Monday, November 29, 2010

TODAY IN HISTORY

Richard Byrd
NOVEMBER 29
1929:American explorer and naval officer Richard Byrd, along with three others, reach the South Pole in a Ford trimotor airplane called the
Floyd Bennett.

1890:
In the first ever Army-Navy college football game, the Navy Midshipmen beat the Army Black Knights 24-0 at West Point, N.Y.

1947:
The United Nations votes to partition Palestine, recommending the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states.

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