November 30th, 2009

Today in History

1966:
Barbados becomes independent.

1962:
The United Nations General Assembly elects U Thant of Burma as the new UN Secretary-General.

1943:
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin establish an agreement concerning a planned June 1944 invasion of Europe codenamed Operation Overlord.

1902:
Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1864:
The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions around Franklin, Tennessee (Hood lost six generals and almost a third of his troops).