History for November 30

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Winston Churchill (Britain) 1874

• 1782 - The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
• 1803 - Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France.
• 1858 - John Landis Mason received a patent for the first pepper shaker with a screw-on cap.
• 1928 - General Mills stock debuted on the New York Stock Exhchange.
• 1939 - The Russo-Finnish War began when 20 divisions of Soviet troops invaded Finland.
• 1940 - Lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married.
• 1971 - ABC-TV aired "Brian's Song." The movie was about Chicago Bears' Brian Picolo and his friendship with Gale Sayers.