The north
10 years ago
Nov. 29, 1998:Marc Leuthold, assistant art professor at Potsdam State University College, is one of 44 artists selected for a show in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Mr. Leuthold's piece, titled "Small Wheel," was completed in 1995. The work is about 6 inches in diameter with a hole in the middle and ornate carvings on both sides.
25 years ago
Nov. 29, 1983:A large snowy owl was spotted in downtown Watertown this morning perched on a billboard on the roof of the End Zone Restaurant at the American Corner. Edward S. Smith, senior wildlife biologist with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said snowy owls usually are seen in fields from Cape Vincent to Evans Mills shortly after Dec. 1 as the large birds travel south from arctic Canada as the food supply dwindles.
50 years ago
Nov. 29, 1958:One of the most severe pre-winter storms in history was in its second day in Northern New York with snow already piled to depths ranging from 8 to 18 inches and more to come over the weekend. Gusty winds brought blizzard-like conditions today with drifting snow and poor visibility creating hazardous driving conditions.
75 years ago
Nov. 29, 1933:The city of Watertown has submitted 11 projects to the state Civil Works Administration for approval, and if they are accepted as part of the CWA program approximately 1,000 more men will be put to work. It was said that in the aggregate the projects will mean an expenditure of about $200,000 provided all of them are approved.
100 years ago
Nov. 29, 1908:A steamer in the port of New York is being loaded with the last of a big consignment of paper mill machinery from Bagley & Sewall Co., Watertown, to the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co., Grand Falls, Newfoundland. It was found to be cheaper to ship the machinery from Watertown to New York by rail and thence to Newfoundland by boat. One hundred cars were required to move the material from Watertown to New York City.
125 years ago
Nov. 29, 1883:Mrs. Elizabeth Clarkson, who died recently in Potsdam, bequeathed $10,000 to build and furnish a chapel for the Trinity Church Sunday school and for other church purposes, and $4,000, the income of which is to be devoted to the preservation of the church property.
The world
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Saturday, Nov. 29,the 334th day of 2008. There are 32 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 29, 1963, President Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
On this date:
In 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, onetime adviser to England's King Henry VIII, died.
In 1864, a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.
In 1908, New York Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was born in New Haven, Conn.
In 1924, Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels, Belgium, before he could complete his opera "Turandot." (It was finished by Franco Alfano.)
In 1947, the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the partitioning of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
In 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited earth twice before returning.
In 1967, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced he was leaving the Johnson administration to become president of the World Bank.
In 1981, actress Natalie Wood drowned in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island, Calif., at age 43.
In 1986, actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.
In 2001, George Harrison, the "quiet Beatle," died in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer; he was 58.
Ten years ago:Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected legalizing heroin and other narcotics.
Five years ago:Gunmen in Iraq ambushed and killed two Japanese diplomats; seven members of Spain's military intelligence agency were killed in Mahmudiyah. Thirty-three people were killed in the crash of a military plane in Congo.
One year ago:A court in Sudan convicted British teacher Gillian Gibbons of insulting Islam for letting her students name a teddy bear "Muhammad" and sentenced her to 15 days in prison. (Gibbons was pardoned after spending more than a week in custody; she then left the country.) Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, embarked on a new five-year term as a civilian president, a day after ceding the powerful post of army chief. Former Illinois Rep. Henry Hyde died in Chicago at age 83. Former General Motors chief executive Roger B. Smith died in Detroit at age 82.
Today's Birthdays:Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Vin Scully is 81. Blues singer-musician John Mayall is 75. Actress Diane Ladd is 73. Composer-musician Chuck Mangione is 68. Country singer Jody Miller is 67. Pop singer-musician Felix Cavaliere (The Rascals) is 64. Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee is 62. Comedian Garry Shandling is 59. Actor Jeff Fahey is 56. Movie director Joel Coen is 54. Actor-comedian-game show host Howie Mandel is 53. Actress Cathy Moriarty is 48. Actress Kim Delaney is 47. Actor Tom Sizemore is 47. Actor Andrew McCarthy is 46. Actor Don Cheadle is 44. Actor-producer Neill Barry is 43. Musician Wallis Buchanan (Jamiroquai) is 43. Pop singer Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) is 40. Rock musician Martin Carr (Boo Radleys) is 40. Actor Larry Joe Campbell is 38. Rock musician Frank Delgado (Deftones) is 38. Actress Gena Lee Nolin is 37. Actor Brian Baumgartner is 36. Actress Anna Faris is 32. Actor Julian Ovenden is 32. Rapper The Game is 29. Rock musician Ringo Garza is 27. Actor Lucas Black is 26.
Thought for Today:"Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable." — Mark Twain (1835-1910).
