THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 3011

This day in #history 3011
NOVEMBER 30th

1782 – Britain signs agreement recognizing US
independence

1803 – Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France

1966 – Barbados gains independence from Britain
(National Day )

1966 – Barbados becomes independent from the
United Kingdom .

1967 – Democratic People ‘s republic of Yemen gains independence

1974 – Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy , Australopithecus) is discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb , Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia’ s Afar Depression.

1975 – Dahomey becomes Benin

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1874 – Winston Churchill, ( C ) British Prime Minister (1940 -45, 1951- 55, Nobel 1953)

FAMOUS DEATHS

1864 – John Adams , US Confederate brigadier
general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at about 39

1900 – Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46

.FAMOUS WEDDING

1996 – Multimillionaire and top – selling female
suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark (67) weds
Merrill Lynch Futures retired CEO John Conheeney
(67) in Saddle River, New Jersey