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This day in history: November 29

1. 1963

   Five minutes after taking off from Montréal–Dorval, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashed in bad weather, killing all 118 people on board.

2. 1972

   Atari announced the release of Pong, one of the first video games to achieve widespread popularity in both the arcade and home-console markets.

3. 1979

   The controversial Tellico Dam project by the Tennessee Valley Authority is completed despite being ordered to shut down from the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill.

4. 1982

   Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, was released.

5. 1987

   A time bomb planted by North Korean agents on Korean Air Flight 858 detonated over the Andaman Sea, killing all 115 people on board.

6. 2007

   During their trial for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny, Philippine soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes mutinied and seized a conference room at The Peninsula Manila in Makati.

7. 2012

   In resolution 67/19, the United Nations General Assembly voted to accord the status of a non-member observer state to Palestine.

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