On this day, Nov. 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 Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd, pilot Bernt Balchen, radio operator Harold June and photographer Ashley McKinney made the first airplane flight 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 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.
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 Former Beatle George Harrison died in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer; he was 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 “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.
2020 Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would reopen its school system to in-person learning, and increase the number of days a week many children attend class, even as the coronavirus pandemic intensified in the city.
Today’s birthdays: Blues singer-musician
John Mayall, 89. Actor Diane Ladd, 87. Songwriter Mark James, 82. Composermusician Chuck Mangione, 82. Pop singer-musician Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals), 80. Former Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee, 76. Actor Jeff Fahey, 70. Movie director Joel Coen, 68. Actor-comedian-celebrity judge Howie Mandel, 67. Former Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano, 65. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, 63. Actor Cathy Moriarty, 62. Actor Kim Delaney, 61. Actor Tom Sizemore, 61. Actor Andrew McCarthy, 60. Actor Don Cheadle, 58. Actor-producer Neill Barry, 57. Pop singer Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block), 54. Rock musician Martin Carr (Boo Radleys), 54. Actor Jennifer Elise Cox, 53. Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera, 53. Actor Larry Joe Campbell, 52. Rock musician Frank Delgado (Deftones), 52. Actor Paola Turbay, 52. Contemporary Christian singer Crowder, 51. Actor Gena Lee Nolin, 51. Actor Brian Baumgartner, 50. Actor Julian Ovenden, 47. Actor Anna Faris, 46. Gospel singer James Fortune, 45. Actor Lauren German, 44. Rapper The Game, 43. Actor Janina Gavankar, 42. Rock musician Ringo Garza, 41. Actor-comedian John Milhiser, 41. Actor Lucas Black, 40. NFL quarterback Russell Wilson, 34. Actor Diego Boneta, 32. Actor Lovie Simone (TV: “Greenleaf”), 24.