Today is Friday, Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2018. There are 31 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight: On Nov. 30, 1874, British statesman Sir Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace.
On this date:
In 1782, the United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris for ending the Revolutionary War; the Treaty of Paris was signed in Sept. 1783.
In 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — was born in Florida, Missouri.
In 1900, Irish writer Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.
In 1939, the Winter War began as Soviet troops invaded Finland. (The conflict ended the following March with a Soviet victory.)
In 1960, the last DeSoto was built by Chrysler, which had decided to retire the brand after 32 years.
In 1966, the former British colony of Barbados became independent.
Today’s birthdays: G. Gordon Liddy is 887. Country singer-recording executive Jimmy Bowen is 81 Movie writer-director Terrence Malick is 75. Rock musician Roger Glover (Deep Purple) is 73.
Thought for today: “The real problem is what to do with the problem solvers after the problems are solved.” — Gay Talese, American author and journalist.
— Associated Press
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