Today in History: November 29:
On November 29, 1864, a Colorado militia attacked an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members, killing an estimated 230, in the Sand Creek Massacre.
In 1929, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd, pilot Bernt Balchen, radio operator Harold June and photographer Ashley McKinney made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.
In 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited earth twice before returning. And More.