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Today in History: November 30
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November 30
1782   The British sign a preliminary agreement in Paris, recognizing American independence.
1838   Mexico declares war on France.
1861   The British Parliament sends to Queen Victoria an ultimatum for the United States, demanding the release of two Confederate diplomats who were seized on the British ship Trent.
1864   The Union wins the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.
1900   The French government denounces British actions in South Africa, declaring sympathy for the Boers.
1900   Oscar Wilde dies in a Paris hotel room after saying of the room's wallpaper: "One of us had to go."
1906   President Theodore Roosevelt publicly denounces segregation of Japanese schoolchildren in San Francisco.
1919   Women cast votes for the first time in French legislative elections.
1935   Non-belief in Nazism is proclaimed grounds for divorce in Germany.
1945   Russian forces take Danzig in Poland and invade Austria.
1948   The Soviet Union complete the division of Berlin, installing the government in the Soviet sector.
1950   President Truman declares that the United States will use the A-bomb to get peace in Korea.
1956   The United States offers emergency oil to Europe to counter the Arab ban.
1961   The Soviet Union vetoes a UN seat for Kuwait, pleasing Iraq.
1974   India and Pakistan decide to end a 10-year trade ban.
1974   Pioneer II sends photos back to NASA as it nears Jupiter.
1979   Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope in 1,000 years to attend an Orthodox mass.
Born on November 30
1667   Jonathan Swift, English satirist who wrote Gulliver's Travels.
1835   Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), American writer best remembered for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
1874   Winston Churchill, British prime minister during and after World War II.
1874   Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables.
1912   Gordon Parks, photographer.
1915   Brownie McGhee, singer and guitarist.
1924   Shirley Chisholm, first African-American congresswoman, a representative for New York.
1929   Joan Ganz Cooney, television executive, founder of the Children's Television Workshop and mastermind behind Sesame Street.

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