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.

1987:
A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.

1963:
Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.

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).

1945:
The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared , celebrated as Republic Day until 2003).