November 29
1864 - A Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.
1910 - British explorer Robert F. Scott’s ship Terra Nova set sail from New Zealand, carrying Scott’s expedition on its ultimately futile — as well as fatal — race to reach the South Pole first.
1929 - Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.
1947 - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews; 33 members, including the United States, voted in favor of the resolution, 13 voted against while 10 abstained. (The plan, rejected by the Arabs, was never implemented.)
1961 - Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited earth twice before returning.
1963 - The Beatles released "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in Great Britain.
1963 - President Lyndon B. Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1981 - Film star Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, California, at age 43.
1986 - Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Cockeye at age 82.
1987 - A Korean Air 707 jetliner en route from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok was destroyed by a bomb planted by North Korean agents with the loss of all 115 people aboard.
2001 - Beatles member George Harrison died after a battle with cancer at age 58.
2008 - Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel, ending a 60-hour rampage through India’s financial capital by suspected Pakistani-based militants that killed 166 people.
2012 - The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to recognize a Palestinian state, a vote that came exactly 65 years after the General Assembly adopted a plan to divide Palestine into separate states for Jews and Arabs. (The vote was 138 in favor; nine members, including the United States, voted against and 41 abstained.)
2017 - North Korea launched its most powerful weapon yet, claiming a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that some observers believed could put the entire U.S. East Coast within range.
2017 - “Today” host Matt Lauer was fired for what NBC called “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a colleague; a published report accused him of crude and habitual misconduct with women around the office. Garrison Keillor, who’d entertained public radio listeners for 40 years on “A Prairie Home Companion,” was fired by Minnesota Public Radio following allegations of inappropriate workplace behavior.
2020 - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of the social media platform; he was succeeded by Twitter’s chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal.
Birthdays
27 - Laura Marano (actress)
29 - Stefon Diggs (football player)
32 - Diego Boneta (actor)
34 - Dana Brooke (professional wrestler)
34 - Russell Wilson (football player)
40 - Lucas Black (actor)
40 - Gemma Chan (actress)
41 - John Milhiser (actor/comedian)
42 - Janina Gavankar (actress)
44 - Lauren German (actress)
45 - James Fortune (singer)
46 - Anna Faris (actress)
47 - Julian Ovenden (actor)
50 - Brian Baumgartner (actor)
51 - Gena Lee Nolin (actress)
52 - Larry Joe Campbell (actor)
53 - Mariano Rivera (baseball player)
53 - Jennifer Elise Cox (actress)
54 - Jonathan Knight (singer)
57 - Neill Barry (actor)
58 - Don Cheadle (actor)
60 - Andrew McCarthy (actor)
61 - Tom Sizemore (actor)
61 - Kim Delaney (actress)
62 - Cathy Moriarty (actress)
67 - Howie Mandel (actor/comedian/TV host)
70 - Jeff Fahey (actor)
73 - Jerry "The King" Lawler (professional wrestler)
87 - Diane Ladd (actress)
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Today in Sports History - November 29
1890 - Navy defeated Army by a score of 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game. The game was played at West Point, NY.
1894 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 36-0.
1900 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 20-12.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Cincinnati 41-0, finishes the season at 6-4.
1917 - Syracuse defeats Nebraska 10-9; NU ends year at 5-2.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 34-12, ends year at 4-2-2 and as Missouri Valley champions.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 8-0, ending the year at 7-1-1 and as Big 6 champions.
1934 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 19-7; NU ends season at 6-3.
1941 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 7-6, ends season with a 4-5 record.
1947 - Oregon State defeats Nebraska 27-6, ending year with 2-7 record.
1960 - Navy running back Joe Bellino wins the Heisman Trophy.
1962 - Major league baseball decided to return to only one All-Star Game a year beginning in 1963.
1987 - Joe Montana (San Francisco 49ers) completed a record 22 consecutive passes.
1987 - Venice Glenn (San Diego Chargers) ran back an interception for 103 yards. It was an NFL record.
1991 - #11 Nebraska defeats #19 Oklahoma 19-14 to win a share of the Big 8 championship.
1992 - Jerry Rice caught his 100th NFL touchdown pass.
1992 - Dennis Byrd (New York Jets) was paralyzed after a neck injury in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
1996 - #4 Nebraska defeats #5 Colorado 17-12.
2002 - #13 Colorado defeats Nebraska 28-13.
2013 - Cockeye defeats Nebraska 38-17.
2019 - #19 Cockeye defeats Nebraska 27-24; NU ends season with a 5-7 record.
2021 - LSU hired Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame, a stunning move by one of the most accomplished coaches in college football jumping from the sport’s most storied program to a Southeastern Conference powerhouse.
1864 - A Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.
1910 - British explorer Robert F. Scott’s ship Terra Nova set sail from New Zealand, carrying Scott’s expedition on its ultimately futile — as well as fatal — race to reach the South Pole first.
1929 - Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.
1947 - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews; 33 members, including the United States, voted in favor of the resolution, 13 voted against while 10 abstained. (The plan, rejected by the Arabs, was never implemented.)
1961 - Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited earth twice before returning.
1963 - The Beatles released "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in Great Britain.
1963 - President Lyndon B. Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1981 - Film star Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, California, at age 43.
1986 - Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Cockeye at age 82.
1987 - A Korean Air 707 jetliner en route from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok was destroyed by a bomb planted by North Korean agents with the loss of all 115 people aboard.
2001 - Beatles member George Harrison died after a battle with cancer at age 58.
2008 - Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at a luxury Mumbai hotel, ending a 60-hour rampage through India’s financial capital by suspected Pakistani-based militants that killed 166 people.
2012 - The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to recognize a Palestinian state, a vote that came exactly 65 years after the General Assembly adopted a plan to divide Palestine into separate states for Jews and Arabs. (The vote was 138 in favor; nine members, including the United States, voted against and 41 abstained.)
2017 - North Korea launched its most powerful weapon yet, claiming a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that some observers believed could put the entire U.S. East Coast within range.
2017 - “Today” host Matt Lauer was fired for what NBC called “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a colleague; a published report accused him of crude and habitual misconduct with women around the office. Garrison Keillor, who’d entertained public radio listeners for 40 years on “A Prairie Home Companion,” was fired by Minnesota Public Radio following allegations of inappropriate workplace behavior.
2020 - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of the social media platform; he was succeeded by Twitter’s chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal.
Birthdays
27 - Laura Marano (actress)
29 - Stefon Diggs (football player)
32 - Diego Boneta (actor)
34 - Dana Brooke (professional wrestler)
34 - Russell Wilson (football player)
40 - Lucas Black (actor)
40 - Gemma Chan (actress)
41 - John Milhiser (actor/comedian)
42 - Janina Gavankar (actress)
44 - Lauren German (actress)
45 - James Fortune (singer)
46 - Anna Faris (actress)
47 - Julian Ovenden (actor)
50 - Brian Baumgartner (actor)
51 - Gena Lee Nolin (actress)
52 - Larry Joe Campbell (actor)
53 - Mariano Rivera (baseball player)
53 - Jennifer Elise Cox (actress)
54 - Jonathan Knight (singer)
57 - Neill Barry (actor)
58 - Don Cheadle (actor)
60 - Andrew McCarthy (actor)
61 - Tom Sizemore (actor)
61 - Kim Delaney (actress)
62 - Cathy Moriarty (actress)
67 - Howie Mandel (actor/comedian/TV host)
70 - Jeff Fahey (actor)
73 - Jerry "The King" Lawler (professional wrestler)
87 - Diane Ladd (actress)
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Today in Sports History - November 29
1890 - Navy defeated Army by a score of 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game. The game was played at West Point, NY.
1894 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 36-0.
1900 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 20-12.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Cincinnati 41-0, finishes the season at 6-4.
1917 - Syracuse defeats Nebraska 10-9; NU ends year at 5-2.
1923 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 34-12, ends year at 4-2-2 and as Missouri Valley champions.
1928 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 8-0, ending the year at 7-1-1 and as Big 6 champions.
1934 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 19-7; NU ends season at 6-3.
1941 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 7-6, ends season with a 4-5 record.
1947 - Oregon State defeats Nebraska 27-6, ending year with 2-7 record.
1960 - Navy running back Joe Bellino wins the Heisman Trophy.
1962 - Major league baseball decided to return to only one All-Star Game a year beginning in 1963.
1987 - Joe Montana (San Francisco 49ers) completed a record 22 consecutive passes.
1987 - Venice Glenn (San Diego Chargers) ran back an interception for 103 yards. It was an NFL record.
1991 - #11 Nebraska defeats #19 Oklahoma 19-14 to win a share of the Big 8 championship.
1992 - Jerry Rice caught his 100th NFL touchdown pass.
1992 - Dennis Byrd (New York Jets) was paralyzed after a neck injury in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
1996 - #4 Nebraska defeats #5 Colorado 17-12.
2002 - #13 Colorado defeats Nebraska 28-13.
2013 - Cockeye defeats Nebraska 38-17.
2019 - #19 Cockeye defeats Nebraska 27-24; NU ends season with a 5-7 record.
2021 - LSU hired Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame, a stunning move by one of the most accomplished coaches in college football jumping from the sport’s most storied program to a Southeastern Conference powerhouse.
