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1782 - The United States and Great Britain sign a preliminary peace agreement to end the
Revolutionary War that would later become the Treaty of Paris.
November 30,
1981
The United States and U.S.S.R. open talks to reduce intermediate-range nuclear forces
Representatives
from the United States and the Soviet Union open talks to reduce their
intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) in Europe. The talks lasted
until December 17, but ended inconclusively.
SALT I (1972) and SALT
II (1979) reduced the number of strategic nuclear weapons held by the
two superpowers, but left unresolved the issue of the growing number of
non-strategic weapons-the so-called intermediate-range nuclear missiles
in Europe.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2500
November 30,
1993
Brady Bill signed into law
During
a White House ceremony attended by James S. Brady, President Bill
Clinton signs the Brady handgun-control bill into law. The law requires
a prospective handgun buyer to wait five business days while the
authorities check on his or her background, during which time the sale
is approved or prohibited based on an established set of criteria.
In
1981, James Brady, who served as press secretary for President Ronald
Reagan, was shot in the head by John Hinckley, Jr., during an attempt
on President Reagan's life outside a hotel in Washington, D.C. Reagan
himself was shot in his left lung but recovered and returned to the
White House within two weeks. Brady, the most seriously injured in the
attack, was momentarily pronounced dead at the hospital but survived
and began an impressive recovery from his debilitating brain injury.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5563