Talk:November 29

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November 29: Liberation Day in Albania 1854 – The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Australia. 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrated the phonograph (pictured), his invention for recording and replaying sound, for the first time. 1890 – The Diet of Japan, Japan's bicameral legislature modelled after both the German Reichstag and the British Westminster system, first met after the Meiji Constitution went into effect. 1929 – American explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd and three others completed the first flight over the South Pole. 1947 – The United Nations General Assembly voted to approve the Partition Plan for Palestine, a plan to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict in the British Mandate of Palestine by separating the territory into Jewish and Arab states. More events: November 28 – November 29 – November 30 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 16:52, June 11, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Moved:

• 1887 - United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Nope - happened on November 9. --mav 06:52, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Removed:

• 1916 - United States declares martial law in the Dominican Republic.

Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type pages (very bad source). --mav 06:52, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Removed:

• 1943 - Second session of AVNOJ (Antifascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia) is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, proclaiming the AVNOJ decrees concerning the post-war ordering of Yugoslavia.

Could not be confirmed at all. --mav 06:52, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Err, this is true. The date of this event was even used as Republic Day in SFRY later on. --Shallot 16:54, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Removed:

• 1954 - The main immigration port-of-entry in New York Harbor at Ellis Island closes.

Date is in doubt — see Talk:Ellis Island. Stephen Turner 11:54, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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Moved birth from article:

• 1980 - Lee Siu Lun

Red link, no occupation or other explanation given, and only 87 Googlits? What am I missing? Lupo 11:19, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Moved birth from article:

• 1958 - Michael Dempsey, American musician (The Cure) says on article that he was born on February 29 Party29 21:16, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Error/ vandalism?

1. 1982 - Ashley Force, American Porno Star

Looking at the page about ashley force, it seems clear she certainly isn't in that career type, and even if she was i'm sure the word 'pornography' would be used.... If my assumptions are correct, someone should fix this i guess :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.2.116.126 (talk) 00:29, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. Feel free to fix things like that too. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 03:35, 12 November 2007 (UTC)