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Today in the history
We are Thursday, November 29, the 333 th day of 2018. There are 32 days left in the year.
Highlight of history today:
On November 29, 1890, the first Army-Navy football game was held in West Point, New York. The Navy defeated the army, 24-0.
To this date:
In 1864, a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians during the Sand Creek Massacre.
In 1910, the Terra Nova ship of British explorer Robert F. Scott, part of New Zealand, embarked on Scott's expedition in his ultimate but equally fatal run to reach the South Pole.
In 1929, Navy Lieutenant Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd, pilot Bernt Balchen, radio operator Harold June and photographer Ashley McKinney flew the first flight over the South Pole.
In 1947, the United States General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews; 33 members, including the United States, voted in favor of the resolution, 13 voted against and 10 abstained. (The plan, rejected by the Arabs, has never been implemented.)
In 1961, the Enos chimpanzee was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which twice orbited the earth before returning.
In 1963, President Johnson appointed a commission chaired by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
In 1972, the Pong coin arcade video game, created by Atari, debuted at Andy Capp's tavern in Sunnyvale, California.
In 1981, at the age of 43, actress Natalie Wood drowned in a boat accident off the island of Santa Catalina, California.
In 1986, actor Cary Grant died in Davenport (Iowa) at the age of 82.
In 1987, a Korean Air 707 airliner en route from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok was destroyed by a bomb placed by North Korean agents, killing 115 people on board.
In 1991, 17 people were killed in a pile of 164 vehicles during a dust storm on Interstate 5 near Coalinga, California. Actor Ralph Bellamy died in Santa Monica, California at the age of 87.
In 2001, George Harrison, the "discreet Beatle," died in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer; he was 58 years old.
Ten years ago: Indian commandos killed the remaining gunmen held in a luxury hotel in Mumbai, ending 60 hours of rampage in the financial capital of India by suspected Pakistan-based activists who killed 166 people. The architect Joern Utzon, who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, died at the age of 90.
Five years ago: A police helicopter crashed into a pub in Glasgow, Scotland, killing 10 people. A single-engined aircraft crashed in the far southwest southwest of Alaska, killing four people and wounding six others.
A year ago, North Korea launched its most powerful weapon to date, claiming a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that some observers believe could put the entire east coast of the United States within reach. Matt Lauer, host of the "Today" show, was fired for what NBC called "inappropriate sexual behavior" with a colleague; a report published accused him of gross and habitual misconduct with women around the office. Garrison Keillor, who had entertained public radio listeners for 40 years on "A Prairie Home Companion," was fired by Minnesota Public Radio as a result of allegations of inappropriate behavior at his workplace. President Donald Trump has retweeted incendiary videos of a marginal British political group claiming to show violence by Muslims. The House approved a measure requiring annual anti-harassment training for legislators and their assistants. The price of bitcoin has risen by $ 10,000, adding to its value ten times higher in 2017.
Wine Scully is 91 years old. Former French president Jacques Chirac is 86 years old. The singer and blues musician John Mayall is 85 years old. The actress Diane Ladd is 83 years old. Songwriter Mark James is 78 years old. The composer and musician Chuck Mangione is 78 years old. Country singer Jody Miller is 77 years old. Pop singer-musician Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals) is 76 years old. The former Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee is 72 years old. The actor Jeff Fahey is 66 years old. Director Joel Coen is 64 years old. Actor-comedian-celebrity judge Howie Mandel is 63 years old Former Homeland Security Director, Janet Napolitano, is 61 years old. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is 59 years old. The actress Cathy Moriarty is 58 years old. Actress Kim Delaney is 57 years old. The actor Tom Sizemore is 57 years old. Actor Andrew McCarthy is 56 years old. The actor Don Cheadle is 54 years old. Neill Barry is 53 years old. The musician Wallis Buchanan is 53 years old. Pop singer Jonathan Knight (50) is 50 years old. Rock musician Martin Carr (Boo Radleys) is 50 years old. Actress Jennifer Elise Cox is 49 years old. The actor Larry Joe Campbell is 48 years old. Rock musician Frank Delgado (Deftones) is 48 years old. Paola Turbay is 48 years old. Contemporary Christian singer Crowder is 47 years old. The actress Gena Lee Nolin is 47 years old. The actor Brian Baumgartner is 46 years old. The actor Julian Ovenden is 43 years old. The actor Chadwick Boseman is 42 years old. The actress Anna (AH -Nuh) Faris is 42 years old. Gospel singer James Fortune is 41 years old. The actress Lauren German is 40 years old. The rapper is 39 years old. The actress Janina Gavankar is 38 years old. The rock musician Ringo Garza is 37 years old. Actor and comedian John Milhiser is 37 years old. The actor Lucas Black is 36 years old. The actor Diego Boneta is 37 years old. 28. The actress Lovie Simone (TV show "Greenleaf") is 20 years old.
Thought for today: "Tolerance is good for everyone, or for none." – Edmund Burke, British state man (1729-1797).
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