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Today in History: Tuesday, November\u00a0 29, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 29, 1929, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd radioed that he’d made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.
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1890<\/td>\nNavy won the first Army-Navy football game 24-0 at West Point, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1924<\/td>\nItalian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1947<\/td>\nThe U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/td>\nPresident-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to visit Korea to assess the conflict.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1961<\/td>\nEnos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited Earth twice before returning.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nPresident Lyndon B. Johnson named a commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nIn response to a growing pro-democracy movement in Czechoslovakia, the Communist-run parliament ended the party’s 40-year monopoly on power.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nThe U.N. Security Council voted 12-2 to authorize military action if Iraq did not withdraw its troops from Kuwait and release all foreign hostages by Jan. 15, 1991.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nA U.N. court sentenced Bosnian Serb army soldier Drazen Erdemovic to 10 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 1,200 Muslims – the first international war crimes sentence since World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nProtestant and Catholic adversaries formed a Northern Ireland government.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nRock musician George Harrison of the Beatles died at age 58 following a battle with cancer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Retired pitcher Mariano Rivera turns 47 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Vin Scully<\/td>\nSportscaster<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jacques Chirac<\/td>\nFormer president of France<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Mayall<\/td>\nBlues singer, musician<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diane Ladd<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chuck Mangione<\/td>\nMusician, composer<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Suzy Chaffee<\/td>\nSkier<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garry Shandling<\/td>\nActor, comedian (“The Larry Sanders Show”)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joel Coen<\/td>\nDirector (“Fargo”)<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howie Mandel<\/td>\nComedian, game show host (“Deal or No Deal”)<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janet Napolitano<\/td>\nFormer secretary of homeland security<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rahm Emanuel<\/td>\nMayor of Chicago<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kim Delaney<\/td>\nActress (“NYPD Blue”)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Sizemore<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don Cheadle<\/td>\nActor (“Hotel Rwanda”)<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan Knight<\/td>\nSinger (New Kids on the Block)<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larry Joe Campbell<\/td>\nActor (“According to Jim”)<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anna Faris<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucas Black<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Andrew McCarthy turns 54 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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