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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_29" title="November 29">November 29</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_(Albania)" title="Liberation Day (Albania)">Liberation Day</a></b> in Albania (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1781" title="1781">1781</a> – The crew of the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_ship" title="Slave ship">slave ship</a> <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zong_massacre" title="Zong massacre">Zong</a></b></i>, running low on water, began the killing of more than 130 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Africa" title="Slavery in Africa">African slaves</a> by throwing them into the sea to claim insurance.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1810" title="1810">1810</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>: British troops rendezvoused at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Baie" title="Grand Baie">Grand Baie</a> to launch an <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Isle_de_France" title="Invasion of Isle de France">invasion of Isle de France</a></b>, now known as Mauritius.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – Five minutes after taking off from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al%E2%80%93Trudeau_International_Airport" title="Montréal–Trudeau International Airport">Montréal–Dorval</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Air_Lines_Flight_831" title="Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831">Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831</a></b> crashed in bad weather, killing all 118 people on board.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari,_Inc." title="Atari, Inc.">Atari</a> announced the release of, one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_video_games" title="Early history of video games">first video games</a> to achieve widespread popularity in both the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_game" title="Arcade game">arcade</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console" title="Video game console">home-console</a> markets.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – In <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_resolution_67/19" title="United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19">resolution 67/19</a></b>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> voted to accord the status of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers" title="United Nations General Assembly observers">non-member observer state</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Doppler" title="Christian Doppler">Christian Doppler</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1803); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brown_(Canadian_politician)" title="George Brown (Canadian politician)">George Brown</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1818); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr." title="Adam Clayton Powell Jr.">Adam Clayton Powell Jr.</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1908); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dichi_Masuzoe" title="Yōichi Masuzoe">Yōichi Masuzoe</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1948)</p>