Today in History, 29 November 2010
Created: Nov 29, 2010 10:00 AM
TODAY is Monday, November 29, the 333rd day of 2010. There are 32 days left in the year.On this dateIn 1910, British explorer Robert F. Scott’s ship <I>Terra Nova</I> set sail from New Zealand, carrying Scott’s expedition toward Antarctica on what turned out to be a futile as well as fatal race to reach the South Pole first.
TODAY is Monday, November 29, the 333rd day of 2010. There are 32 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1910, British explorer Robert F. Scott’s ship Terra Nova set sail from New Zealand, carrying Scott’s expedition toward Antarctica on what turned out to be a futile as well as fatal race to reach the South Pole first.
In 1990, the UN Security Council voted to authorise military action to free Kuwait if Iraq did not withdraw its occupying troops and release all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
Thought for Today
“Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.” Edmund Burke, British statesman (1729-1797).
