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Today is Wednesday, Nov. 30, the 335th day of 2016. There are 31 days left in the year.
In 1803, Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France, which had sold it to the United States.
In 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens -- better known as Mark Twain -- was born in Florida, Mo.
In 1874, British statesman Sir Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace.
In 1900, Irish writer Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.
In 1936, London's famed Crystal Palace, constructed for the Great Exhibition of 1851, was destroyed in a fire.
In 1939, the Winter War began as Soviet troops invaded Finland. (The conflict ended the following March with a Soviet victory.)
In 1940, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married at the Byram River Beagle Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. (The marriage ended in divorce in 1960.)
In 1954, Ann Elizabeth Hodges of Oak Grove, Alabama, was slightly injured when an 8-1/2-pound chunk of meteor crashed through the roof of her house, hit a radio cabinet, then struck her as she lay napping on a couch.
In 1966, the former British colony of Barbados became independent.
In 1982, the Michael Jackson album "Thriller" was released by Epic Records. The motion picture "Gandhi," starring Ben Kingsley as the Indian nationalist leader, had its world premiere in New Delhi.
In 1996, 1960's novelty singer Tiny Tim, best remembered for his rendition of "Tip-toe Thru' the Tulips with Me," died in Minneapolis.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Robert Guillaume is 89. G. Gordon Liddy is 86. Movie director Ridley Scott is 79. Rock musician Roger Glover (Deep Purple) is 71. Playwright David Mamet is 69. Actress Margaret Whitton is 66. Actor Mandy Patinkin is 64. Singer Billy Idol is 61. Historian Michael Beschloss is 61. Comedian Colin Mochrie is 59. Former football and baseball player Bo Jackson is 54. Actor-director Ben Stiller is 51. Actress Sandra Oh is 46. Singer Clay Aiken is 38. Actress Kaley Cuoco is 31. Model Chrissy Teigen is 31.
Thought for Today: "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." -- James Baldwin, American author