November 30

November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 31 days remaining.

Events:

• 306 - St. Marcellus I becomes Pope
• 1292 - John Balliol becomes King of Scotland
• 1782 - United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles, ending American Revolution
• 1803 - Spain cedes Louisiana Territory to France
• 1864 - Battle of Franklin[?], Tennessee
• 1886 - Folies Bergère[?] stages its first revue
• 1939 - Start of Winter War between Finland and Soviet Union
• 1954 - Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman in Sylacauga, Alabama
• 1962 - U Thant[?] becomes UN Secretary-General
• 1966 - Barbados becomes independent
• 1967 - People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom
• 1993 - Brady Bill[?] gun control legislation becomes law
• 1999 - First major anti-globalization protest held in Seattle

Births:

• 539 - Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian (+ 594)
• 1508 - Andrea Palladio, master builder (+ 1580)
• 1667 - Jonathan Swift, writer, satirist (+ 1745)
• 1796 - Carl Loewe, composer (+ 1869)
• 1817 - Theodor Mommsen, author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1902 (+ 1903)
• 1835 - Mark Twain, writer (+ 1910)
• 1874 - Sir Winston Churchill , British political leader, writer (+ 1965)
• 1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, author (+ 1942)
• 1904 - Clyfford Still, painter (+ 1980)
• 1906 - Princess Marina[?] of the United Kingdom (+ 1968)
• 1912 - Gordon Parks[?], director, writer
• 1915 - Brownie McGhee, musician (+ 1996)
• 1918 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr.[?], actor
• 1920 - Virginia Mayo[?], actress
• 1924 - Shirley Chisholm[?], American politician
• 1924 - Allan Sherman, comedian (+ 1973)
• 1927 - Richard Crenna, actor
• 1927 - Robert Guillaume[?], actor
• 1929 - Joan Ganz Cooney[?], children's television pioneer
• 1929 - Dick Clark[?], television host
• 1930 - G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate scandal figure
• 1936 - Abbie Hoffman, U.S. anti-war activist
• 1937 - Ridley Scott, director
• 1943 - Terrence Malick, writer, producer
• 1947 - David Mamet, playwright
• 1952 - Mandy Patinkin, actor, singer
• 1955 - Billy Idol, musician
• 1962 - Bo Jackson[?], American football and baseball star
• 1962 - Daniel Keys Moran[?], science fiction writer
• 1965 - Ben Stiller, actor, director, producer, writer

Deaths:

• 1016 - King Ethelred the Unready
• 1718 - King Charles XII of Sweden
• 1900 - Oscar Wilde, writer
• 1901 - Edward John Eyre[?], explorer
• 1953 - Francis Picabia, painter, poet
• 1954 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
• 1957 - Beniamino Gigli, tenor
• 1977 - Terrence Rattigan, writer
• 1979 - Zeppo Marx, actor
• 1996 - Tiny Tim, musician

Holidays and Observances:

• Saint Andrew's day
• Feast[?] of the Incarnate Babalon[?]

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See Also:

November 29 - December 1 - October 30 - December 30 -- listing of all days

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