November 29th, 2009

Today in History

1992:
Dennis Byrd of the New York Jets is paralyzed by a neck injury during a football game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

1967:
Vietnam War: US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.

1965:
Canadian Satellite Alouette 2 is launched.

1961:
Mercury-Atlas 5 is launched with Enos the chimp aboard (the spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico).

1864:
Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 400 Cheyenne and Arapahoe noncombatants at Sand Creek, Colorado.