On this day, Nov. 29

1890 The first Army-Navy football game was played at West Point, N.Y. Navy defeated Army, 24-0.

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.

1943 Contracts for the long-planned Pitt Parkway — later known as the Penn-Lincoln Parkway or Parkway East — were signed in Harrisburg, but the start of construction was postponed until the end of World War II. The cost for the 9½-mile road was estimated at $20 million.

1947 The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews. Thirty-three members, including the U.S., voted in favor of the resolution; 13 voted against while 10 abstained. (The plan, rejected by the Arabs, was never implemented.)

1951 The first mass transit study conducted under the sponsorship of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development urged reconsideration of a Triangle subway estimated to cost $65 million. 1963 President Lyndon B. Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

2018 As he headed to the Group of 20 Nations summit in Argentina, President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian vessels. (Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin ended up talking briefly on the sidelines of the summit.)

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

Today’s birthdays: Hall of Fame sportscaster Vin Scully, 92. Actress Diane Ladd,

84. Pop singer-musician Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals), 77. Former Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee, 73. Movie director Joel Coen, 65. Actor-comedian-celebrity judge Howie Mandel, 64. Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano, 62. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel,

60. Actress Cathy Moriarty (“Raging Bull”),

59. Actress Kim Delaney (“NYPD Blue”),

58. Actor Andrew McCarthy, 57. Actor Don Cheadle, 55. Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera, 50. Actress Gena Lee Nolin (“Baywatch”), 48. Actress Anna Faris, 43.

Thought for today: “When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find peace of mind is waiting there.” — George Harrison (born in 1943, died on this day in 2001)