November 29, 1924: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot.'"
November 29, 1929: Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.
November 29, 1947: The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in mandate Palestine.
November 29, 1963: The Beatles released I Want to Hold Your Hand in Great Britain.
November 29, 1986: Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.
November 29, 2001: Beatle George Harrison died of cancer.
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November 29, 1924: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot.'"
November 29, 1929: Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.
November 29, 1947: The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in mandate Palestine.
November 29, 1963: The Beatles released I Want to Hold Your Hand in Great Britain.
November 29, 1986: Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.
November 29, 2001: Beatle George Harrison died of cancer.
More events from This Day in History: November 29
