MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Today is Monday, November 30, the 334th day of 2009. There are 31 days left in the year.

1782 _ Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independence

1803 _ Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France

1924 _ First photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio

1947 _ Day after U.N. decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked

1948 _ Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin

1949 _ Chinese Communists captured Chungking

1958 _ First guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me.

1962 _ U Thant of Burma elected third Secretary-General of U.N. unanimously

1988 _ Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; first time in 38 years

1988 _ U.N. General Assembly (151-2) censures U.S. for refusing PLO's Arafat visa