Today is Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. It is the 334th day of the year; 31 days remain.
On this day in history:
On Nov. 30, 2004, Jeopardy! fans watched Ken Jennings’ 74-game winning streak end when he lost to real estate agent Nancy Zerg. Years later, Jennings became the host of Jeopardy!
Also on this date:
1782 — The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris to end the Revolutionary War; the Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783.
1936 — London’s Crystal Palace exhibition hall was destroyed by a massive fire.
1993 — President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Bill, which required a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers.
1999 — An estimated 40,000 demonstrators clashed with police while protesting the World Trade Organization as it convened in Seattle.
2012 — Israel approved construction of 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements on occupied lands, drawing swift condemnation from Palestinians a day after their successful bid for recognition by the United Nations.
2013 — Actor Paul Walker, star of the Fast & Furious series, was killed in a single-car accident north of Los Angeles; his friend Roger Rodas, who was driving, also died. Walker was 40.
2018 — Former President George H.W. Bush, a World War II veteran who rose to the nation’s highest office, died at his Houston home at age 94; his wife Barbara Bush had died in April of that year.
2024 — Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo, facing little or no resistance from government troops; they would capture Damascus days later in December as President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, ending his family’s decades-long rule.
Today’s birthdays: Filmmaker Woody Allen is 90; filmmaker Ridley Scott is 88; historian and screenwriter Geoffrey C. Ward is 85; filmmaker Terrence Malick is 82; playwright David Mamet is 78; actor Mandy Patinkin is 73; singer Billy Idol is 70; historian Michael Beschloss is 70; comedian Colin Mochrie is 68; actor-filmmaker Ben Stiller is 60; U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is 54; singer Clay Aiken is 47; actor-filmmaker Gael García Bernal is 47; actor Elisha Cuthbert is 43; actor Kaley Cuoco is 40; model Chrissy Teigen is 40; chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is 35.
