On Nov. 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews.
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1952 President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to visit Korea to assess the ongoing conflict.
1963 President Johnson named a commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1967 Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced he was leaving the Johnson administration to become president of the World Bank.
1989 In response to a growing pro-democracy movement in Czechoslovakia, the Communist-run parliament ended the party's 40-year monopoly on power.
1990 The UN Security Council voted 12-2 to authorize military action if Iraq did not withdraw its troops from Kuwait and release all foreign hostages by Jan. 15, 1991.
2006-11-29 03:04:01 · 7 answers · asked by BeachBum 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
1996 A U.N. court sentenced Bosnian Serb army soldier Drazen Erdemovic to 10 years in prison for his role in the massacre of 1,200 Muslims - the first international war crimes sentence since World War II.
2000: George W. Bush's lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bring "legal finality" to the presidential election by ending any further ballot recounts; Al Gore's team countered that the nation's highest court should not interfere in Florida's recount dispute.
2006-11-29 03:04:55 · update #1
What else?
2006-11-29 03:06:00 · update #2
Busy day, Nov. 29 the only thing I see you left out was the historic meeting between Iraq's PM and George W. Bush in Jordan. 11/29/2006. I hope you recognize my cynicism. ( - = )
2006-11-29 06:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Snow denies it is November 29th and questions the media for characterizing today as being November 29th.
2006-11-29 11:52:33 · answer #2 · answered by deletedangle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were you the kid in class who reminded the teacher to give a homework assignment on Friday afternoon?
2006-11-29 11:28:49 · answer #3 · answered by rustyshackleford001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm still trying to figure it out; how can you be retired and be earning a living as a political ghost writer?
That's quite a feat, if true!
2006-11-29 11:59:21 · answer #4 · answered by Fast Eddie B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BeachBum highlighted her knowledge of history, and began her campaign to become president?
2006-11-29 11:09:46 · answer #5 · answered by Ringo G. 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
seems like you already have the answers, good job.
2006-11-29 11:10:23 · answer #6 · answered by Grev 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you. Some of this I didn't know.
2006-11-29 11:16:18 · answer #7 · answered by Huey Freeman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋