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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.

1981:
Off Santa Catalina Island, 43-year-old actress Natalie Wood drowns during a boating accident.

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

1944:
The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

1830:
November Uprising breaks out in Poland.

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