On This Day for November 29 - United Nations resolution for the partition of Palestine, Jacques Chirac is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. November 29 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Jacques Chirac READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1947 United Nations resolution for the partition of Palestine READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2001: George Harrison , formerly of the Beatles, died of cancer at the age of 58. [Take our Beatlemania quiz.] 1997: In a ceremony that was broadcast around the world by satellite, some 28,000 couples gathered at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., for a "wedding" conducted by Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about world religions.] 1981: American film actress Natalie Wood drowned under mysterious circumstances while vacationing on a yacht off Santa Catalina Island, California. [Take our quiz about A-list actors.] 1963: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy. [ Take our quiz about U.S. presidents.] 1929: American pioneer aviator Richard E. Byrd flew over the South Pole. [Test your knowledge of nautical exploration and aviation.] 1850: Prussia and Austria signed the Punctation of Olmütz, an agreement regulating the two powers' relations. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Europe.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1959 Rahm Emanuel American politician 1898 C.S. Lewis Irish-born author and scholar 1835 Cixi empress dowager of China 1932 Jacques Chirac president of France 1832 Louisa May Alcott American author 1489 Margaret Tudor queen of Scotland SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help