HISTORY AT A GLANCE
TODAY is Wednesday, November 29, the 333rd day of 2017. There are 32 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1945 – The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia is
declared. 1947 – Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly
approves a plan for the partition of Palestine. 1950 – Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force
United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea. 1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict. 1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico. 1963 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 1963 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board. 1965 – The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite
Alouette 2. 1967 – Vietnam War: US Secretary of Defence Robert
McNamara announces his resignation. 1972 – Atari announces the release of Pong, the first
commercially successful video game. 1975 – Graham Hill and Tony Brise, along with three other members of the Embassy Hill F1 team, were killed when their plane crashed at Arkley golf course, England, in thick fog. 1987 – Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai–Burmese
border, killing 115. 1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991. 2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny. 2007 – A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affects the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad. 2013 – LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 crashes in
Namibia, killing 33 people.