Today is Thursday, Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2006. There are 31 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Thursday, Nov. 30, the 334th day of 2006. There are 31 days left in the year. On this date in 1782, the United States and Britain sign preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
In 1803, Spain completes 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 -- is born in Florida, Mo. In 1874, British statesman Sir Winston Churchill is born at Blenheim Palace. In 1900, Irish writer Oscar Wilde dies in Paris at age 46. In 1936, London's famed Crystal Palace, constructed for the International Exhibition of 1851, is destroyed in a fire. In 1939, the Russo-Finnish War begins as Soviet troops invade Finland. In 1962, U Thant of Burma, who had been acting secretary-general of the United Nations following the death of Dag Hammarskjold the year before, is elected to a four-year term. In 1966, the former British colony of Barbados becomes independent. In 1981, the United States and the Soviet Union open negotiations in Geneva aimed at reducing nuclear weapons in Europe. In 1993, President Clinton signs the Brady bill, which requires a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers. In 1996, some 150,000 people fill the streets of Belgrade to protest Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, and 1960s novelty singer Tiny Tim, best remembered for his rendition of "Tiptoe Thru' the Tulips," dies in Minneapolis.
November 30, 1981: Idled Western Reserve buses are "ready to go" if the Ohio Controlling Board votes to dole out 500,000 to the ailing system, says James Ferraro, WRTA director of transportation.
Actress Natalie Wood, 43, is found dead about a half mile from the yacht of her husband, actor Robert Wagner, about 200 yards off the coast of Catalina Island. Miss Wood, Wagner and actor Christopher Walken had returned to the yacht about midnight after dinner on the island.
Three missionaries from Detroit are killed when the car in which they were riding jumped a guardrail and toppled into a ravine off 1-80 near Mercer, Pa.
November 30, 1966: A new coronary care unit opens at North Side Hospital with the latest equipment and medical techniques for saving the lives of heart attack patients in the first critical days after an attack.
All Youngstown teachers who did not teach during a three-day strike will not be paid until make-up classes are held, says Law Director Patrick Melillo.
Tackle Bill Angle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Angle of Youngstown, is singled out by Wake Forest Coach Ken Karr as a standout defensive performer on the undefeated Wake Forest freshman team.
November 30, 1956: With all paper-ballot precincts complete, the recount in the Mahoning County sheriff's race shows Sheriff Paul J. Langley, Democrat, leading Republican G. Stanley Kreiler by 211 votes.
Three youths confess to taking three band instruments from West Junior High School and ransacking Stambaugh School. The two older boys, 18 and 21, are in city jail; the third, 16, is in the juvenile detention center.
A 10-year-old East Side boy admits to setting fire twice to the altar of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 400 Jackson St., because he "liked to hear the sound of the fire engine bells" as they responded to the fires.
November 30, 1931: John D. "Bonesetter" Reese, who gained world fame for his healing hands treating athletes and circus performers, as well as thousands of Youngstowners who came to his home at 219 Park Ave., dies in his sleep at home. He was 76 and had been in ailing health. John Rowland, president of Mahoning National Bank describes Reese as the "first citizen of Youngstown."
Dec. 8 has been designated as "Shoe Day" in Youngstown when new and used shoes will be brought to any Youngstown school or fire station for distribution to the needy.
Youngstown traffic patrolmen continue a war on drivers who block fire hydrants, towing 14 cars to a downtown garage. In recent days, 44 cars have been towed.