On this day... November 30:

On this day...

November 30: Cities for Life Day; Independence Day in Barbados(1966) 1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate States Army suffered its worst disaster of the war as the Army of Tennessee conducted numerous unsuccessful frontal assaults against fortified positions at Franklin, Tennessee. 1872 – The first international football matchtook place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland andEngland. 1934 – The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman became the first to officially exceed 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). 1939 – The Winter War broke out as the Soviet Red Army invaded Finland (Finnish troops pictured) and quickly advanced to theMannerheim Line, an action judged as illegal by the League of Nations. 1962 – Burmese diplomat U Thant became United Nations Secretary-General, following the death of Dag Hammarskjöld inSeptember 1961.