November 30
1782 - The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris for ending the Revolutionary War; the Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783.
1803 - Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France, which had sold it to the United States.
1804 - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried on charges of political bias.
1900 - Irish author Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.
1940 - Actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married.
1966 - Barbados became independent from Great Britain.
1974 - The fossilized remains of a female human ancestor named Lucy (after the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds") were found in Ethiopia.
1981 - The United States and the Soviet Union opened negotiations in Geneva aimed at reducing nuclear weapons in Europe.
1993 - The Brady Bill, requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, is signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
1995 - President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Northern Ireland.
2000 - Al Gore’s lawyers battled for his political survival in the Florida and U.S. Supreme Courts; meanwhile, GOP lawmakers in Tallahassee moved to award the presidency to George W. Bush in case the courts did not by appointing their own slate of electors.
2004 - Ken Jennings ended his 74-game winning spree on the game show "Jeopardy!".
2010 - The Obama administration announced that all 197 airlines that flew to the U.S. had begun collecting names, genders and birth dates of passengers so the government could check them against terror watch lists before they boarded flights.
2013 - Paul Walker, 40, the star of the “Fast & Furious” movie series, died with his friend, Roger W. Rodas, who was at the wheel of a Porsche sports car that crashed and burned north of Los Angeles.
2017 - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on veteran Democratic congressman John Conyers to resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. (Conyers resigned five days later.)
2018 - George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and a World War II hero who rose through the political ranks to the nation's highest office, died at his Houston, Texas home at age 94.
2020 - Two battleground states, Wisconsin and Arizona, certified their presidential election tallies in favor of Joe Biden, even as President Donald Trump’s legal team continued to dispute the results; Biden’s victory in Wisconsin was certified following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over Trump.
2021 - Ethan Crumbley, a 15-year-old sophomore, opened fire at a Michigan high school, killing four students and wounding seven other people; school staff had discovered his violent drawings but his parents wouldn’t remove him from school. (The parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, are accused of making the gun accessible and ignoring their son’s mental health needs; they face charges including involuntary manslaughter.)
2021 - CNN took Chris Cuomo off the air indefinitely, saying information released by New York’s attorney general showed that he had played a greater role than he had previously acknowledged in defense of his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as he fought sexual harassment charges. (Cuomo would be fired days later.)
Birthdays
22 - Tyla Harris (actress)
33 - Adelaide Clemens (actress)
34 - Rebecca Rittenhouse (actress)
35 - Christel Khalil (actress)
35 - Trinity "Naomi" Fatu (professional wrestler)
37 - Chrissy Teigen (model)
37 - Kaley Cuoco (actress)
40 - Elisha Cuthbert (actress)
41 - Billy Lush (actor)
44 - Clay Aiken (singer)
57 - Ben Stiller (actor)
60 - Bo Jackson (baseball/football player)
65 - Colin Mochrie (actor/comedian)
67 - Billy Idol (singer)
70 - Mandy Patinkin (actress)
85 - Ridley Scott (director)
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Today in Sports History - November 30
1893 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 20-18; ends season at 3-2-1.
1899 - Grinnell defeats Nebraska 12-0, ending season at 1-7-1.
1905 - Nebraska defeats Illinois 24-6, ending year at 8-2.
1916 - Notre Dame defeats Nebraska 20-0; NU ends season at 6-2.
1922 - Nebraska defeats Notre Dame and the "Four Horsemen" 14-6; NU ends season at 7-1 and this marks the final game at Nebraska Field before moving into Memorial Stadium the following season.
1933 - Nebraska defeats Oregon State 22-0 to end the season with an 8-1 record and a Big 6 championship.
1937 - Yale running back Clint Frank wins the Heisman Trophy.
1940 - #8 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 20-0 and wins the Big 6.
1946 - #4 UCLA defeats Nebraska 18-0; NU ends the season at 3-6.
1951 - Miami (FL) defeats Nebraska 19-7; NU ends the season at 2-8.
1954 - Wisconsin fullback Alan Ameche wins the Heisman Trophy.
1971 - ABC-TV aired "Brian's Song." The movie was about Chicago Bears' Brian Picolo and his friendship with Gale Sayers.
1976 - Pittsburgh running back Tony Dorsett wins the Heisman Trophy.
1991 - The United States defeated Norway 2-1 to win the inaugural Women's World Cup soccer tournament.
1993 - The NFL awarded the league's 30th franchise to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
1996 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) scored his 25,000th NBA career point. He was only the 10th player to reach the mark.
2015 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers announces his retirement from basketball, effective at the end of the season.
1782 - The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris for ending the Revolutionary War; the Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783.
1803 - Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France, which had sold it to the United States.
1804 - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried on charges of political bias.
1900 - Irish author Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.
1940 - Actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married.
1966 - Barbados became independent from Great Britain.
1974 - The fossilized remains of a female human ancestor named Lucy (after the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds") were found in Ethiopia.
1981 - The United States and the Soviet Union opened negotiations in Geneva aimed at reducing nuclear weapons in Europe.
1993 - The Brady Bill, requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, is signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
1995 - President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Northern Ireland.
2000 - Al Gore’s lawyers battled for his political survival in the Florida and U.S. Supreme Courts; meanwhile, GOP lawmakers in Tallahassee moved to award the presidency to George W. Bush in case the courts did not by appointing their own slate of electors.
2004 - Ken Jennings ended his 74-game winning spree on the game show "Jeopardy!".
2010 - The Obama administration announced that all 197 airlines that flew to the U.S. had begun collecting names, genders and birth dates of passengers so the government could check them against terror watch lists before they boarded flights.
2013 - Paul Walker, 40, the star of the “Fast & Furious” movie series, died with his friend, Roger W. Rodas, who was at the wheel of a Porsche sports car that crashed and burned north of Los Angeles.
2017 - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on veteran Democratic congressman John Conyers to resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. (Conyers resigned five days later.)
2018 - George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and a World War II hero who rose through the political ranks to the nation's highest office, died at his Houston, Texas home at age 94.
2020 - Two battleground states, Wisconsin and Arizona, certified their presidential election tallies in favor of Joe Biden, even as President Donald Trump’s legal team continued to dispute the results; Biden’s victory in Wisconsin was certified following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over Trump.
2021 - Ethan Crumbley, a 15-year-old sophomore, opened fire at a Michigan high school, killing four students and wounding seven other people; school staff had discovered his violent drawings but his parents wouldn’t remove him from school. (The parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, are accused of making the gun accessible and ignoring their son’s mental health needs; they face charges including involuntary manslaughter.)
2021 - CNN took Chris Cuomo off the air indefinitely, saying information released by New York’s attorney general showed that he had played a greater role than he had previously acknowledged in defense of his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as he fought sexual harassment charges. (Cuomo would be fired days later.)
Birthdays
22 - Tyla Harris (actress)
33 - Adelaide Clemens (actress)
34 - Rebecca Rittenhouse (actress)
35 - Christel Khalil (actress)
35 - Trinity "Naomi" Fatu (professional wrestler)
37 - Chrissy Teigen (model)
37 - Kaley Cuoco (actress)
40 - Elisha Cuthbert (actress)
41 - Billy Lush (actor)
44 - Clay Aiken (singer)
57 - Ben Stiller (actor)
60 - Bo Jackson (baseball/football player)
65 - Colin Mochrie (actor/comedian)
67 - Billy Idol (singer)
70 - Mandy Patinkin (actress)
85 - Ridley Scott (director)
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Today in Sports History - November 30
1893 - Nebraska defeats Cockeye 20-18; ends season at 3-2-1.
1899 - Grinnell defeats Nebraska 12-0, ending season at 1-7-1.
1905 - Nebraska defeats Illinois 24-6, ending year at 8-2.
1916 - Notre Dame defeats Nebraska 20-0; NU ends season at 6-2.
1922 - Nebraska defeats Notre Dame and the "Four Horsemen" 14-6; NU ends season at 7-1 and this marks the final game at Nebraska Field before moving into Memorial Stadium the following season.
1933 - Nebraska defeats Oregon State 22-0 to end the season with an 8-1 record and a Big 6 championship.
1937 - Yale running back Clint Frank wins the Heisman Trophy.
1940 - #8 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 20-0 and wins the Big 6.
1946 - #4 UCLA defeats Nebraska 18-0; NU ends the season at 3-6.
1951 - Miami (FL) defeats Nebraska 19-7; NU ends the season at 2-8.
1954 - Wisconsin fullback Alan Ameche wins the Heisman Trophy.
1971 - ABC-TV aired "Brian's Song." The movie was about Chicago Bears' Brian Picolo and his friendship with Gale Sayers.
1976 - Pittsburgh running back Tony Dorsett wins the Heisman Trophy.
1991 - The United States defeated Norway 2-1 to win the inaugural Women's World Cup soccer tournament.
1993 - The NFL awarded the league's 30th franchise to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
1996 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) scored his 25,000th NBA career point. He was only the 10th player to reach the mark.
2015 - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers announces his retirement from basketball, effective at the end of the season.
