Historical timeline for November 29

The Government of Jordan officially announces the launch of the Amra City development project during a site visit by the Prime Minister.

LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board.

Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.

North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.

The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.

Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time.

Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.

"I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.

Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.

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

Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.

The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.

Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).

U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.