Today is Friday, Nov. 29, the 334th day of 1996. There are 32 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 29, 1952, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to visit Korea to assess the ongoing conflict.
On this date:
In 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, one-time adviser to England's King Henry VIII, died.
In 1864, a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in what became known as the Sand Creek Massacre.
In 1924, Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his final opera, "Turandot." (It was finished by Franco Alfano.)
In 1929, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd radioed that he had made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.
In 1945, the monarchy was abolished in Yugoslavia and a republic proclaimed.
In 1947, the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
In 1956, the musical "Bells Are Ringing," starring Judy Holliday, opened on Broadway.
In 1961, "Enos" the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited Earth twice before returning.
In 1963, President Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
In 1967, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced he was leaving the Johnson administration to become president of the World Bank.
In 1981, actress Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, Calif., at age 43.
Ten years ago: Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, where he had scheduled a public appearance, at age 82.
Five years ago: Seventeen people were killed in a 164-vehicle pileup during a dust storm on Interstate 5 near Coalinga, Calif. Actor Ralph Bellamy died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 87.
One year ago: President Clinton opened a five-day European trip in London, where he met with Prime Minister John Major and addressed the British Parliament.
Today's Birthdays: Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Vin Scully is 69. Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., is 68. Blues singer-musician John Mayall is 63. Composer-musician Chuck Mangione is 56. Pop singer Denny Doherty (The Mamas & the Papas) is 55. Country singer Jody Miller is 55. Actress Diane Ladd is 53. Pop singer-musician Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals) is 52. Skier Suzy Chaffee is 50. Comedian Garry Shandling is 47. Actor-comedian Howie Mandel is 41. Actor Jeff Fahey is 39. Actress Cathy Moriarty is 36. Actor Andrew McCarthy is 34. Actress Kim Delaney is 32. Pop singer Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) is 28.
Thought for Today: "I am not sure that God always knows who are His great men; He is so very careless of what happens to them while they live." - Mary Hunter Austin, American novelist and playwright (1868-1934).