Some of the great historical events that happened today in history, on November 30th!
| 1782 | The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War. 
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| 1804 | Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase went on trial, accused of political bias. (He was acquitted by the Senate.) |
| 1835 | Author Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Mo. |
| 1838 | Mexico declares war on France. |
| 1861 | The British Parliament sends to Queen Victoria an ultimatum for the United States, demanding the release of two Confederate diplomats who were seized on the British ship Trent. |
| 1864 | The Union wins the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. |
| 1900 | The French government denounces British actions in South Africa, declaring sympathy for the Boers. |
| 1900 | Oscar Wilde dies in a Paris hotel room after saying of the room’s wallpaper: “One of us had to go.”  |
| 1906 | President Theodore Roosevelt publicly denounces segregation of Japanese schoolchildren in San Francisco. |
| 1919 | Women cast votes for the first time in French legislative elections. |
| 1929 | Producer and “American Bandstand” host Dick Clark was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y. |
| 1935 | Non-belief in Nazism is proclaimed grounds for divorce in Germany. |
| 1945 | Russian forces take Danzig in Poland and invade Austria. |
| 1948 | The Soviet Union complete the division of Berlin, installing the government in the Soviet sector. |
| 1950 | President Truman declares that the United States will use the A-bomb to get peace in Korea. |
| 1956 | The United States offers emergency oil to Europe to counter the Arab ban. |
| 1961 | The Soviet Union vetoes a UN seat for Kuwait, pleasing Iraq. |
| 1962 | U Thant of Burma was elected secretary-general of the United Nations, succeeding the late Dag Hammarskjold. |
| 1966 | The former British colony of Barbados became independent. |
| 1974 | India and Pakistan decide to end a 10-year trade ban. |
| 1974 | Pioneer II sends photos back to NASA as it nears Jupiter. |
| 1979 | The album “The Wall” by Pink Floyd was released. |
| 1979 | Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope in 1,000 years to attend an Orthodox mass. |
| 1982 | Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” the best-selling album of all time, was released by Epic Records.  |
| 1993 | President Bill Clinton signed into law the Brady bill, which requires a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers. |
| 1993 | Authorities in California arrested Richard Allen Davis, who confessed to abducting and killing 12 year-old Polly Klaas of Petaluma. |
| 1999 | The opening of a 135-nation trade gathering in Seattle was disrupted by at least 40,000 demonstrators, some of whom clashed with police. |
| 2004 | Ken Jennings’ streak of 74 wins on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” came to an end.
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Ha ha, Good old Ken Jennings! |
| 2010 | Pentagon leaders called for scrapping the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban after releasing a survey about the prospect of openly gay troops. |
Today’s historical facts are from various sites including, but not limited too: the History Channel, The New York Times, WHG Historynet.com, HistoryOrb.com, and On This Day blogs from my blogroll.
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