NOVEMBER 30
1993:President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, nicknamed the Brady Bill, requiring background checks and a five-day waiting period for prospective handgun buyers. The legislation is named in honor of gun-control advocate James Brady, press secretary for former President Ronald Reagan, who was shot in the head and became partially paralyzed during John Hinckley Jr.’s assassination attempt on Reagan in March 1981.
1961: Burmese diplomat U Thant is unanimously elected by the General Assembly as the third secretary-general of the United Nations, replacing the late Dag Hammarskjöld.
2004: After winning 74 consecutive games and raking in more than $2.5 million over six months on the television game show Jeopardy!, trivia titan Ken Jennings is finally stumped by a question about tax preparation firm H&R Block and loses the game to challenger Nancy Zerg.
1961: Burmese diplomat U Thant is unanimously elected by the General Assembly as the third secretary-general of the United Nations, replacing the late Dag Hammarskjöld.
2004: After winning 74 consecutive games and raking in more than $2.5 million over six months on the television game show Jeopardy!, trivia titan Ken Jennings is finally stumped by a question about tax preparation firm H&R Block and loses the game to challenger Nancy Zerg.
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