FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Today is Friday, November 30, the 335

th

day of 2012. 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

1936 ― London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire

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.)

1961 ― USSR vetoes Kuwait's application for U.N. membership

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