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November 30, 1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 1718 – Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 1966 – Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 2001 – Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders. He was eventually convicted of a total of 49 murders. #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 2018 – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 24 km from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths. #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men". #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York. #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 1853 – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey. #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. #TodayInHistory

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November 30, 1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. #TodayInHistory

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November 29, 1899 – FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams. #TodayInHistory

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November 29, 1961 – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico. #TodayInHistory

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November 29, 1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India. #TodayInHistory

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November 29, 1847 – Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War. #TodayInHistory

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November 29, 1972 – Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game. #TodayInHistory

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November 29, 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom. #TodayInHistory

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November 29, 1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour. #TodayInHistory

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November 29, 1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared. #TodayInHistory

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November 29, 1863 – Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders of the American Civil War. #TodayInHistory