THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 2911

This day in #history 2911
NOVEMBER 29th

1803 – Dessalines & Christophe declare StDomingue (Haiti) independent

1918 – Serbia annexes Montenegro

1944 – Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day )

1944 – John Hopkins hospital performs 1 st open
heart surgery

1944 – The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

1945 – Yugoslavian Socialist Republic proclaimed

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1979 – Jayceon “The Game ” Taylor, American rapper

FAMOUS DEATHS

2001 – John Knowles, American author ( b . 1926 )