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