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1950 U.S.A. Korea

30th November, 1950 : President Harry S. Truman announces during a press conference that he is prepared to authorize the use of atomic weapons in order to achieve peace in Korea.



1925 U.S.A. Illegal Liquor Distillery

30th November, 1925 : Federal Prohibition Officer Gus J. Simmons, Captain J. R. Brockus, and C.M. Arbogast were all on trial for murder. The officers claimed that the man was murdered while resisting arrest for operating an illegal liquor distillery.

1936 Great Britain Crystal Palace

30th November, 1936 : Crystal Palace which had been built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 is destroyed by fire. The Crystal Palace also featured the first public conveniences in use in England / Monkey Closets and during the exhibition 827,280 visitors paid one penny each to use them which is where the British saying "to spend a penny" comes from.

1939 Finland Soviet Union Attacks

30th November, 1939 : Following it's attack on Poland Russia attacks Finland with 540,000 men, 2485 tanks, and 2000 guns. Finnish troops led by Field Marshall Gustaf Mannerheim over the next two weeks, resisted the invasion using forest combat to inflict heavy damage on the Russian invaders, But by March the following year due to the sheer volume of Russian Invaders the "Peace of Moscow" treaty was signed, and Finland ceded 16,000-square miles of land to the Soviet Union.

1954 U.S.A. Meteorite

30th November, 1954 : An Alabama woman Mrs. Hulett Hodges became the first known person today to be struck by a meteorite. The meteorite six or eight inches in diameter, fell through her roof leaving a three-foot hole. She was only slightly injured, the United States Air Force flew to the Hodge's Alabama home and took the nine-pound object back to Washington. The Hodges demanded that the rock be returned to them so their family could keep it as a souvenir.

1960 Argentina Riots

30th November, 1960 : Members of the right-wing political group protested in cities such as Rosario, near Buenos Aires. Other riots broke out near two oil towns in Northern Argentina.

1972 Italy Fireworks Factory Explodes

30th November, 1972 : An illegal fireworks factory being run in an eight floor apartment building, exploded in Rome with 15 killed and 100 injured in the blast.

1973 Cambodia Khmer Rouge Guerrillas

30th November, 1973 : Khmer Rouge Guerrillas backed by the Cambodian government moved swiftly. First they attacked in Vihear Suar where they were stationed before they advanced 12 miles east to Phnom Penh. Within a few days hundreds of troops of civilians were dead or missing.

1983 Israel Lebanon

30th November, 1983: The bond between Israel and America has been strengthened as they joined forces. These two countries stood fast in Lebanon, making the statement to Syria of their desire to block Soviet Troops.

1990 New Zealand Hilary Morgan

30th November, 1990 : Hilary Morgan, later known as Ellen Morgan, was put in the care of here mother legally, and not in the care of Eric A. Foretich who was Ellen’s birth father. Elizabeth Morgan was put in prison for three years (1987-1989) because she would not tell the court where Hilary (Ellen) was. The reason why the mother did not want to tell of the child’s whereabouts is she believed that Hilary had been sexually abused by the father.

1994 Somalia Achille Lauro

30th November, 1994 : The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro caught fire today off Somalia with 3 people dead but most of the nearly 1,000 passengers and crew escaping in lifeboats.

1999 England T Bone On Sale

30th November, 1999 : The ban of beef on the bone put in place during the BSE crisis is lifted and T bone steaks and rib of beef will be on sale by Christmas.

2003 Europe Euro Goes Up

30th November, 2003 : It was made known by the press in a publication dated today of the increased value of the Euro. It was climbing high against both the American Dollar and the Japanese Yen within the past few days.

2004 Israel Mahmound Abbas

30th November, 2004 : Yasser Arafat’s Successor Mahmound Abbas ordered Palestinian press to back off from Israel. This particular decision was a week after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon petitioned with Abbas to follow through with this action. This was part of the peace proposal that Israel was making with the Palestinians

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