In History – Edison demonstrates phonograph

TODAY IN HISTORY - 11/29:

1877 - US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time

1934 - Chic Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally
1963 - LBJ sets up Warren Comm to investigate assassination of JFK

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1898 - C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples], Belfast, sci-fi author (Silver Chair), (d. 1963)
1949 - Garry Shandling, AZ, comedian (Garry Shandling, Larry Sanders Show)

GOODBYE TO:

2001 - George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)

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