TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Nov. 29, 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.

ON THIS DATE 1864

A Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.

1963

President Lyndon B. Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.