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What happened in history on this day: November 29?
On November 29 in ...
- 1948 - The American Midwest TV network begins airing the Kukla, Fran, and Ollie puppet children's TV show.
- 1959 - NBC airs the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards, based on private dinner ceremonies held in Los Angeles and New York. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Bobby Darin for "Mack The Knife";
Best Vocal Performance, Female: Ella Fitzgerald for "But Not For Me";
Best Vocal Performance, Male: Frank Sinatra for "Come Dance With Me";
Best Country and Western Performance: Johnny Horton for "The Battle Of New Orleans";
Best Performance by a "Top 40" Artist: Nat "King" Cole for "Midnight Flyer".
Births on November 29
- 1906 - Birth of Luis Van Rooten in Mexico City, Mexico; actor (One Man's Family).
- 1923 - Birth of Frank Reynolds in East Chicago, Indiana, USA; news anchor (ABC Evening News).
- 1926 - Birth of Dagmar Huntington in West Virginia, USA; actress (Broadway's Open House).
- 1927 - Birth of Rupert Crosse in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Detective Robinson - The Partners).
- 1932 - Birth of Diane Ladd in Meridian, Mississippi, USA; actress (Wild Angels, Wild at Heart).
- 1949 - Birth of Garry Shandling; comedian (The Garry Shandling Show).
- 1959 - Birth of Charles Grant Winston in Salem, North Carolina, USA; actor (Another World).
- 1960 - Birth of Cathy Moriarty; actress (Neighbors, Raging Bull).
- 1961 - Birth of Kim Delaney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (All My Children, Tour of Duty).
- 1963 - Birth of Andrew McCarthy; actor (Saint Elmo's Fire).
- 1964 - Birth of Kris Kamm in Evanston, Illinois, USA; actor (Stuart Rosebrock - Coach).
- 1965 - Birth of Neill Barry in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Old Enough, Heat).
Deaths on November 29
- 1976 - Death of Godfrey Cambridge at age 43 from a heart attack; comedian/actor (Ed Sullivan, Dean Martin, Hollywood Palace, Laugh In, Naked City, Police Story, Night Gallery, Disneyland).
- 1977 - George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain), dies at age 78.
- 1981 - Death of Natalie Wood AKA Natasha Gurdin at age 43 of accidental drowning of Santa Catalina, California, USA; actress (From Here To Eternity TV mini-series, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof TV show).
- 1991 - Death of Ralph Bellamy of a lung ailment at age 87; actor (Man Against Crime TV show, host - Frontier Justice, Franklin Roosevelt - The Winds of War and War and Remembrance TV mini-series, Wheels, The Moneychangers, Once an Eagle, Testimony of Two Men).
- 2022 - Death of Brad William Henke at age 56 in his sleep; football player (NFL), actor (Orange is the New Black TV show).
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