1. On November 29, 1864, the Battle of Spring Hill occurred during the American Civil War. Confederate forces, led by General John Bell Hood, were moving to intercept Union troops in Columbia, Tennessee when they encountered a small Union force at Spring Hill. Despite having the opportunity to crush the Union army, Hood made several critical mistakes and allowed the Union army to move past his position.

2. In 1943, The Nutcracker ballet debuted in the United States at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The performance was presented by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and featured the choreography of George Balanchine.

3. On November 29, 1822, the first issue of the Knoxville Gazette was published in Knoxville, Tennessee. This was the first newspaper in the state of Tennessee and it remained in circulation for over a hundred years, until 1926.

4. The Tennessee Volunteers football team played their final game on November 29, 1919, against Vanderbilt University. The game ended in a tie, with a score of 0-0. This was the last game before a three-year hiatus due to World War I.

5. The Jackson Generals, a minor league baseball team based in Jackson, Tennessee, won the Southern League Championship on November 29, 2016. The team defeated the Mississippi Braves to win their first title since joining the league in 1998.