Nov 30th
1707 - The second seige of Pensacola, florida ends with the withdrawl of the British
1782 - Representatives of Britain and America sign the preliminary peace articles that would lead to the Treaty of Paris
1803 - Spanish representatives transfer Louisiana to the French, 20 days later the French would transfer the territory to the Americans in the Louisiana Purchase
1864 - The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses to the Union Army of Ohio in the Battle of Franklin
1872 - The first ever International soccer match takes place between England and Scotland at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow
1939 - The Winter War, Soviet Troops cross into Finland and bomb Helsinki
1942 - Battle of Tassafaronga - a small squardron of Japanese Destroyers defeats and American Cruiser force
1947 - Civil War in Mandatory Palestine leads to the creation of Israel
1954 - The Hodges Meteor crashes through the roof and strikes a lady taking a nap. This is the first recorded case of a person being struck by a rock from space in the Western Hemisphere
1972 - White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler informs the press that there will be no more announcements about US troop withdrawals from Vietnam as American Troops number less then 27000.
1981 - Soviet and US representatives meet in Europe to discuss a reduction in Intermediate Ballistic Missiles
1982 - Michael Jackson releases Thriller
1995 - Official end of Operation Desert Storm
1998 - Exon and Mobile sign a $73 Billion dollar agreement to merge. ExonMobile becomes the worlds largest company
Notable Births
147 - Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina (daughter of Marcus Arelius), 539 - Gregory of Tours (Saint), 1835 - Mark Twain, 1872 - John McCrae, 1874 - Winston Churchill, 1915 - Henry Taube (Canadian Nobel Prize Winner), 1929 - Dick Clark, 1930 - G Gordon Liddy, 1959 - Cherrie Currie, 1962 - Bo Jackson,
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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