On this day in 1924: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera “Turandot.” (It was finished by Franco Alfano.)
Priest Molest 1995
Accused child molester, Rev. Ted Llanos, left, faces a judge, Nov. 29, 1995 at the Long Beach Municipal Courts Building in Long Beach, Calif., with his attorney Don Steiner. The Catholic priest, who faces 38 counts of child molestation, turned himself in to authorities today. His arraignment was delayed to February 5. (AP Photo/John Hayes)
Joan Kennedy family
Mrs. Joan Kennedy smiles jubilantly as she participates in the opening of the Massachusetts headquarters of her husband, presidential hopeful Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, Thursday, Nov. 29, 1979 in Boston. Looking over her shoulder is Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy. Joan told supporters she wants to see a repeat of his 1964 margin of victory. (AP Photo/ R Walter Green)
ITALY MUSSOLINI WITH DE BERNARDI
Italian dictator and Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, centre with arms crossed, stands with Major Mario de Bernardi, second left, the winner of the Schneider Trophy and the rest of the Italian team on their return from America, at a reception in Rome, Italy, Nov.29,1926. (AP Photo)
Red Scare Martin Dies 1940
Taking it easy at his desk, Rep. Martin Dies (D-Tex.), chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities in Washington, told reporters the president would have "fullest cooperation" of his group in combating subversive elements, Nov. 29, 1940. Dies and Justice Department officials with whom he has been in conflict on methods of procedure will confer with the president at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo)
Japan Riots
Helmeted Japanese riot police break up demonstration by pro-Communist Zengakuren students outside the foreign ministry in Tokyo, Nov. 29, 1963. The noisy demonstrators opposed the Japan-Korean normalization talks and protested the planned visit of U.S. nuclear submarines in Japan. It was the first such demonstration. (AP Photo/Mitsunori Chigita)
Ancient Sumerian clay tablets
Here is a close-up view of one of the ancient Sumerian clay tablets upon which cuneiform writings were made more than 3,800 years ago shown Nov. 29, 1952. They were unearthed near Nippur, Iraq, by Donald E. McCown of the University of Chicago during a 1951-52 expedition. This tablet is known as the “Book of Proverbs.” (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)