📜 This Day in History

November 29

• 903The Abbasid Caliphate captured the Qarmatian leadership at the Battle of Hama in Syria, opening the way for the reconquest of Tulunid Egypt.
• 1810Napoleonic Wars: British troops rendezvoused at Grand Baie to launch an invasion of Isle de France, now known as Mauritius.
• 1899FC Barcelona, one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football, was founded by Swiss football pioneer Joan Gamper.
• 1963Five minutes after taking off from Montréal–Dorval, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashed in bad weather, killing all 118 people on board.
• 1982Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, was released.
• 2012In resolution 67/19, the United Nations General Assembly voted to accord the status of a non-member observer state to Palestine.

Born on this day

• 1832Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (died 1888)
• 1835Empress Dowager Cixi of China (died 1908)
• 1898C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic (died 1963)
• 1932Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (died 2019)