NFL 2025 Week 13 Preview

  

Atlanta at NY Jets -  The Jets have returned to losing after a brief reprieve. This weekend, they have what likely looks and feels like a winnable game against Atlanta. However, the Falcons probably view the Jets as a game that is winnable for them. And you know what? Both teams are right. Still, I expect that the Falcons pull this one off to keep their slim playoff hopes alive, at least for one more week.. My pick: Atlanta

Houston at Indy - What a game this one should be! If the Colts win, they likely have the division locked up. However, if the Texans win, what once seemed like a laughable divisional race suddenly grows uncomfortably tight for Indy. It does not feel like home field is much of an advantage here, because familiarity could help or hurt either team. The Texans feel like they have more momentum entering this game. Could go either way, should be tight. My pick: Indianapolis

New Orleans at Miami - The Dolphins seems to be making a run for the playoffs, suddenly. After a disastrous start, they sure seem to be making a late push to achieve something which seemed impossible not long ago, and still frankly seems unlikely. Not sure if the Fins will do it or not, but they should at least beat the lowly Saints when they host this game this weekend. At least they better, or they might as well forget the playoffs. My pick: Miami

San Francisco at Cleveland - The 49ers still have almost no room for mistakes if they hope to take the NFC West. Even if they were perfect the rest of the way, they might not win it. However, they will be going to the playoffs, and could prove dangerous once there. They are the far better team in this game, and expect them to prove it this afternoon. My pick: San Francisco

LA Rams at Carolina - The Panthers seem to really ride the wave of momentum, don't they? Up or down, it seems like they commit and look either surprisingly good or astonishingly bad. Not sure which version will show up this weekend, but the Rams are a very good team, and they are coming to town. It will take a near flawless performance by Carolina to win, and I am not sure that they can even do it. Los Angeles likely manages to do just enough to win on the road in this one. My pick: LA Rams

Arizona at Tampa Bay - The Bucs have been reeling for several weeks now. They have dropped four of their last five, in a stretch that saw them seemingly drop from the ranks of the elites. Still, they are in front in the NFC South race. In order to stay that way, they desperately need a solid win to get themselves back on track. Enter the lowly Cardinals, who should give the Bucs every opportunity to get that all important win to help the Bucs get out of their funk. My pick: Tampa Bay

Jacksonville at Tennessee - The Jaguars travel to Tennessee to take on the team with the worst overall record, the Titans. Tennessee has managed only one win so far this season, although they have proved a tough challenge for a number of teams. That could be the case again today, although the Jaguars absolutely need to win to keep their position among the likely playoff teams. Expect the Jaguars to do whatever they have to do and win. My pick: Jax

Minnesota at Seattle - The Vikings feel like a huge disappointment. In the seemingly revolving door pattern of impressive seasons followed by disappointing ones, Minnesota seems like they are enduring a terrible season right on time. Going to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Seahawks will -prove a tough challenge, one that it seems unlikely the Vikings will be up for. My pick: Seattle

Las Vegas at LA Chargers - The Chargers have been good overall this season, although inconsistently. The Raiders, meanwhile, have been very consistently bad. I expect the Raiders to play tough, especially on defense. However, they will likely fall short to the Chargers nonetheless in the end. My pick: LA Chargers

Buffalo at Pittsburgh - Both teams have produced play that gives rise to question marks in recent weeks. Yet, both teams absolutely need this one. The Bills need to win in order to try and stay within striking distance of the first place Patriots. The Steelers have a chance to reclaim first place in the AFC North, after the Ravens were stunned by the Bengals. This could go either way, but I expect the Bills to do just enough. My pick: Buffalo

Sunday Night - Denver at Washington - The Broncos are red hot while the Commanders are pretty cold at this point. Yet, the Ravens and Bengals proved that you still cannot simply pick the obvious choice, because upsets do happen. Still, it would likely be a big upset if Washington finally manages to snap their losing streak by ending Denver's unbeaten streak. I'm not brave enough looking at this one to actually predict that the Commanders will be the ones to do it. My pick: Denver

Monday Night - NY Giants at New England - I have said this before, but it bears repeating: the Giants would probably have a better record if they did not have such tough games, relentlessly, week after week. My suspicion is that they are better - possibly even far better - than their rather dismal 2-10 record suggests. Now they go to New England to face the hottest team in the league. Figure that the G-Men can make it close, perhaps even look like they are going to win. But in the end, it seems like their big problem is that that cannot seem to close games out right now. So the Pats will likely take this one in the end. My pick: New England

Q104.3 Continues Thanksgiving Weekend Tradition of Rating Best 1,043 Rock Songs of All-Time For 25th Straight Year

 

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Once again, local greater New York metropolitan area classic rock station Q104.3 continued their Thanksgiving tradition of listing the 1,043 greatest rock songs of all time. The big question every year is whether or not somebody, or rather some song, will finally knock off "Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zeppelin as the number one song.

Spoiler alert: it was ranked number one yet again, and remains undefeated on this particular list, which is determined by votes.

I believe that the position of other songs have changed over time. For example, "Hey Jude" by the Beatles has been ranked number two at times. Yet, it dropped to as low as number four. This year, it climbed back to number two. No major arguments with any of the other songs on the top ten, although I think that some songs in the top 100 probably should not have ranked quite so high. 

Yet another song that seems strange simply because of it's absence was the beautiful "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" by the Primitive Radio Gods. For that matter, where is "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails? And I still always felt that "Imagine" by John Lennon should rank higher than it always seems to. It was ranked number 12 this year, which was lower than in other recent years. "Baba O'Riley" by the Who was number 11. Yet another Beatles song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was number 13, and "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Stones was number 14. 

At number 15, Don McLean's "American Pie, followed by "Piano Man" by Billy Joel at number 16, "Wish You Were Here" by Floyd at 17, Aerosmith's "Dream On" at number 18, "In My Life" by the Beatles at 19, and "Satisfaction" by the Stones at number 20.

After that, it was "Jungleland" by Bruce Springsteen at 21, Funeral For a Friend" by Elton John at 22, Ozzy's "Crazy Train" at 23, the beautiful "Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues at 24 and, rounding out at 25, Black Sabbath with "War Pigs."

Maybe you agree with this list, or maybe you don't. There are always some which feel like they are slighted. To me, for example, Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" should likely be in the top ten. And as mentioned earlier, "Telegraph Road" by Dire Straights should generally get more respect than it ever seems to. That, however, is just my opinion.

In any case, lists like this are made for debate. That's what it's there for. So here is the link below, if you are interested in looking at it. And please feel free to debate the merit (or again, the possible lack there) here, if you are so inclined. 

Here are the top ten songs (by votes) by Q104.3 for 2025:

Below is the Top Ten list of Q-104.3's "1043" best rock songs of all time (see link below):

https://q1043.iheart.com/featured/top-1043-songs-of-all-time/

10.. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones 

9. . Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd 

8.. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin 

7.. Hotel California - Eagles 

6. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd 

5. Beatles - Hey Jude

4. Layla - Derek And The Dominos 

3. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 

2. Hey Jude - Beatles 

1. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin

November 30th: This Day in History

 

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

On this day in the year 1016, Cnut (or Canute), the King of Denmark, claimed the English throne following the death of Edmund 'Ironside'. In 1782 on this day, Britain signed an agreement recognizing US independence. Spain ceded her claims on the Louisiana Territory to France on this day in 1803. On this day in 1835, Mark Twain was born. In 1917 on this day, the German foreign minister celebrated the revolution in Russia. The USSR attacked Finland on this day in 1939. In 1965 on this day, McNamara warned President Lyndon Johnson that Communists were gaining strength in South Vietnam. On this day in 1989, "America's First Female Serial Killer" struck.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

• 306 - St Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

• 722 - Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop

• 1016 - Cnut (or Canute), king of Denmark, claims the English throne the death of Edmund 'Ironside'.

1215 - Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen

1406 - Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII

1523 - Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics

1554 - England reconciles with Pope Julius III

1630 - 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague

1648 - English Parliamentary army captures King Charles I

1678 - Roman Catholics banned from English parliament

1700 - King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva [NS]

1700 - Turkey declares war on Russia

1700 - Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar

1731 - Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die

1735 - States of Holland forbid Free Masonry

1747 - Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women

Altered picture that I took of the Benjamin Franklin Memorial in Philadelphia some years ago. 

Altered picture that I took of the Benjamin Franklin Memorial in Philadelphia some years ago. 

Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in the rotunda of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA. This statue was sculpted by James Earle Fraser between 1932 and 1938, and it was dedicated in 1938.

• 1753 - Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny

Picture of a statue of British explorer Captain James Cook

• 1776 - Capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea)

Early version of the American flag used during the Revolutionary War for Independence

• 1782 - Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence

United States Founding Father Benjamin FranklinUnited States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin 

• 1786 - Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.

1787 - Spanish governor leaves Philippines

• On this day in 1789 during the French Revolution, Corsica was officially declared an "integral part of the French Empire" by the National Assembly. They also decreed the return of Corsican hero Pasquale Paoli from exile. The events marked a significant moment for Corsica, aligning its fate with the new ideas of the French Revolution and leading to a jubilant, though temporary, reunification with France. 

1803 - Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France

1804 - Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins

1813 - Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands

1824 - First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal.

1829 - First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.

• 1838 - Mexico declares war on France

• 1861 - Harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac"

1863 - Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas

1864 - Battle of Franklin Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities

1864 - Battle of Honey Hill SC (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded

1866 - Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago

1868 - The inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King's garden in Stockholm.

1872 - 1st intl soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow)

1885 - Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris)

1886 - 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo

1886 - The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

1887 - 1st indoor softball game (Chicago)

1891 - Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" published

1900 - A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles

1902 - American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.

1907 - Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle

1912 - 4th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Alerts defeats Toronto Argonauts, 11-4

1915 - St John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin

1916 - Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1922 - 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho

Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf HitlerDictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler 1922 - Hitler speaks to 50,000 national-socialists in Munich

1923 - Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms

1924 - 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)

1924 - Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied

1924 - French/Belgium troops completely withdrawn from the Rurh

1928 - Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 & 1 vs England

1929 - 17th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 14-3

1931 - Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire

1931 - His Master's Voice & Columbia Records merge into EMI

1933 - CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District

1936 - London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire

1937 - 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB)

• 1938 - Fascist coup in Romania, fails

• 1938 - Germany bans Jews being lawyers

1939 - 21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton)

1939 - Paul Osborn's "Mornings at 7," premieres in NYC

The flag of the USSR (Soviet Union)

• 1939 - USSR invades Finland, bombs Helsinki

1940 - 28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 1): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 8-2

1940 - 32 U boats sunk this month (147,000 ton)

1941 - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run

1941 - 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton)

• 1941 - Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada & Nagano

1942 - -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal

1942 - 109 U boats sunk this month (729,000 ton)

1942 - 30th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Hurricanes defeats Winnipeg Bombers, 8-5

1942 - Bill Terry resigns as supervisor of NY Giants minor league system

1942 - German scout ship Altmark explode & sinks off Yokohama

1944 - Biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground

1945 - 33rd CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 35-0

1946 - Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba

• 1947 - Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine

• 1947 - Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked

1948 - Baseball's Negro National League disbands

1948 - Player-manager Lou Boudreau is selected AL MVP

Flag of East Germany

• 1948 - Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin

• 1949 - Chinese Communists captured Chungking

1949 - KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting

1950 - US Pres Harry Truman threatens China with atom bomb

Baseball Player Jackie RobinsonBaseball Player Jackie Robinson 1952 - Jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism

1953 - French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu

1953 - Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

1954 - 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)

1954 - 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB)

Flag of South Africa during the apartheid era

• 1954 - John Strydom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa

1955 - "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 245 performances

Flag of Argentina

• 1955 - Argentine government disbands Peronistic party

1956 - 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News)

1956 - Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1957 - "Happy Hunting" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 413 performances

1957 - 45th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 32-7

1957 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8

1958 - 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me

1958 - WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting

Boxing Champ Archie MooreBoxing Champ Archie Moore 1959 - Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL

• 1960 - French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons

1960 - Tad Mosels "All the Way Home" premieres in NYC

1961 - Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year

1961 - USSR vetoes Kuwaits application for UN membership

1962 - U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously

1963 - 51st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats BC Lions, 21-10

1963 - Martin Walser's "Überlebensgross Herr Krott" premieres in Stuttgart

1964 - USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned

• 1966 - Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1966 - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland

1966 - Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1967 - Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence

1967 - Julie Nixon & David Eisenhower announce their engagement

1967 - Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman

• 1967 - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from UK

1967 - People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain

• 1967 - Senenator Eugene McCarthy begins run for US presidency

• 1967 - The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.

1968 - 56th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Calgary Stampeder, 24-21

1969 - 57th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 29-11

1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

• 1970 - George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass"

1971 - TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV

1972 - BBC bans Wings' "Hi, Hi, Hi"

1972 - Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)

1973 - M T Ghani scores 104 on FC debut for Commerce Bank (Pak) age 44

1973 - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Jim Godman

1974 - "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 438 performances

1974 - "Mack & Mabel" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 66 performances

1974 - 20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks)

1974 - Miss Teenage America Pageant

1974 - Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) is discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.

• 1975 - Dahomey becomes Benin

1976 - 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB)

1978 - France performs nuclear test

1979 - Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)

1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1980 - "Banjo Dancing" closes at Century Theater NYC after 38 performances

1980 - "Perfectly Frank" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 16 performances

1980 - "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 341 perfs

Flag of Uruguay

• 1980 - Uruguay's new constitution rejected by referendum

1981 - NY Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award

1981 - Porn star John Holmes arrested on fugitive charges

• 1981 - South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested

1981 - Yankees Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year

• 1981 - Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended inconclusively on December 17).

1982 - STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad

• 1982 - US sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea

1982 - USSR performs nuclear test

1983 - 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation

1983 - Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam

1983 - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)

1983 - Raúl Alfonsín wins Argentine presidential election

1983 - Sam Shepards "Fool for love," premieres in NYC

1983 - Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record

1986 - "Flamenco Puro" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 40 perfs

1986 - 74th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 39-15

1986 - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime

• 1987 - Afghanistan Constitution adopted

1988 - Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed

1988 - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island

1988 - NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase

1988 - Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs

Flag of the United Nations

• 1988 - UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO's Arafat visa

1988 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25.07 billion USD.

1989 - Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.

1990 - Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke

1990 - Bush proposes US-Iraq meeting to avoid war

1991 - 1st world championship of women's soccer, US defeats Norway 2-1

1991 - 93 cars & 11 truck accident near SF during a dust storm, 17 die

1991 - Rob Pilatus, 27, of Milli-Vanilli attempts suicide

1991 - San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing & scoring titles

1992 - David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 v WI at Brisbane

1992 - Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die

1993 - NFL announces 30th franchise - Jacksonville Jaguars

42nd US President Bill Clinton42nd US President Bill Clinton 1993 - President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill

  

    

• 1994 - Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at BBC" is released in Britain

1994 - Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die

1994 - Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal

1995 - Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

1997 - "Eugene Onegin" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC

1997 - 86th Davis Cup: Sweden sweeps US in Gothenburg (5-0)

1998 - Deutsche Bank announces a $10 billion USDdeal to buy Bankers Trust, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.

• 1999 - In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.

1999 - British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.

2004 - Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge resigns.

2004 - Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700 USD, television's all-time biggest game show haul.

2004 - Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.

• 2005 - John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.

• 2007 - Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office hostage crisis: Leeland Eisenberg entered the campaign office of Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire with a device suspected of being a bomb and held three people hostage for 5 hours.

• 2012 - At least 32 people are killed in a Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crash in the Congo

1016 - English King Edmund II died.   1700 - 8,000 Swedish troops under King Charles XII defeated an army of at least 50,000 Russians at the Battle of Narva. King Charles XII died on this day.   1782 - The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.   1803 - Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France.   1804 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase went on trial accused of political bias. He was later acquitted by the U.S. Senate.   1835 - Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born. He wrote "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" under the name Mark Twain.   1838 - Three days after the French occupation of Vera Cruz Mexico declared war on France.   1853 - During the Crimean War, the Russian fleet attacked and destroyed the Turkish fleet at the battle of Sinope.   1875 - A.J. Ehrichson patented the oat-crushing machine.   1897 - Thomas Edison's own motion picture projector had its first commercial exhibition.   1936 - London's famed Crystal Palace was destroyed in a fire. The structure had been constructed for the International Exhibition of 1851.   1939 - The Russo-Finnish War began when 20 divisions of Soviet troops invaded Finland.   1940 - Lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married.   1949 - Chinese Communists captured Chungking.   1954 - In Sylacauga, AL, Elizabeth Hodges was injured when a meteorite crashed through the roof of her house. The rock weighed 8½-pounds.   1956 - CBS replayed the program "Douglas Edward and the News" three hours after it was received on the West Coast. It was the world's first broadcast via videotape.   1962 - U Thant of Burma was elected secretary-general of the United Nations, succeeding the late Dag Hammarskjold.   1966 - The former British colony of Barbados became independent.   1967 - Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower announced their engagement.   1971 - ABC-TV aired "Brian's Song." The movie was about Chicago Bears' Brian Picolo and his friendship with Gale Sayers.   1981 - The U.S. and the Soviet Union opened negotiations in Geneva that were aimed at reducing nuclear weapons in Europe.   1982 - The motion picture "Ghandi" had its world premiere in New Delhi.   1986 - "Time" magazine published an interview with U.S. President Reagan. In the article, Reagan described fired national security staffer Oliver North as a "national hero."   1988 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. took over RJR Nabisco Inc. with a bid of $24.53 billion.   1989 - Alfred Herrhausen was killed in a bombing. The Red Army Faction claimed responsibility of killing Herrhausen the chairman of West Germany's largest bank.   1989 - PLO leader Yasser Arafat was refused a visa to enter the United States in order to address the U.N. General Assebly in New York City.   1993 - U.S. President Clinton signed into law the Brady Bill. The bill required a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers.   1993 - Richard Allen Davis was arrested by authorities in California. Davis confessed to abducting and slaying 12-year-old Polly Klaas of Petaluma.   1995 - President Clinton became the first U.S. chief executive to visit Northern Ireland.   1998 - The Deutsche Bank AG announced that it would acquire Bankers Trust Corp. for $10.1 billion creating the world's largest financial institution.   2000 - David Spade was assaulted with a stun gun by his longtime personal assistant, David Warren Malloy. Malloy attacked Spade during a burglary of Spade's home in Beverly Hills.   2001 - For the first time in its history, McDonald's teamed up with a retail partner on its Happy Meal promotions. Toys R Us provided plush figures from its Animal Alley.   2001 - In Seattle, WA, Gary Leon Ridgeway was arrested for four of the Green River serial killings. He was pled innocent on December 18, 2001.   2004 - In Stockholm, Sweden, the Carl Larsson painting "Boenskoerd" ("Bean Harvest") was sold at auction for $730,000. The work had been in a private collection for more than a century. The Larsson work "Vid Kattegatt" ("By Kattegatt") sold for $640,000 at the same auction.

1804 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried for political bias. 1900 Irish author Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46. 1940 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married. 1966 Barbados became independent of Great Britain. 1974 The fossilized remains of a female human ancestor named Lucy (after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) were found in Ethiopia. 1993 The Brady Bill, requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, is signed. 1995 President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Northern Ireland. 2004 Ken Jennings ended his 74-game winning spree on the game show, Jeopardy!

The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php

http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/nov30.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

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November 29th: This Day in History

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

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On this day in 1760, French Commandant Beletre surrendered Detroit to Major R Rogers. On this day in 1803, Dessalines & Christophe declared St Domingue (present day Haiti) an independent country. In 1812 on this day, Napoleon's Grand Army crossed the Berezina River during their retreat from Russia. Native Americans were massacred at Sand Creek, Colorado, on this day in 1864. In 1918 on this day not long after World War I ended, American nurse Maude Fisher wrote a memorable letter to a mother of a war casualty. On this day in 1918, Serbia annexed Montenegro. In 1947 on this day, the U.N. voted for the partition of Palestine. On this day in 1963, American President Lyndon Johnson established the Warren Commission to investigate the then recent assassination of John F. Kennedy, who has been killed only one week earlier in Dallas, Texas. In 2001 on this day, former Beatle George Harrison died of cancer.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

• 526 - Antioch in modern day Syria struck by Earthquake, about 250,000 die

• 799 - Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome

• 1349 - Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred

• 1516 - Treaty of Freiburg] French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty

• 1561 - Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland

• 1573 - Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands

• 1581 - Doornik (Tournai) surrenders to Duke of Parma

• 1596 - King Philip II devalues Spanish currency

• 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester & occupies Carlisle

• 1760 - French commandant Beletre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers

• On this day in 1760 during the French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years War), French Commandant Beletre surrendered Detroit to Major R Rogers. 

• 1775 - Sir James Jay invents invisible ink

• 1781 - The crew of the slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea in order to claim insurance.

Flag of Haiti

• On this day in 1803 during the Haitian Revolution, Dessalines & Christophe declared St Domingue (present day Haiti) an independent country. 

French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

• In 1812 on this day, Napoleon's Grand Army crossed the Berezina River during their retreat from Russia. 

• 1813 - Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance

• 1825 - 1st Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC)

• 1830 - November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.

• 1845 - The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.

• 1847 - Indians kill Washington state pioneers Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, and 12 others in Walla Walla Ore

• 1850 - The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, signed in Olomouc means diplomatic capitulation of Prussia to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.

• 1863 - Battle of Ft Sanders, TN (Ft Loudon), 8-900 casualities

• 1864 - 4th & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia

• 1864 - Battle of Spring Hill, TN (Thomason's Station)

• Native Americans were massacred at Sand Creek, Colorado, on this day in 1864 the Sand Creek Massacre took place, as an unprovoked Colorado militia led by Colonel John Chivington killed between 150 - 600 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho natives, including Cheyenne Chief One-Eye. The  Cheyenne and Arapaho natives had surrendered and had been given permission to camp.  

• 1870 - Compulsory education proclaimed in England

• 1872 - Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

Monuments to Thomas Edison at Menlo Park in Edison,  NJ 

• 1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph

• 1887 - US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii

1890 - 1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point

• 1893 - Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.

1897 - 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England)

The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, South Africa.

• In 1900 on this day during the Anglo-Boer War, Lord Kitchener succeeded Lord Roberts as Supreme Commander of British forces in present day South Africa.

1901 - East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved & opened

1902 - Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der arme Heinrich" premieres in Vienna

• 1910 - The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine.

1913 - 5th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2

1915 - Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.

• 1916 - US declares martial law in Dominican Republic

• In 1918 on this day not long after World War I ended, American nurse Maude Fisher wrote a memorable letter to a mother of a war casualty. On this day in 1918, Serbia annexed Montenegro. 

1921 - Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0°C

1921 - Z Parenteau & Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki" premieres in NYC

Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart HauptmannAuthor and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann 1924 - 12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3

• 1924 - NHL's Montreal Forum opens

1926 - Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager

1926 - W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife" premieres in NYC

1929 - Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was wrong)

1932 - Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee" premieres in NYC

• 1932 - France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union

• 1932 - USSR & France sign no attack treaty

1933 - 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania)

1933 - Japan begins persecution of communists

1934 - Chic Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally

1935 - Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of NZ

1937 - Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands

1938 - Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany

1939 - Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8)

The flag of the USSR (Soviet Union)

• The USSR (Soviet Union) broke off diplomatic relations with Finland on this day in 1939, early during World War II, just prior to a Soviet attack of that country.  

1941 - 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16

1941 - Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet

1942 - US rations coffee

• 1943 - Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce Bosnia

1943 - U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean

1943 - US aircraft carrier Hornet launched

• 1944 - Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day)

• 1944 - John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery

• 1944 - The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

• 1945 - Yugoslavian Socialist Republic proclaimed

1946 - Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities

1947 - 35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9

Flag of the United Nations

• In 1947 on this day, the U.N. General Assembly voted for the partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews. 

1948 - "Kukla, Fran, & Ollie" debuted on NBC

• In 1948 on this day, the first opera ever to be televised, William Shakespeare's "Othello," broadcast from the Met in New York City.

1948 - KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 - Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa

Flag of East Germany

• 1949 - Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700

1950 - National Council of Church of Christ in US forms

1951 - 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada

1952 - 40th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 21-11

1952 - Pres-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war

1953 - American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service

1953 - WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting

• 1955 - Turkish government of Menderes resigns

1956 - "Bells Are Ringing" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 925 performances

1957 - NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers & Giants

1958 - 46th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 35-28

1960 - 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB)

1961 - Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss

1961 - John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA

1961 - Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit

1962 - Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year

• 1962 - Great-Britain & France decide to jointly build Concorde

Bust of American President Lyndon B. Johnson

• On this day in 1963, American President Lyndon Johnson established the Warren Commission to investigate the then recent assassination of John F. Kennedy, who has been killed only one week earlier in Dallas, Texas.

• 1963 - Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

• 1963 - Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal, Canada

1964 - Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English

1965 - "Anya" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 16 performances

1965 - Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups

1966 - SS Daniel J Morrell sinks in a storm on Lake Huron, 28 die, 1 survivor.

1966 - 1st NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena - Warriors beat Bulls 108-101

• 1967 - British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen

• 1967 - Robert McNamara elected president of World bank

• 1968 - John & Yoko release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK

    

• 1969 - The Beatles' "Come Together/Something" reaches #1

1970 - Charles Ives' "Yale-Princeton," premieres

1970 - Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets' leading run scorer (7,250)

1971 - 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World

1971 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1972 - Nolan Bushnell (co-founder of Atari) releases Pong (the first commercially successful video game) in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.

1975 - Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii

• 1975 - Pres Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped

• 1978 - UN observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by US & about 20 other countries

1978 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1981 - "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 119 performances

1981 - Greg Chappell scores 201 v Pakistan at The Gabba (Brisbane)

1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test

1983 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1984 - Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad

1987 - "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances

1987 - 75th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 38-36

1987 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1987 - Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes

1987 - New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season

1987 - Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles) It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal

1987 - A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115

1989 - 8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)

• 1989 - In Czechoslovakia, the Communist-run parliament ended the party's 40-year monopoly on power. 

 

The flag of India

• 1989 - India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns

1990 - "Shogun - The Musical" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 72 perfs

1990 - Expos pres Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman

• 1990 - UN Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq

1991 - TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man

1991 - Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba

1992 - "Sea Gull" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 48 performances

1992 - "Solitary Confinement" closes at Nederlander NYC after 25 perfs

1992 - 80th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 24-10

1993 - "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 40 perfs

• 1994 - Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding

1995 - "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater NYC

1995 - CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched

1997 - USAir Arena closes, hosting Wash Wizards

• In 2001 on this day, former Beatle George Harrison died of cancer.

2005 - The new Croatian Communist Party (KPH) is founded in Vukovar.

• 2007 - The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.

• 2007 - A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as south as Trinidad.

• 2012 - 30 people are killed and 100 are wounded by bombs in Hillah and Karbala, Iraq

• 2012 - The UN votes to approve Palestine’s status change from an observer to an observer state

• 2012 - Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach

1530 - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, former adviser to England's King Henry VIII, died.   1864 - The Sand Creek Massacre occurred in Colorado when a militia led by Colonel John Chivington, killed at least 400 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who had surrendered and had been given permission to camp.   1890 - Navy defeated Army by a score of 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game. The game was played at West Point, NY.   1929 - The first airplane flight over the South Pole was made by U.S. Navy Lt. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd.     1945 - The monarchy was abolished in Yugoslavia and a republic proclaimed.   1947 - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution that called for the division of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.   1961 - The Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft was launched by the U.S. with Enos the chimp on board. The craft orbited the earth twice before landing off Puerto Rico.   1963 - A Trans-Canada Airlines DC-8F with 111 passengers and 7 crew members crashed in woods north of Montreal 4 minutes after takeoff from Dorval Airport. All aboard were killed. The crash was the worst in Canada's history.   1963 - U.S. President Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.   1967 - U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced that he was leaving the Johnson administration to become president of the World Bank.   1971 - The Professional Golf Championship was held at Walt Disney World for the first time.  Disney movies, music and books   1974 - In Britain, a bill that outlawed the Irish Republican Army became effective.   1975 - Bill Gates adopted the name Microsoft for the company he and Paul Allen had formed to write the BASIC computer language for the Altair.   1981 - Actress Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, CA, at the age 43.   1982 - The U.N. General Assembly voted that the Soviet Union should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.   1986- Actor Cary Grant died at the age of 82.   1987 - A Korean jetliner disappeared off Burma, with 115 people aboard.   1987 - Cuban detainees released 26 hostages they'd been holding for more than a week at the Federal Detention Center in Oakdale, LA.   1988 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the rights of criminal defendants are not violated when police unintentionally fail to preserve potentially vital evidence.      1990 - The U.N. Security Council voted to authorize military action if Iraq did not withdraw its troops from Kuwait and release all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.   1991 - 17 people were killed in a 164-vehicle wreck during a dust storm near Coalinga, CA, on Interstate 5.   1992 - Dennis Byrd (New York Jets) was paralyzed after a neck injury in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs.   1994 - The U.S. House passed the revised General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.   1994 - Fighter jets attacked the capital of Chechnya and its airport only hours after Russian President Boris Yeltsin demanded the breakaway republic end its civil war.   1996 - A U.N. court sentenced Bosnian Serb army soldier Drazen Erdemovic to 10 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 1,200 Muslims. The sentence was the first international war crimes sentence since World War II.   1998 - Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected legalizing heroin and other narcotics.   2004 - The French government announced plans to build the Louvre II in northern France. The 236,808 square foot museum was the planned home for 500-600 works from the Louvre's reserves.   2004 - Godzilla received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1924 Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot.'" 1929 Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole. 1947 The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in Palestine. 1963 The Beatles released I Want to Hold Your Hand in Great Britain. 1963 President Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy. 1986 Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82. 2001 Beatle George Harrison died of cancer.

The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

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http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/nov29.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory