TODAY IN HISTORY

OnNov. 29,1864, aColorado militia killed at least 150 peacefulCheyenne Indians in the SandCreek Massacre.

In 1910, British explorer Robert F. Scott’s shipTerra Nova set sail fromNew Zealand, carrying Scott’s expedition on its ultimately futile— aswell as fatal— race to reach the South Pole first.

In 1924, Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera “Turandot.” (Itwas finished by Franco Alfano.)

In 1929, NavyLt. Cmdr. RichardE. Byrd, pilot Bernt Balchen, radio operator Harold June and photographer AshleyMcKinney made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.

In1952, President-elect DwightD. Eisenhower secretly left on a trip toKorea, keeping his campaign promise to assess the ongoing conflict firsthand.