TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Today is Tuesday, November 30, the 334th day of 2010. There are 31 days left in the year.

1782 ― Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independence

1924 ― First photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio

1939 ― USSR invades Finland over a border dispute

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

1949 ― Chinese Communists captured Chungking

1954 ― First meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala.)

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