TODAY IN HISTORY

Thursday, November  29, 2012 AP Highlight in History:  On Nov. 29, 1929, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd radioed that he'd made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.   AP Photo
On this date in: 1890 Navy won the first Army-Navy football game 24-0 at West Point, N.Y. 1924 Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels. 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. 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. 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 age 58 following a battle with cancer.		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera turns 43 years old today. AP Photo/Bill Kostroun Name Profession Age Vin Scully Sportscaster 85 Jacques Chirac Former president of France 80 John Mayall Blues singer, musician 79 Diane Ladd Actress 77 Chuck Mangione Musician, composer 72 Suzy Chaffee Skier 66 Garry Shandling Actor, comedian ("The Larry Sanders Show") 63 Joel Coen Director ("Fargo") 58 Howie Mandel Comedian, game show host ("Deal or No Deal") 57 Janet Napolitano Secretary of homeland security 55 Rahm Emanuel Mayor of Chicago 53 Kim Delaney Actress ("NYPD Blue") 51 Tom Sizemore Actor 51 Don Cheadle Actor ("Hotel Rwanda") 48 Jonathan Knight Singer (New Kids on the Block) 44 Larry Joe Campbell Actor ("According to Jim") 42 Anna Faris Actress 36 Lucas Black Actor 30 Actor Andrew McCarthy turns 50 years old today. AP Photo/Evan Agostini