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November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 31 days remaining until the end of the year.
[edit] Events
- 1700 – Battle of Narva – A Swedish army of 8,500 men under Charles XII defeats a much larger Russian army at Narva.
- 1718 – Swedish king Charles XII dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway.
- 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris – In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
- 1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
- 1786 – Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. Consequently, November 30 is commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.
- 1803 – In New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
- 1804 – The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase.
- 1824 – First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal.
- 1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
- 1853 – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Franklin – The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops.
- 1868 – The inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King's garden in Stockholm.
- 1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
- 1886 – The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
- 1902 – American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
- 1908 – A mine explosion in the mining town of Marianna, Pennsylvania kills 154.
- 1916 – Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1934 – The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph.
- 1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
- 1939 – Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
- 1940 – Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.
- 1942 – World War II: Guadalcanal Campaign: Battle of Tassafaronga – A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a US cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
- 1947 – 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins on this day, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
- 1953 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
- 1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
- 1966 – Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1967 – The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.
- 1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates.
- 1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27,000.
- 1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended inconclusively on December 17).
- 1982 – Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released.
- 1989 – Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
- 1993 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
- 1994 – MS Achille Lauro fire off Somalia coast.
- 1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
- 1998 – Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.
- 1999 – In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
- 1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
- 2001 – In Renton, Washington, United States, Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer is arrested.
- 2004 – Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings.
- 2004 – Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
- 2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
[edit] Births
- 539 – Gregory of Tours, French bishop and historian (d. 594)
- 1340 – John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (d. 1416)
- 1364 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
- 1466 – Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d. 1560)
- 1498 – Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568)
- 1508 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (d. 1580)
- 1554 – Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer (d. 1586)
- 1594 – John Cosin, English clergyman (d. 1672)
- 1625 – Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
- 1637 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698)
- 1667 – Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist (d. 1745)
- 1670 – John Toland, Irish philosopher (d. 1722)
- 1683 – Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)
- 1719 – Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d. 1772)
- 1722 – Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d. 1761)
- 1723 – William Livingston, revolutionary Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)
- 1756 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827)
- 1768 – Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)
- 1781 – Alexander Berry, British adventurer (d. 1873)
- 1791 – Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian soldier and statesman (d. 1848)
- 1796 – Carl Loewe, German composer (d. 1869)
- 1810 – Oliver Winchester, American gunsmith (d. 1880)
- 1813 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (d. 1890)
- 1813 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d. 1888)
- 1817 – Theodor Mommsen, German historian, Nobel laureate (d. 1903)
- 1821 – Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902)
- 1825 – William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French academic painter (d. 1905)
- 1835 – Mark Twain, American writer (d. 1910)
- 1836 – Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (d. 1882)
- 1840 – Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)
- 1847 – Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909)
- 1857 – Bobby Abel, English cricketer (d. 1936)
- 1858 – Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937)
- 1863 – Andrés Bonifacio, head of the Philippine Revolutionary Movement Katipunan (KKK) (d. 1897)
- 1869 – Nils Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
- 1870 – Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon (d. 1948)
- 1872 – Dr. John McCrae, Canadian physician and soldier (d. 1918)
- 1874 – Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
- 1874 – Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. 1942)
- 1887 – Andrej Gosar, Slovenian politician and thinker (d. 1970)
- 1889 – Edgar Douglas Adrian, British physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1977)
- 1889 – Reuvein Margolies, Austrian-Hungarian-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar (d. 1971)
- 1898 – Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1904 – Clyfford Still, American painter (d. 1980)
- 1906 – Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican writer (d. 2008)
- 1906 – John Dickson Carr, American author of detective fiction (d. 1977)
- 1907 – Jacques Barzun, French-born historian and author
- 1909 – Robert Nighthawk, American musician (d. 1967)
- 1911 – Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)
- 1912 – Gordon Parks, American photographer and film director (d. 2006)
- 1915 – Brownie McGhee, American blues musician (d. 1996)
- 1915 – Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor
- 1920 – Virginia Mayo, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1922 – Graham Crowden, Scottish actor (d. 2010)
- 1924 – Shirley Chisholm, American politician, United States Representatives from New York (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Allan Sherman, American comedian (d. 1973)
- 1924 – Elliott Blackstone, American gay and lesbian rights activist (d. 2006)
- 1926 – Richard Crenna, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1927 – Robert Guillaume, American actor
- 1928 – Joe B. Hall, American basketball coach
- 1929 – Dick Clark, American television host
- 1929 – Joan Ganz Cooney, American children's television pioneer
- 1930 – G. Gordon Liddy, American Watergate operative and talk radio host
- 1931 – Jack Ging, American actor
- 1931 – Bill Walsh, American football coach (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Bob Moore, American bassist and orchestra leader
- 1932 – Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go player (d. 2006)
- 1933 – Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007)
- 1936 – Dmitri Victorovich Anosov, Russian mathematician
- 1936 – Abbie Hoffman, American activist (d. 1989)
- 1937 – Ridley Scott, British film director
- 1937 – Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese writer
- 1937 – Frank Ifield, Australian/British singer
- 1937 – Tom Simpson, British cyclist (d. 1967)
- 1938 – Jean Eustache, French filmmaker
- 1943 – Terrence Malick, American director and screenwriter
- 1944 – George Graham, Scottish former footballer
- 1945 – Roger Glover, British bassist (Deep Purple)
- 1945 – Radu Lupu, Romanian concert pianist
- 1947 – David Mamet, American playwright
- 1947 – Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet
- 1947 – Stuart Baird, English film editor, producer and director
- 1947 – Jude Ciccolella, American actor
- 1949 – Jimmy London, Jamaican reggae singer
- 1950 – Chris Claremont, British comic book writer
- 1951 – Christian Bernard, mystic
- 1951 – June Chadwick, British actress
- 1952 – Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist
- 1952 – Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer
- 1953 – Shuggie Otis, American musician, composer and producer
- 1953 – June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (d. 2006)
- 1954 – Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian actress (The Godfather)
- 1954 – Lawrence Summers, American economist and government official
- 1955 – Michael Beschloss, American historian
- 1955 – Richard Burr, American politician
- 1955 – Kevin Conroy, American actor (Batman in the DC animated universe)
- 1955 – Andy Gray, Scottish footballer
- 1955 – Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad), British musician
- 1955 – Gordon Liu, Chinese actor
- 1955 – Muricy Ramalho, Brazilian manager and former football player
- 1957 – John Ashton, English guitarist (The Psychedelic Furs)
- 1957 – Richard Barbieri, British keyboardist (Porcupine Tree)
- 1957 – Andrew Calhoun, American musician
- 1957 – Margaret Spellings, American politician and 8th United States Secretary of Education
- 1957 – Joël Champetier, French Canadian author
- 1957 – Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian
- 1958 – Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
- 1958 – Stacey Q, American singer
- 1958 – Iz the Wiz, NYC graffiti artist (d. 2009)
- 1959 – Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist
- 1959 – Cherie Currie, American musician
- 1960 – Rich Fields, American television personality
- 1960 – Bill Halter, American politician
- 1960 – Gary Lineker, English footballer
- 1962 – Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
- 1962 – Daniel Keys Moran, American writer
- 1964 – Jushin Liger, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1964 – Michael Cudlitz, American actor
- 1965 – Ben Stiller, American actor
- 1965 – Lee Klein, American writer
- 1965 – Aldair, Brazilian footballer
- 1965 – Prince Akishino of Japan
- 1965 – David Laws, British politician
- 1966 – David Berkoff, American swimmer
- 1966 – John Bishop, British comedian
- 1966 – Wil Mara, American author
- 1966 – David Nicholls, English novelist and screenwriter
- 1966 – Mika Salo, Finnish racing driver
- 1967 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian Scientist & Social Activist (d. 2010)
- 1968 – Des'ree, English singer
- 1968 – Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist
- 1969 – Marc Goossens, Belgian racing driver
- 1969 – Amy Ryan, American actress
- 1969 – Mike Stone, American musician (Queensryche)
- 1970 – Robert Griffith, American football player
- 1970 – Perrey Reeves, American actress
- 1971 – Tonči Boban, Croatian footballer
- 1971 – Ray Durham, American baseball player
- 1971 – Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1972 – Christopher Fitzgerald, American stage actor
- 1972 – Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer
- 1973 – Lim Chang-jung, South Korean actor
- 1973 – John Moyer, American bassist (Disturbed)
- 1973 – Jason Reso (aka "Christian Cage"), Canadian professional wrestler
- 1975 – Mindy McCready, American musician
- 1975 – Ben Thatcher, Welsh footballer
- 1976 – Josh Lewsey, English rugby union footballer
- 1976 – Cypher Zero, American circus innovator (New York Circus Arts)
- 1976 – Marco Castro, American film director
- 1977 – Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer
- 1977 – Kazumi Saito, Japanese baseball player
- 1977 – Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer
- 1978 – Clay Aiken, American singer
- 1978 – Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor
- 1978 – Emil Steiner, American writer
- 1979 – Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
- 1979 – Andrés Nocioni, Argentine basketball player
- 1980 – Jamie Ashdown, English footballer
- 1980 – Shane Victorino, American baseball player
- 1981 – Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player
- 1981 – Billy Lush, American actor
- 1982 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
- 1982 – Tony Giarratano, American baseball player
- 1982 – Clémence Poésy, French actress
- 1982 – Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer
- 1983 – Andy Akinwolere, English television presenter
- 1983 – Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakh swimmer
- 1984 – Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
- 1984 – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
- 1984 – Francisco Sandaza, Spanish footballer
- 1985 – Kaley Cuoco, American actress and model
- 1986 – Jordan Farmar, American basketball player
- 1987 – Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly)
- 1987 – Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player
- 1987 – Christel Khalil, American actress
- 1989 – Vladimír Weiss, Slovakian footballer
- 1990 – Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player
- 1990 – Antoine N'Gossan, Ivorian footballer
- 1993 – Yuri Chinen, Japanese actor and singer
- 1994 – William Melling, English actor
[edit] Deaths
- 1016 – Edmund II of England
- 1580 – Richard Farrant, English composer
- 1626 – Thomas Weelkes, English composer
- 1654 – John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)
- 1675 – Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial governor (b. 1605)
- 1703 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)
- 1705 – Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England (b. 1638)
- 1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)
- 1761 – John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
- 1765 – George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
- 1900 – Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b. 1854)
- 1901 – Edward John Eyre, British explorer (b. 1815)
- 1908 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)
- 1916 – Dorrit Weixler, German actress (b. 1892)
- 1920 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
- 1923 – John Maclean MA, Scottish Socialist (b. 1879)
- 1933 – Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
- 1934 – Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)
- 1935 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b. 1888)
- 1943 – Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist (b. 1914)
- 1953 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1857)
- 1954 – Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886)
- 1955 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer (b. 1896)
- 1956 – Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (b. 1874)
- 1957 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)
- 1958 – Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)
- 1966 – Salah Suheimat, Jordanian parliamentarian (b. 1914)
- 1967 – Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (b. 1904)
- 1977 – Terence Rattigan, British writer and playwright (b. 1911)
- 1979 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
- 1987 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1913)
- 1989 – Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (Deutsche Bank) (b. 1930)
- 1993 – Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b. 1924)
- 1993 – David Houston, American country music singer (b. 1938)
- 1994 – Guy Debord, French writer and filmmaker (b. 1931)
- 1994 – Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1995 – Randy Walker, American musician (b. 1972)
- 1996 – Tiny Tim, American entertainer (b. 1932)
- 1997 – Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947)
- 1999 – Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)
- 2000 – Scott Smith, Canadian musician (Loverboy) (b. 1955)
- 2002 – Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
- 2003 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)
- 2004 – Seung Sahn, Korean spiritual figure (b. 1927)
- 2004 – Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b. 1920)
- 2005 – Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
- 2006 – Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker and politician (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (b. 1948)
- 2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese musician (Loudness) (b. 1958)
- 2010 – Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
- 2010 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement figure (b. 1967)
- 2010 – Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)
- 2010 – Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
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