.
* 1961 Tom Carroll Former Australian surfer.
* 1959 Rahm Emanuel American politician and the 55th and current Mayor of Chicago.
* 1956 Leo Laporte American technology broadcaster and author.
* 1953 Mary Schmich Columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
* 1949 Stan Rogers Canadian folk musician and songwriter.
* 1939 George Gilder American libertarian philosopher, futurologist and author.
* 1933 James Rosenquist Acclaimed American artist who is associated with the Pop art movement.
* 1932 Jacques Chirac French politician who was President of the French Republic between 1995 and 2007.
* 1927 Vin Scully American sports announcer.
* 1912 John Templeton American-born British stock investor, businessman, philanthropist and founder of the John Templeton Foundation and the Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities.
* 1898 C. S. Lewis Irish author, scholar of medieval literature, and Christian apologist.
* 1843 Gertrude Jekyll British garden designer, writer, and artist.
* 1835 Empress Dowager Cixi Of the Manchu Yehe Nara Clan, was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years from 1861 to her death in 1908.
* 1832 Louisa May Alcott American novelist, best known for the novel Little Women (1868).
* 1823 La Fayette Grover Democratic politician and lawyer from the U S state of Oregon.
* 1811 Wendell Phillips Born in Boston, Massachusetts, was an American abolitionist, Native American advocate and orator.
* 1799 Amos Bronson Alcott American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer.
* 1627 John Ray English naturalist, sometimes referred to as the father of English natural history.

Deaths

† 2010 Maurice Wilkes Pioneering British computer scientist and winner of the 1967 Turing Award.
† 2001 George Harrison British songwriter, musician and film producer best known as a member of The Beatles.
† 2001 John Knowles American novelist, best known for his novel A Separate Peace.
† 1993 J. R. D. Tata Pioneer aviator and important businessman of India.
† 1992 Jean Dieudonne French mathematician, notable for research in abstract algebra and functional analysis.
† 1986 Cary Grant Born Archibald Alexander Leach, was an English film actor.
† 1980 Dorothy Day American journalist turned social activist.
† 1872 Horace Greeley American editor of a leading newspaper, New York Tribune, a founder of the Liberal Republican Party, a reformer and a politician.
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