November 30^th in history

Encyclopædia Britannica presents people and events from this day in history:

Mark Twain: Biography of the Day

Mark Twain

American writer Mark Twain, born this day in 1835, won worldwide acclaim for his stories of youthful adventures, especially The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

 

Independence of Barbados: 30 November 1966 - This Day in History

Barbados, an island nation in the Caribbean situated about 100 miles (160 km) east of the Windward Islands, had gained internal self-rule in 1961 and achieved its full independence from Britain on this day in 1966.

More Events on this day:

1936: A fire virtually destroyed the Crystal Palace, the giant exhibition hall that housed the Great Exhibition of 1851.

1908: The United States and Japan signed the Root-Takahira Agreement, which averted a drift toward possible war through the mutual acknowledgment of certain international policies and spheres of influence in the Pacific.

1874: British statesman, orator, and author Sir Winston Churchill was born in Oxfordshire, England.

1782: Britain and the United States signed the preliminary articles of the Treaty of Paris as part of the Peace of Paris, a collection of treaties concluding the American Revolution.

1718: Charles XII, king of Sweden, was killed during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten, east of Oslo Fjord, ending Sweden's “Age of Greatness.”