Today In History
Today is Thursday, Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2017. There are 31 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1835: Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — was born in Florida, Missouri.
ON THIS DATE
› 1016: Edmund II, King of the English, died after a reign of seven months.
› 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.
› 1803: Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France, which had sold it to the United States.
› 1874: British statesman Sir Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace.
› 1954: Ann Elizabeth Hodges of Oak Grove, Alabama, was slightly injured when an 8-1/2pound chunk of meteor crashed through the roof of her house, hit a radio cabinet, then struck her as she lay napping on a couch.
› 1977: Bing Crosby’s final Christmas TV special, “Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas,” aired on CBS.
› 1982: The Michael Jackson album “Thriller” was released by Epic Records. The motion picture “Gandhi,” starring Ben Kingsley as the Indian nationalist leader, had its world premiere in New Delhi.
› 1993: President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Bill, which required a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
G. Gordon Liddy is 87. Country singer-recording executive Jimmy Bowen is 80. Movie director Ridley Scott is 80. Movie writer-director Terrence Malick is 74. Actor Mandy Patinkin is 65. Musician Shuggie Otis is
64. Country singer Jeannie Kendall is 63. Singer Billy Idol is 62. Historian Michael Beschloss is
62. Rock musician John Ashton (The Psychedelic Furs) is 60. Comedian Colin Mochrie is 60. Former football and baseball player Bo Jackson is 55. Rapper Jalil (Whodini) is
54. Actress Sandra Oh is
47. Singer Clay Aiken is
39. Actor Billy Lush is 36. Actress Elisha Cuthbert is
35. Actress Kaley Cuoco is 32. Model Chrissy Teigen is 32. Actress Christel Khalil is 30. Actress Rebecca Rittenhouse is
29. Actress Adelaide Clemens is 28.