November 29 Birthday
On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly voted 33-13 to partition Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, with Jerusalem under international control. The Jewish leadership accepted the plan; the Arab leadership rejected it. The vote triggered the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, which created the State of Israel and displaced 700,000 Palestinians. The two-state solution proposed in 1947 has never been implemented. The vote was the result of Britain's decision to end its mandate and hand the problem to the UN. Britain abstained. On November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington led 675 Colorado militia against a Cheyenne and Arapaho village at Sand Creek. Chief Black Kettle had been told by US officials that his people would be safe if they camped there. The militia killed 150-200 people, mostly women and children. Bodies were mutilated. Chivington said: "I have come to kill Indians, and I believe it is right and honorable to use any means under God's heaven to kill Indians." A Congressional investigation condemned the massacre, but no one was punished. People born on November 29 fall under the zodiac sign of Sagittarius. The birthstone is Topaz and the birth flower is Chrysanthemum. Historical events on November 29 include 1947: UN General Assembly votes to partition Palestine (Resolution 181), 1864: Sand Creek Massacre — Colorado militia kill 200+ Cheyenne and Arapaho, 1963: President Johnson establishes Warren Commission to investigate JFK assassination. Famous people born on November 29 include Louisa May Alcott (1832), C.S. Lewis (1898), Howie Mandel (1955).