THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2023

1782 — Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independence

1864 — Battle of Franklin, Tennessee

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

1887 — First indoor softball game (Chicago)

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

1939 — USSR invades Finland over a border dispute

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

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

1966 — Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1967 — People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain

1982 — U.S. sub Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea

1990 — Bush proposes U.S.-Iraq meeting to avoid war