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On November 29, 528: Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.

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Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.

The 528 Antioch earthquake was the second major earthquake to affect the city in a span of two years. 1, was viewed by its residents as the end of a series of disasters that had plagued Antioch. It killed at least 4,870 people and razed the remaining buildings that did not collapse in the earthquake of 526, and newly constructed ones.

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Born on November 29

Yunus Musah 2002– American soccer player (born 2002)
MJ Melendez 1998– American baseball player (born 1998)
Ye Qiuyu 1998– Chinese tennis player
Lovie Simone 1998– American actress
Nick Richards 1997– Jamaican basketball player (born 1997)
Laura Marano 1995– American actress and singer (born 1995)
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor 1995– English swimmer (born 1995)
Shaun Lane 1994– Australian rugby league footballer
Julius Randle 1994– American basketball player (born 1994)
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Stefon Diggs 1993– American football player (born 1993)
Ben Nugent 1992– English footballer
Becky James 1991– Welsh cyclist (born 1991)
Diego Boneta 1990– Mexican actor and singer (born 1993)
Sheldon Richardson 1990– American football player (born 1990)
Andrej Šustr 1990– Czech ice hockey player (born 1990)
Yacouba Sylla 1990– Malian footballer (born 1990)
Adam Chapman 1989– Northern Irish footballer (born 1989)
Abby Bishop 1988– Australian basketball player (born 1988)

People

Died on November 29

Marshall Brickman American screenwriter and director (1939–2024)
Will Cullen Hart American musician (1971–2024)
Wayne Northrop American actor (1947–2024)
Henry Kissinger American diplomat and politician (1923–2023)
Taichi Yamada Japanese writer (1934–2023)
Derek Granger British producer and screenwriter (1921–2022)
Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang Samoan politician (died 2022)
Kinza Clodumar President of Nauru from 1997 to 1998
Arlene Dahl American actress (1925–2021)
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LaMarr Hoyt American baseball player (1955–2021)
Papa Bouba Diop Senegalese footballer (1978–2020)
Yasuhiro Nakasone Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987
Slobodan Praljak Bosnian Croat war criminal (1945–2017)
Luis Alberto Monge President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986
Ruta Šaca-Marjaša Latvian politician
Joseph F. Girzone American novelist
Joe Marston Australian soccer player
Christopher Middleton British poet and translator (1926–2015)

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Every November 29 on record

  1. 528 Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.

    Earthquake striking Syria and Antioch in 528

    The 528 Antioch earthquake was the second major earthquake to affect the city in a span of two years. 1, was viewed by its residents as the end of a series of disasters that had plagued Antioch. It killed at least 4,870 people and razed the remaining buildings that did not collapse in the earthquake of 526, and newly constructed ones.

  2. 561 Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.

    King of the Franks (r. 511–558) of the Merovingian dynasty

    Chlothar I, sometime called "the Old", also anglicised as Clotaire from the original French version, was a king of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty and one of the four sons of Clovis I.

  3. 618 The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.

    Imperial dynasty of China (618–907)

    The Tang dynasty, or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point of Chinese civilisation, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture.

  4. 903 The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.

    Third Islamic caliphate

    The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire was the third Islamic caliphate, ruled by the Abbasid dynasty. The dynasty was descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, after whom it is named. The Abbasids rose to power in 750, when the Abbasid Revolution overthrew the preceding Umayyad Caliphate, and they ruled as caliphs from their metropole in Iraq until 1258, with Baghdad as their capital for most of their history.

  5. 1114 A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.

    1114 earthquake in Marash, Turkey

    The Marash earthquake occurred in the area of Marash during the early morning hours of November 29, 1114. 7 and an epicenter location in modern-day Turkey. The mainshock was preceded by two destructive foreshocks in August and November that same year.

  6. 1549 The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.
  7. 1612 The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
  8. 1729 Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
  9. 1732 The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
  10. 1776 During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
  11. 1777 San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
  12. 1781 The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre.
  13. 1783 A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
  14. 1807 John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
  15. 1830 An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
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  1. 1847 The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
  2. 1847 Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
  3. 1850 The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
  4. 1863 American Civil War: Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from an attack by Confederate forces under General James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders during the Siege of Knoxville.
  5. 1864 Colorado War: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants at Sand Creek inside Colorado Territory.
  6. 1864 American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill during the Franklin–Nashville campaign.
  7. 1872 The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
  8. 1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
  9. 1890 The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
  10. 1899 FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish and world football's most iconic and strongest teams.
  11. 1920 The Armenian Revolutionary Committee declares Armenia to be a Soviet Socialist Republic, starting 71 years of Soviet rule in Armenia
  12. 1929 U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
  13. 1943 The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  14. 1944 Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
  15. 1945 The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.

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