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Events:C/P.
1700 Battle of Narva A Swedish army of 8,500 men under Charles XII defeats a much larger Russian army at Narva.
1718 Swedish king Charles XII dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway.
1782 American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
1783 A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
1786 Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. Consequently, November 30 is commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.
1803 In New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
1804 The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase.
1824 First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal.
1829 First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
1853 Crimean War: Battle of Sinop The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
1864 American Civil War: Battle of Franklin The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops.
1868 The inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King's garden in Stockholm.
1872 The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
1886 The Folies Bergθre stages its first revue.
1902 American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
1908 A mine explosion in the mining town of Marianna, Pennsylvania kills 154.
1916 Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1934 The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph.
1936 In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
1939 Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
1940 Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.
1942 World War II: Guadalcanal Campaign: Battle of Tassafaronga A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a US cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
1947 19471948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins on this day, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
1953 Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
1954 In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
1966 Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.
1971 Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates.
1972 Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27,000.
1981 Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended inconclusively on December 17).
1982 Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released.
1989 Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
1993 U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
1994 MS Achille Lauro fire off Somalia coast.
1995 Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
1998 Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.
1999 In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
1999 British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
2001 In Renton, Washington, United States, Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer is arrested.
2002 British and Irish girl group Girls Aloud is officially formed on the talent show Popstars: The Rivals, following the last contestant elimination.
2004 Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings.
2004 Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
2005 John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
1700 Battle of Narva A Swedish army of 8,500 men under Charles XII defeats a much larger Russian army at Narva.
1718 Swedish king Charles XII dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway.
1782 American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
1783 A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
1786 Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. Consequently, November 30 is commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.
1803 In New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
1804 The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase.
1824 First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal.
1829 First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
1853 Crimean War: Battle of Sinop The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
1864 American Civil War: Battle of Franklin The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops.
1868 The inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King's garden in Stockholm.
1872 The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
1886 The Folies Bergθre stages its first revue.
1902 American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
1908 A mine explosion in the mining town of Marianna, Pennsylvania kills 154.
1916 Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1934 The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph.
1936 In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
1939 Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
1940 Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.
1942 World War II: Guadalcanal Campaign: Battle of Tassafaronga A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a US cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
1947 19471948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins on this day, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
1953 Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
1954 In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
1966 Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.
1971 Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates.
1972 Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27,000.
1981 Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended inconclusively on December 17).
1982 Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released.
1989 Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
1993 U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
1994 MS Achille Lauro fire off Somalia coast.
1995 Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
1998 Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.
1999 In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
1999 British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
2001 In Renton, Washington, United States, Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer is arrested.
2002 British and Irish girl group Girls Aloud is officially formed on the talent show Popstars: The Rivals, following the last contestant elimination.
2004 Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings.
2004 Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
2005 John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
End of C/P.