killed 492 people in Boston. The British troopship Nova Scotia was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean by German submarine U-177 with the loss of 858 out of 1,052 people aboard. Battle of Réunion: Free French Naval Forces destroyer Léopard landed 74 troops on the island of Réunion near Madagascar. The island's pro-Vichy administration was overthrown and replaced with a Free French one. The British destroyer Ithuriel was bombed and damaged beyond repair at Bône, Algeria by the Luftwaffe. The Army–Navy Game was played in Annapolis, Maryland, with Navy defeating Army 14–0. Only 13,000 spectators saw the game because of a wartime travel restriction that only allowed residents within 10 miles of Annapolis to attend. German submarines U-199, U-232 and U-341 were commissioned. Born: Paul Warfield, football player, in Warren, Ohio Died: Toni Jo Henry, 26, American criminal and the only woman ever executed in Louisiana by electric chair November 29, 1942 (Sunday) German forces in Tunisia clashed with the British and Americans at Tebourba and Djedeida. The British Eighth Army under General Bernard Montgomery stopped their westward advance at El Agheila after making some 1,000 km in 14 days. Churchill made a radio broadcast reviewing the state of the war and suggesting that the Italian people faced a choice between enduring "prolonged scientific and shattering air attack" from North Africa or overthrowing Mussolini. The cargo liner Dunedin Star ran aground on the Skeleton Coast of South West Africa. Crew and passengers would spend the next 26 days trekking overland to Windhoek. A constitutional referendum was held in Uruguay. 77.17% of voters approved the new constitution. Coffee rationing began in the United States. Died: Franz Berger, 25, Austrian Wehrmacht officer (killed in the Battle of Stalingrad); Alexis Charles Doxat, 75, English recipient of the Victoria Cross November 30, 1942 (Monday) The Battle of Tassafaronga was fought off Tassafaronga Point, Guadalcanal, resulting in tactical Japanese victory. Japanese destroyer Takanami was shelled and sunk by the cruiser USS Minneapolis but the American cruiser USS Northampton was torpedoed by Japanese destroyer and sank in the early hours of December 1. German auxiliary cruiser Thor was destroyed in the Port of Yokohama by a series of explosions on the supply ship Uckermark. Died: Buck Jones, 50, American actor References 1942 1942-11 1942-11