FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Today is Friday, November 30, the 334th day of 2018. 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

1804 — Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins

1864 — Battle of Franklin

1866 — Work begins on first U.S. underwater highway tunnel, Chicago

1885 — The opera “Le Cid” is produced (Paris)

1907 — Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle

1924 — First photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio

1936 — London’s Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire

1939 — USSR invades Finland over a border dispute

1941 — 101-year-old Nyack-Tarrytown ferry makes its last run