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 others became the first to fly over the South Pole.
1947 - The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in mandate Palestine.
1952 - President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to visit Korea to assess the conflict.
1961 - Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited the Earth twice before returning.
1963 - President Lyndon B. Johnson named a commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963 - The Beatles released their album "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in Britain.
1986 - Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Cockeye at age 82.
1989 - In response to a pro-democracy movement in Czechoslovakia, the Communist-run parliament ended the party's 40-year monopoly on power.
1990 - The U.N. Security Council voted 12-2 to authorize military action if Iraq did not withdraw its troops from Kuwait and release all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
1996 - A U.N. court sentenced Bosnian Serb army soldier Drazen Erdemovic to 10 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 1,200 Muslims -- the first international war crimes sentence since World War II.
1999 - Protestant and Catholic adversaries formed a Northern Ireland government.
2000 - Bracing the public for more legal wrangling, Vice President Al Gore said in a series of TV interviews that he was prepared to contest the Florida presidential vote until the middle of December.
2001 - George Harrison of the Beatles died of cancer at age 58.
2009 - Iran approved plans to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment.
2019 - Fewer shoppers visited stores than on past Black Fridays, but they made up for it with a Black Friday record of $7.4 billion in online transactions.
Birthdays
22 - Lovie Simone (actor)
25 - Laura Marano (actress)
27 - Stefon Diggs (football player)
30 - Diego Boneta (actor)
32 - Russell Wilson (football player)
32 - Dana Brooke (professional wrestler)
38 - Lucas Black (actor)
38 - Gemma Chan (actress)
39 - John Milhiser (actor/comedian)
40 - Janina Gavankar (actress)
42 - Lauren German (actress)
44 - Anna Faris (actress)
45 - Julian Ovenden (actor)
48 - Brian Baumgartner (actor)
49 - Gena Lee Nolin (actress)
50 - Paola Turbay (actress)
50 - Larry Joe Campbell (actor)
51 - Mariano Rivera (baseball player)
51 - Jennifer Elise Cox (actress)
52 - Jonathan Knight (singer)
55 - Neill Barry (actor)
56 - Don Cheadle (actor)
58 - Andrew McCarthy (actor)
59 - Tom Sizemore (actor)
59 - Kim Delaney (actress)
60 - Cathy Moriarty (actress)
65 - Howie Mandel (actor/comedian/TV host)
68 - Jeff Fahey (actor)
71 - Jerry "The King" Lawler (professional wrestler)
79 - Jody Miller (country singer)
85 - Diane Ladd (actress)
93 - Vin Scully (sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - November 29
1890 - The first Army-Navy football game was played, with Navy winning 24-0 in West Point, New York.
1894 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 36-0.
1900 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 20-12; NU ends the season with a 6-1-1 record.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Cincinnati 41-0 to end the year at 6-4.
1917 - Syracuse defeats Nebraska 10-9, ends the year at 5-2 and wins the Missouri Valley Conference (2-0).
1923 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 34-12 to end the year at 4-2-2 and champions of the Missouri Valley (3-0-2).
1928 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 8-0 to end the year at 7-1-1 and champions of the Big 6 in their first year in the league (5-0).
1934 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 19-7, ends the year at 6-3 and as Big 6 runner-up (4-1).
1934 - The Chicago Bears defeat the Detroit Lions 19-16 in the first NFL game broadcast nationally.
1941 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 7-6 to end the year at 4-5 and as runner-up in the Big 6 (3-2).
1947 - Oregon State defeats Nebraska 27-6; NU ends the season at 2-7 and in fourth place in the Big 6 (2-3).
1960 - Navy running back Joe Bellino wins the Heisman Trophy.
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 finish the regular-season as co-Big 8 champions (6-0-1).
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 to win the inaugural Big 12 North Division championship (8-0).
2002 - #13 Colorado defeats Nebraska 28-13, end the regular season in fourth place in the Big 12 North (3-5).
2013 - Cockeye defeats Nebraska 38-17; NU ends as runner-up in the Big Ten Legends Division (5-3).
2015 - Andy Murray gave Britain its first Davis Cup title in 79 years when he beat Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the first of reverse singles.
2015 - The Edmonton Eskimos defeat the Ottawa Redblacks 26-20 for their 14th Grey Cup championship.
2019 - The NFL suspended Arizona Cardinals cornerback Josh Shaw through at least the end of the 2020 season for betting on NFL games on multiple occasions during the 2019 season
2019 - #19 Cockeye defeats Nebraska 27-24; NU ends the season at 5-7 overall and in fifth place in the Big Ten West (3-6).
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 others became the first to fly over the South Pole.
1947 - The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in mandate Palestine.
1952 - President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to visit Korea to assess the conflict.
1961 - Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited the Earth twice before returning.
1963 - President Lyndon B. Johnson named a commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963 - The Beatles released their album "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in Britain.
1986 - Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Cockeye at age 82.
1989 - In response to a pro-democracy movement in Czechoslovakia, the Communist-run parliament ended the party's 40-year monopoly on power.
1990 - The U.N. Security Council voted 12-2 to authorize military action if Iraq did not withdraw its troops from Kuwait and release all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
1996 - A U.N. court sentenced Bosnian Serb army soldier Drazen Erdemovic to 10 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 1,200 Muslims -- the first international war crimes sentence since World War II.
1999 - Protestant and Catholic adversaries formed a Northern Ireland government.
2000 - Bracing the public for more legal wrangling, Vice President Al Gore said in a series of TV interviews that he was prepared to contest the Florida presidential vote until the middle of December.
2001 - George Harrison of the Beatles died of cancer at age 58.
2009 - Iran approved plans to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment.
2019 - Fewer shoppers visited stores than on past Black Fridays, but they made up for it with a Black Friday record of $7.4 billion in online transactions.
Birthdays
22 - Lovie Simone (actor)
25 - Laura Marano (actress)
27 - Stefon Diggs (football player)
30 - Diego Boneta (actor)
32 - Russell Wilson (football player)
32 - Dana Brooke (professional wrestler)
38 - Lucas Black (actor)
38 - Gemma Chan (actress)
39 - John Milhiser (actor/comedian)
40 - Janina Gavankar (actress)
42 - Lauren German (actress)
44 - Anna Faris (actress)
45 - Julian Ovenden (actor)
48 - Brian Baumgartner (actor)
49 - Gena Lee Nolin (actress)
50 - Paola Turbay (actress)
50 - Larry Joe Campbell (actor)
51 - Mariano Rivera (baseball player)
51 - Jennifer Elise Cox (actress)
52 - Jonathan Knight (singer)
55 - Neill Barry (actor)
56 - Don Cheadle (actor)
58 - Andrew McCarthy (actor)
59 - Tom Sizemore (actor)
59 - Kim Delaney (actress)
60 - Cathy Moriarty (actress)
65 - Howie Mandel (actor/comedian/TV host)
68 - Jeff Fahey (actor)
71 - Jerry "The King" Lawler (professional wrestler)
79 - Jody Miller (country singer)
85 - Diane Ladd (actress)
93 - Vin Scully (sportscaster)
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Today in Sports History - November 29
1890 - The first Army-Navy football game was played, with Navy winning 24-0 in West Point, New York.
1894 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 36-0.
1900 - Minnesota defeats Nebraska 20-12; NU ends the season with a 6-1-1 record.
1906 - Nebraska defeats Cincinnati 41-0 to end the year at 6-4.
1917 - Syracuse defeats Nebraska 10-9, ends the year at 5-2 and wins the Missouri Valley Conference (2-0).
1923 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 34-12 to end the year at 4-2-2 and champions of the Missouri Valley (3-0-2).
1928 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 8-0 to end the year at 7-1-1 and champions of the Big 6 in their first year in the league (5-0).
1934 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 19-7, ends the year at 6-3 and as Big 6 runner-up (4-1).
1934 - The Chicago Bears defeat the Detroit Lions 19-16 in the first NFL game broadcast nationally.
1941 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 7-6 to end the year at 4-5 and as runner-up in the Big 6 (3-2).
1947 - Oregon State defeats Nebraska 27-6; NU ends the season at 2-7 and in fourth place in the Big 6 (2-3).
1960 - Navy running back Joe Bellino wins the Heisman Trophy.
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 finish the regular-season as co-Big 8 champions (6-0-1).
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 to win the inaugural Big 12 North Division championship (8-0).
2002 - #13 Colorado defeats Nebraska 28-13, end the regular season in fourth place in the Big 12 North (3-5).
2013 - Cockeye defeats Nebraska 38-17; NU ends as runner-up in the Big Ten Legends Division (5-3).
2015 - Andy Murray gave Britain its first Davis Cup title in 79 years when he beat Belgium’s David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the first of reverse singles.
2015 - The Edmonton Eskimos defeat the Ottawa Redblacks 26-20 for their 14th Grey Cup championship.
2019 - The NFL suspended Arizona Cardinals cornerback Josh Shaw through at least the end of the 2020 season for betting on NFL games on multiple occasions during the 2019 season
2019 - #19 Cockeye defeats Nebraska 27-24; NU ends the season at 5-7 overall and in fifth place in the Big Ten West (3-6).