Today is Tuesday, Nov. 29, the 334th day of 2016. There are 32 days left in the year.
Today’s birthdays: Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Vin Scully is 89. Former French president Jacques Chirac is 84. Blues singer-musician John Mayall is 83. Actress Diane Ladd is 81. Musician Chuck Mangione is 76. Former Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee is 70. Movie director Joel Coen is 62. Actor-comedian Howie Mandel is 61. Former Homeland Security director Janet Napolitano is 59. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is 57. Actress Cathy Moriarty is 56. Actress Kim Delaney is 55. Actor Tom Sizemore is 55. Actor Don Cheadle is 52. Pop singer Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) is 48.
In 1864, a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.
In 1890, the first Army-Navy football game was played at West Point, N.Y.; Navy defeated Army, 24-0.
In 1947, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
In 1972, the coin-operated video arcade game Pong, created by Atari, debuted at Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale, Calif.
In 1996, John C. Salvi III, serving a life sentence for fatally shooting two abortion clinic receptionists, hanged himself in his Massachusetts prison cell.
In 2001, singer-songwriter George Harrison died in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer; he was 58.
In 2006, still losing money after job and factory cuts, Ford Motor Co. said 38,000 workers, almost half of its hourly production force, had accepted buyouts or early retirement offers.