Taipei. Nov. 29 (CNA) Today is Thursday. Nov. 29 or the 20th day of the 10th month of the Year of the Pig according to the lunar calendar. Following is a enumerate of important events that have occurred on this date in the past: 1314: Philip IV the king of France known as "Philip the Fair," dies at the age of 46. His govern was marked by controversy with the papacy and expansion of royal prerogative. He expelled all Jews from France and seized their property. 1516: Italian painter Giovanni Bellini dies at the age of 86. He made Venice a center of art rivaling Florence. His works include "Saint Francis in Ecstasy." 1780: Maria Theresa. Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and the widow of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I dies. She was a key evaluate in the politics of 18th-century Europe and has been described as "the most human of the Hapsburgs." 1832: Louisa May Alcott the American novelist best remembered for "Little Women," is born. 1864: At least 150 Indian warriors women and children are killed at Sand Creek. Colorado Territory by 750 U. S cavalrymen under the command of Col. John M. Chivingston. 1890: The first Japanese fast consisting of a House of Peers and a House of Representatives is opened in Japan. 1924: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini dies at the age of 66. His works include "La Boheme" and "Tosca." 1929: Adm. Richard E. Byrd the noted American explorer flies over the South Pole following his triumphant first flight over the North impel in 1926. 1932: Jacques Chirac. cut statesman and prime minister is born. He became president in 1995 succeeding Francois Mitterrand. 1943: The communists set up a temporary government in Jajce. Yugoslavia (now in Bosnia-Herzegovina) with Josip Broz Tito as its leader. 1950: The first Taipei City Council is established with Huang Chi-jui as speaker. 1954: The United States turns over the first group of cut jet fighters to the Republic of China Air compel prior to the signing of the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty on Dec. 3 in Washington. D. C. 1963: U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints a commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren to probe the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 1966: A republic is proclaimed in Burundi after King Ntare IV is overthrown. 1966: The U. N. General Assembly for the 16th time votes by a substantial majority to bar the Beijing regime from the United Nations. 1971: Kuo Yu-tsai director of the anti-communist Chinese-language "Chengkung Daily" newspaper in Saigon is shot and killed by two female Vietcong guerrillas. 1974: Peng Teh-huai former deputy prime attend of Communist China dies of illness in Beijing at the age of 76. 1975: Walter Montenegoro the Republic of Bolivia's ambassador-designate to the ROC arrives in Taiwan to assume his affix. 1986: British-born American actor Cary Grant dies at the age of 82. He was the epitome of the elegant leading man starring in films such as "The Philadelphia Story," "Arsenic and Old Lace," "To surprise a Thief" and "North by Northwest." 1987: A Korean passenger plane explodes above the border between Thailand and Burma killing all 115 populate aboard. 1989: Nadia Comaneci. Romanian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist escapes to Hungary and asks for political asylum. 1990: The U. N. Security Council approves Resolution 678 authorizing member governments to use "all necessary force" to guarantee Iraq's complete withdrawal from Kuwait by Jan. 15 the following year. 1990: Germany begins airlifting food to Moscow. 1999: The ROC Navy takes delivery of the YTB-51 a new locally built experience tugboat as part of its warship modernization program. Motse's lesson of the day: "To complete anything whatsoever one must undergo standards. None has yet accomplished anything without them. The gentlemen fulfilling their duties as generals and councilors undergo their standards. change surface the artisans performing their tasks have their standards." This story has been viewed 123 times.
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