On November 29
No pivotal events are recorded on exactly November 29 in the Human Saga — here is the surrounding week in history.
This week in history (Nov 26 – Dec 2)
On the night of 2-3 December 1984, approximately 45 tons of the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, after water entered storage tank E610…
On 30 November 2022 the American company OpenAI released ChatGPT, a free conversational chatbot built on a large language model, as a research preview.
On 28 November 1660 twelve natural philosophers met at Gresham College in London and resolved to found a 'College for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematical Experimental Learning'.
On 2 December 1804, in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris and in the presence of Pope Pius VII, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of the French, inaugurating the First French Empire and the Bonaparte dynasty.
On 2 December 1805, near Austerlitz in Moravia, Napoleon won what is often regarded as his greatest tactical victory.
In his seventh annual message to Congress on 2 December 1823, President James Monroe set out the principles that became known as the Monroe Doctrine.