Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (born 1802)

Marcus Whitman was an American physician and missionary. He is most well known for leading American settlers across the Oregon Trail, unsuccessfully attempting to Christianize the Cayuse Indians, and was subsequently killed by the Cayuse Indians in an event known as the 1847 Whitman massacre, over a misunderstanding, resulting in the beginning of the Cayuse war (1847–1855).

November 29 is the 333rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 32 days remain until the end of the year.