Saturday is Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2013. There are 31 days left in the year.
Today’s birthdays: Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. is 95. Actor Robert Guillaume is 86. Movie director Ridley Scott is 76. Movie director Terrence Malick is 70. Playwright David Mamet is 66. Actor Mandy Patinkin is 61. Singer Billy Idol is 58.
Actor Ben Stiller is 48.
Actress Elisha Cuthbert is 31. Actress Kaley Cuoco is 28.
In 1782, the United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
In 1803, Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France, which had sold it to the United States.
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In 1936, London’s famed Crystal Palace, constructed for the Great Exhibition of 1851, was destroyed in a fire.
In 1939, the Russo-Finnish War began as Soviet troops invaded Finland.
In 2008, space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth after a nearly 16-day mission to repair and upgrade the international space station.
In 2012, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Egypt, denouncing President Mohammed Morsi and a draft constitution that was approved earlier in the day by his Islamist allies.