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1993  Abu Rish, Palestinian PLO-leader, dies at 23   

1997  Netscape disputes browser figures by countering Dataquest's estimates that said that Microsoft was gaining ground in the browser market   

1997  Online music retailer CDNow filed for an IPO on this day in 1997   

2005  The United Nations Climate Change Conference opens in Montreal, Quebec. The conference lasted until December 9, and featured a speech by former President Bill Clinton that the George W. Bush Administration objected to.   

2006  nov 29 - The NATO Summit 2006 takes place in Latvia   

2007  President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf stands down as the head of the Pakistan Army and was successed by Lt. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.   

2010  In this year, WikiLeaks releases a collection of more than 250000 American diplomatic cables, including 100000 marked "secret" or "confidential"   

2012  54 people are killed and 120 are injured by two car bombs in Damascus, Syria.   

2017  Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in for a second term as president of Kenya.   

2017  India's Supreme Court rejects appeal to block global release of controversial film "Padmavati"   

2018  Australian state Queensland raises its fire warning to "catastrophic" for the inaugural time as 130 fires burn   

2018  French director Luc Besson accused of sexual harassment by five more women, adding to four already made public.   

2018  Chinese scientist He Jiankui, at a public conference in Hong Kong, announces that he has altered the DNA of twin human girls born earlier in the month to try to make them resistant to infection with the HIV virus; he also reveals the possible second pregnancy of another gene-modified baby   

2020  Koshobe massacre: Boko Haram jihadists attack a farm in Jere, Nigeria, killing at least 43 people.   

2021  Barbados is recorded as becoming a Republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state in a ceremony with Sandra Mason sworn in as the inaugural President, with Rihanna declared a national hero.   

2025  Mexican passenger train derails near Nizanda, Oaxaca, and partially plummets down an embankment, killing at least 13, and injuring 100 of the 250 passengers and crew members aboard   

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1118  Manuel i komnenos: Greek byzantine emperor   

1489  Margaret tudor: Wife of james iv of scotland   

1570  James whitelocke: English judge   

1598  Hans nansen: Danish statesman   

1607  Pietro sforza: Italian theologist: istoria del concilio di trento   

1628  John bunyan: England, cleric/author (pilgrim's progress)   

1640  Willem de vlamingh: Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  John palfijn: Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or nov 25]   

0741  Gregory iii: Syrian pope,   

1058  Kazimierz i restaurator: Duke of poland (1034-58),   

1170  Owain gwynedd: King of gwynedd (c. 1100)   

1262  Shinran: Founder of japan's true pure land buddhist sect,   

1290  Eleanor of castile: Wife of edward i of england (b. 1241)   

1499  Edward plantagenet: 18th count of warwick, beheaded   

1514  Hartmann skull: German physician/historian (skull's liederbuch),   

1545  Jacob van liesveld: Printer/"heretic" (refeyen), beheaded