In History, Today on November 29

Pope Honorius III formally approved the Franciscan Order, founded by St. Francis of Assisi, which became one of the most influential religious orders in the Catholic Church.

The city of San Jose, California, was founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, becoming the first civilian settlement in Alta California.

The crew of the British slave ship Zong murdered 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.

The Whitman massacre occurs in the Oregon Country, where Cayuse Native Americans kill missionary Marcus Whitman and 11 others.

Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph for the first time.

The Meiji Constitution came into effect in Japan, establishing a form of constitutional monarchy.

U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole, marking a significant achievement in polar exploration.

The United Nations General Assembly approved a plan for the partition of Palestine, leading to the creation of the State of Israel.

President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.

Bill Gates used the name 'Micro-soft' in a letter to Paul Allen to refer to their partnership, marking the first use of the name Microsoft.

Korean Air Flight 858 was destroyed by a bomb planted by North Korean agents, killing all 115 people on board.

The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Croatia in 1991-1992.

WikiLeaks releases more than 250,000 American diplomatic cables, known as Cablegate, which reveal confidential communications between the U.S. State Department and its embassies around the world.

The United Nations General Assembly votes to recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state, a significant step in Palestinian efforts for international recognition.

A plane carrying the Brazilian Chapecoense football team crashed in Colombia, killing 71 people, including players, coaches, and journalists, in a tragedy that shocked the sports world.

North Korea tested the Hwasong-15 missile, which it claimed could reach the entire U.S. mainland, marking a significant advancement in its missile capabilities.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes near Anchorage, Alaska, causing significant damage to infrastructure but no fatalities.

Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is assassinated near Tehran, an event that escalates tensions in the region and leads to widespread speculation about the involvement of foreign intelligence agencies.