On November 30th:
1609: Galileo first observes the faces of the moon
1774: Thomas Paine arrives in Philadelphia
1782: The British sign a preliminary agreement in Paris recognizing American Independence
1864: In what may be the most important battle of the civil war, Confederate General John Bell Hood is crushed by Union forces under George Henry Thomas at the battle of Franklin. Hood's army is utterly destroyed, wiping away the last battle-hardened standing army in the western theatre
1939: The Russo-Finnish war begins when Stalin invades Finland. Britain and France some to the Finn's defense, and the war is officially ended in March of 1940. The term "Molotov Cocktail" comes out of this war
1954: An Alabama woman is hit by a meteorite, the first modern occurrence of such a thing
1993: Bill Clinton signs the Brady Bill into law
Birthdays: Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Dick Clark, Abbie Hoffman
Sunday, November 30, 2008
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