Today in History - November 29
Today is the 334th day of 2016, there are 32 days left in the year.
1864 - A Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.
1929 - U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd radioed that he had made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.
1947 - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews.
1952 - President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to visit Korea to assess the conflict.
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 Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1972 - The coin-operated video game arcade game Pong, created by Atari, made its debut at Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.
1981 - Actress Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, California at age 43.
1986 - Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa at age 82.
1989 - In response to a growing pro-democracy movement in Czechoslovakia, the Communist-run parliament ended the party's 40-year monopoly on power.
1990 - The 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.
1991 - Seventeen people were killed in a 164-vehicle pileup during a dust storm on Interstate 5 near Coalinga, California.
1996 - A 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.
1999 - Protestant and Catholic adversaries formed a Northern Ireland government.
2001 - Rock musician George Harrison of the Beatles died at the age of 58 following a battle with cancer.
Birthdays
21 - Laura Marano (actress)
23 - David Lambert (actor)
23 - Stefon Diggs (football player)
26 - Diego Boneta (actor)
28 - Russell Wilson (football player)
28 - Dana Brooke (professional wrestler)
34 - Lucas Black (actor)
34 - Imogen Thomas (model)
35 - Fawad Khan (actor)
36 - Janina Gavankar (actress)
37 - The Game (rapper)
38 - Lauren German (actress)
40 - Anna Faris (actress)
44 - Diego Ramos (actor)
47 - Mariano Rivera (baseball player)
50 - John "Bradshaw" Layfield (professional wrestler)
52 - Don Cheadle (actor)
61 - Howie Mandel (TV host)
67 - Jerry "The King" Lawler (professional wrestler)
89 - Vin Scully (baseball announcer)
117- Emma Morano (world's oldest person/last person on Earth born in 1800s)
=============================
Today in Sports History - November 29
1890 - Army and Navy met in football for the first time. Navy won the inaugural meeting 24-0 at West Point, New York.
1894 - Nebraska defeated Iowa 36-0.
1900 - Minnesota defeated Nebraska 20-12. The Huskers ended the year with a 6-1-1 record.
1906 - Nebraska defeated Cincinnati 41-0 to end the year at 6-4.
1917 - Syracuse defeated Nebraska 10-9. The Huskers ended the year at 5-2 and won the Missouri Valley Conference with a 2-0 league record.
1923 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 34-12 to end the year at 4-2-2 and 3-0-2 in the Missouri Valley, good enough to win the league championship.
1928 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 8-0 and ended the year with a 7-1-1 record. The Huskers won the Big 6 Conference with a 5-0 league record.
1934 - Kansas State defeated Nebraska 19-7. The Huskers ended the year at 6-3, 4-1 (2nd place, Big 6).
1934 - The Chicago Bears defeated the Detroit Lions in the first NFL game broadcast nationally.
1935 - University of Chicago running back Jay Berwanger won the first Heisman Trophy.
1941 - Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 7-6 to end the year at 4-5, 3-2 (2nd Big 6).
1947 - Oregon State defeated Nebraska 27-6. The Huskers ended the season at 2-7, 2-3 (4th Big 6)
1949 - Split end Leon Hart of Notre Dame won the Heisman Trophy.
1955 - Ohio State running back Howard Cassady won the Heisman Trophy.
1960 - Navy running back Joe Bellino won the Heisman Trophy.
1962 - Major League Baseball decides to revert back to having just one All-Star Game per year.
1976 - The New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to a five-year, $3.5 million contract.
1987 - Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers completed a record 22 consecutive passes.
1987 - Venice Glenn of the San Diego Chargers returned an interception a record 103 yards for a touchdown.
1991 - #11 Nebraska defeated #19 Oklahoma 19-14 to finish the regular season as co-Big 8 Champions with a 6-0-1 league record.
1992 - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers caught his 100th career touchdown pass.
1992 - Dennis Byrd of the New York Jets was paralyzed after suffering a neck injury in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
1995 - Grant Fuhr of the St. Louis Blues became the 11th NHL goalie to win 300 games.
1996 - #4 Nebraska defeated #5 Colorado 17-12 to finish the regular season with a perfect 8-0 Big 12 record and won the North Division to play in the inaugural Big 12 Conference Championship Game.
2002 - #13 Colorado defeated Nebraska 28-13. The Huskers ended the regular season with a 3-5 league record, finishing 4th in the Big 12 North Division.
2009 - The Montreal Alouettes defeat the Saskatchewan Rough Riders 28-27 to win the Grey Cup.
2013 - Iowa defeated Nebraska 38-17. The Huskers ended the regular season with 5-3 Big Ten record, good for a 2nd place finish in the Legends Division.
Today is the 334th day of 2016, there are 32 days left in the year.
1864 - A Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.
1929 - U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd radioed that he had made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.
1947 - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews.
1952 - President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to visit Korea to assess the conflict.
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 Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1972 - The coin-operated video game arcade game Pong, created by Atari, made its debut at Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California.
1981 - Actress Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, California at age 43.
1986 - Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa at age 82.
1989 - In response to a growing pro-democracy movement in Czechoslovakia, the Communist-run parliament ended the party's 40-year monopoly on power.
1990 - The 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.
1991 - Seventeen people were killed in a 164-vehicle pileup during a dust storm on Interstate 5 near Coalinga, California.
1996 - A 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.
1999 - Protestant and Catholic adversaries formed a Northern Ireland government.
2001 - Rock musician George Harrison of the Beatles died at the age of 58 following a battle with cancer.
Birthdays
21 - Laura Marano (actress)
23 - David Lambert (actor)
23 - Stefon Diggs (football player)
26 - Diego Boneta (actor)
28 - Russell Wilson (football player)
28 - Dana Brooke (professional wrestler)
34 - Lucas Black (actor)
34 - Imogen Thomas (model)
35 - Fawad Khan (actor)
36 - Janina Gavankar (actress)
37 - The Game (rapper)
38 - Lauren German (actress)
40 - Anna Faris (actress)
44 - Diego Ramos (actor)
47 - Mariano Rivera (baseball player)
50 - John "Bradshaw" Layfield (professional wrestler)
52 - Don Cheadle (actor)
61 - Howie Mandel (TV host)
67 - Jerry "The King" Lawler (professional wrestler)
89 - Vin Scully (baseball announcer)
117- Emma Morano (world's oldest person/last person on Earth born in 1800s)
=============================
Today in Sports History - November 29
1890 - Army and Navy met in football for the first time. Navy won the inaugural meeting 24-0 at West Point, New York.
1894 - Nebraska defeated Iowa 36-0.
1900 - Minnesota defeated Nebraska 20-12. The Huskers ended the year with a 6-1-1 record.
1906 - Nebraska defeated Cincinnati 41-0 to end the year at 6-4.
1917 - Syracuse defeated Nebraska 10-9. The Huskers ended the year at 5-2 and won the Missouri Valley Conference with a 2-0 league record.
1923 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 34-12 to end the year at 4-2-2 and 3-0-2 in the Missouri Valley, good enough to win the league championship.
1928 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 8-0 and ended the year with a 7-1-1 record. The Huskers won the Big 6 Conference with a 5-0 league record.
1934 - Kansas State defeated Nebraska 19-7. The Huskers ended the year at 6-3, 4-1 (2nd place, Big 6).
1934 - The Chicago Bears defeated the Detroit Lions in the first NFL game broadcast nationally.
1935 - University of Chicago running back Jay Berwanger won the first Heisman Trophy.
1941 - Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 7-6 to end the year at 4-5, 3-2 (2nd Big 6).
1947 - Oregon State defeated Nebraska 27-6. The Huskers ended the season at 2-7, 2-3 (4th Big 6)
1949 - Split end Leon Hart of Notre Dame won the Heisman Trophy.
1955 - Ohio State running back Howard Cassady won the Heisman Trophy.
1960 - Navy running back Joe Bellino won the Heisman Trophy.
1962 - Major League Baseball decides to revert back to having just one All-Star Game per year.
1976 - The New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to a five-year, $3.5 million contract.
1987 - Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers completed a record 22 consecutive passes.
1987 - Venice Glenn of the San Diego Chargers returned an interception a record 103 yards for a touchdown.
1991 - #11 Nebraska defeated #19 Oklahoma 19-14 to finish the regular season as co-Big 8 Champions with a 6-0-1 league record.
1992 - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers caught his 100th career touchdown pass.
1992 - Dennis Byrd of the New York Jets was paralyzed after suffering a neck injury in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
1995 - Grant Fuhr of the St. Louis Blues became the 11th NHL goalie to win 300 games.
1996 - #4 Nebraska defeated #5 Colorado 17-12 to finish the regular season with a perfect 8-0 Big 12 record and won the North Division to play in the inaugural Big 12 Conference Championship Game.
2002 - #13 Colorado defeated Nebraska 28-13. The Huskers ended the regular season with a 3-5 league record, finishing 4th in the Big 12 North Division.
2009 - The Montreal Alouettes defeat the Saskatchewan Rough Riders 28-27 to win the Grey Cup.
2013 - Iowa defeated Nebraska 38-17. The Huskers ended the regular season with 5-3 Big Ten record, good for a 2nd place finish in the Legends Division.
