11-29-2006, 03:54 PM
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November 29th
1643 ~ Death of Claudio Monteverdi, Composer.
1797 ~ Birthday of Gaetano Donizetti, Opera Composer.
1832 ~ Birthday of Louisa May Alcott, Writer.
1898 ~ Birthday of C. S. Lewis, Writer.
1947 ~ The UN passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews.
1975 ~ The name "Micro-soft" (for "microcomputer software") is first used in a letter from Bill Gates to Paul Allen.
1981 ~ Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, California.
1982 ~ The UN General Assembly passed Resolution 37/37, stating that the Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
1990 ~ The UN Security Council passed Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that nation did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
2001 ~ Death of George Harrison, musician.
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