Information about 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 Bergre 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 * 1990 - Sega Megadrive is released in Europe * 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 Furtwngler, 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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