What happend on 29th November

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1992

Dennis Byrd of the New York Jets is paralyzed by a neck injury during a football game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

1990

Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes UN Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that nation did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.

1987

A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.

1982

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that the Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.

1981

Off Santa Catalina Island, 43-year-old actress Natalie Wood drowns during a boating accident.

1975

The name "Micro-soft" (for "microcomputer software") is used by Bill Gates in a letter to Paul Allen for the first time.

1967

Vietnam War: US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.

1965

Canadian Satellite Alouette 2 is launched.

1963

Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.

1963

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.