Enos the Chimpanzee Orbited Earth Before John Glenn Did
On November 29, 1961, a five-year-old chimpanzee named Enos rode NASA's Mercury-Atlas 5 into orbit — and when a faulty lever shocked him dozens of times, he kept working anyway.
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Thirty-Three to Thirteen: The Vote That Drew Two States on One Map
On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 181 by a vote of 33 to 13, recommending that Palestine be divided into separate Jewish and Arab states.
Sand Creek: The Massacre That Shamed a Nation
On November 29, 1864, some 675 U.S. volunteer cavalrymen attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village at Sand Creek, killing roughly 150 people — most of them women, children, and the elderly.