Today in History for 29th November 2017:
Historical Events
1791 – Chatham Islands sighted by HMS Chatham commanded by William Broughton
1845 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1902 – Gerhart Hauptmann’s “Der arme Heinrich” premieres in Vienna
1956 – “Bells Are Ringing” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 925 performances
1982 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1987 – “Dreamgirls” closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances
Famous Birthdays
1834 – Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, American civil engineer, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Norwich, Vermont (d. 1864)
1896 – Philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund)
1902 – Georges Poulet, French/Belgian critic (Temps Humain)
1916 – Valentino Bucchi, composer
1939 – Domenico Monardo, American record producer
1964 – Kris Kamm, actor (Stuart Rosebrock-Coach), born in Evanston, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60
1985 – Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71
1994 – Sviatoslav S Stravinsky, French/US composer/son of Igor S, dies at 84
2001 – John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
2007 – Roger Bonham Smith, Former chairman and CEO of General Motors (b. 1925)
2010 – Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)