November 29 - Purple & Pink

Purple & Pink

Family Birthdays

Uncle Michael Ukers

This Day In History

1777

San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.

1783

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

1877

Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

1929

U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.

1944

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

1972

Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.

Famous Birthdays

1705

Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (d. 1752)

1711

Laura Maria Caterina Bassi, Italian scientist, the first woman to officially teach at a university in Europe (d. 1778)

1797

Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)

1803

Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)

1832

Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)

1849

Sir John Ambrose Fleming, British physicist (d. 1945)

1882

Henri Fabre, French aviator and inventor of Le Canard, the first seaplane in history (d. 1984)

1898

C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)

1918

Madeleine L'Engle, American author (d. 2007)

1949

Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)

1950

Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (d. 2012)

1954

Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer
1962
Andrew McCarthy, American actor