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Highlights of November 30

2018 — A magnitude-7.1 earthquake (aftermath pictured) hit Anchorage, Alaska, causing 117 injuries. Read more
2005 — John Sentamu was enthroned as Archbishop of York, becoming the first black archbishop in the Church of England. Read more
1999 — A series of protests by anti-globalization activists against the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 in Seattle forced the cancellation of the opening ceremonies. Read more
1979 — The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by the English band Pink Floyd, was first released. Read more
1957 — President Sukarno of Indonesia escapes a grenade attack that kills multiple bystanders. Read more
1954 — A meteorite crashed through a roof in Sylacauga, Alabama, and hit a sleeping woman in the first verified case of a human being injured by an extraterrestrial object. Read more
1953 — Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, was temporarily deposed and exiled to London by Andrew Cohen, the British governor of Uganda. Read more
1947 — After the United Nations voted to adopt a partition plan for Palestine, a civil war broke out between the region's Jewish and Arab communities. Read more
1942 — World War II: Japanese warships defeated the U.S. Navy in a nighttime naval battle off Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal. Read more
1936 — English mathematician Alan Turing published the first details of the Turing machine (model pictured), an abstract device that can simulate the logic of any computer algorithm by manipulating symbols. Read more
1935 — A college football game between the SMU Mustangs and the TCU Horned Frogs became the first game in Texas to be broadcast nationally on radio. Read more
1934 — Flying Scotsman (pictured) became the first steam locomotive officially to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). Read more
1872 — The first international football match (pictured) took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. Read more
1853 — Russian warships led by Pavel Nakhimov destroyed an Ottoman fleet of frigates at the Battle of Sinop, prompting France and the United Kingdom to enter the Crimean War. Read more
1803 — An expedition led by Francisco Javier de Balmis departed A Coruña, Spain, with the aim of vaccinating millions in South America and Asia against smallpox. Read more
1700 — Great Northern War: Swedish forces led by King Charles XII defeated the Russian army at the Battle of Narva. Read more

Events

2022 — The generative AI chatbot ChatGPT is launched by OpenAI. Read more
2021 — Barbados becomes a republic. Read more
2021 — A 15-year-old gunman murders four students and injures seven people, including a teacher, in a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan. Read more
2018 — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 24 km from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths. Read more
2007 — Atlasjet Flight 4203 crashes in Keçiborlu while on approach to Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport, killing 57. Read more
2005 — John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York. Read more
2004 — A McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Lion Air Flight 538, overran the runway at Adisoemarmo Airport and crashed, killing 25 people. Read more
2000 — NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission. Read more
1999 — Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company. Read more
1999 — In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. Read more
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. Read more
1995 — Official end of Operation Desert Storm. Read more
1995 — U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men". Read more
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 end inconclusively on December 17.) Read more
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 because troop levels are now down to 27,000. Read more
1971 — Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. Read more
1967 — The People's Republic of Southern Yemen gains its independence from the United Kingdom Read more
1967 — The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman. Read more
1967 — Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing. Read more
1966 — Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Read more
1962 — Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashes at Idlewild Airport, killing 25 people. Read more
1954 — In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. Read more
1953 — Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. Read more
1947 — Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the State of Israel and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Read more
1942 — World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. Navy cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright. Read more
1941 — The Holocaust: The SS-Einsatzgruppen round up roughly 25,000 Jews from the Riga Ghetto and kill them in the Rumbula massacre. Read more
1940 — World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands. Read more
1939 — World War II: The Soviet Red Army crosses the Finnish border in several places, bombing Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the Winter War. Read more
1936 — In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire. Read more
1916 — Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty. Read more
1872 — The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. Read more
1864 — American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio under General John Schofield in the Battle of Franklin. Read more
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. Read more
1803 — The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines. Read more
1803 — In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to the French First Republic. Read more
1786 — The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). Read more
1782 — American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). Read more
1718 — Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. Read more
1707 — Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida. Read more
978 — Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. Read more
883 — Abu al Abbas celebrates a victory parade in Bagdhad following the suppression of the Zanj Rebellion, the largest slave revolt in the Arab world. Read more

Born on November 30

2000 — Jane Paknia, American musician Read more
1998 — Grant Williams, American basketball player Read more
1995 — Lancey Foux, British rapper and singer Read more
1994 — Sofia Araújo, Portuguese tennis player Read more
1994 — Marko Daňo, Austrian-Slovak ice hockey player Read more
1991 — Agnatius Paasi, Tongan rugby league player Read more
1990 — Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player Read more
1990 — Antoine N'Gossan, Ivorian footballer Read more
1989 — Adelaide Clemens, Australian actress Read more
1989 — Vladimír Weiss, Slovak footballer Read more
1988 — Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (died 2014) Read more
1988 — Vitaliy Polyanskyi, Ukrainian footballer Read more
1988 — Rebecca Rittenhouse, American actress Read more
1988 — Tomi Saarelma, Finnish footballer Read more
1987 — Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player Read more
1987 — Christel Khalil, American actress Read more
1987 — Naomi, American wrestler, model, and dancer Read more
1987 — Daniel Noboa, Politician and businessman, President of Ecuador Read more
1987 — Dougie Poynter, English singer-songwriter and bass player Read more
1986 — Jordan Farmar, American basketball player Read more
1986 — Evgenia Linetskaya, Israeli tennis player Read more
1985 — Kaley Cuoco, American actress Read more
1985 — Hikari Mitsushima, Japanese actress and singer Read more
1985 — Chrissy Teigen, American model Read more
1985 — Luis Valbuena, Venezuelan baseball player (died 2018) Read more
1984 — Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer Read more
1984 — Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer Read more
1984 — Olga Rypakova, Kazakhstani triple jumper Read more
1984 — Francisco Sandaza, Spanish footballer Read more
1983 — Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer Read more
1983 — Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstani swimmer Read more
1982 — Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress Read more
1982 — Jason Pominville, Canadian-American ice hockey player Read more
1981 — Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player Read more
1980 — Cem Adrian, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and director Read more
1980 — Jamie Ashdown, English footballer Read more
1980 — Shane Victorino, American baseball player Read more
1979 — Chris Atkinson, Australian racing driver Read more
1979 — Andrés Nocioni, Italian-Argentine basketball player Read more
1978 — Clay Aiken, American singer Read more

Died on November 30

2024 — Lou Carnesecca, American basketball player and coach (born 1925) Read more
2023 — Alistair Darling, British Politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1953) Read more
2023 — Shane MacGowan, Irish singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues (born 1957) Read more
2022 — Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and President of China (born 1926) Read more
2022 — Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1943) Read more
2020 — Irina Antonova, Russian art historian (born 1922) Read more
2018 — George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st President of the United States and 43rd Vice President of the United States (born 1924) Read more
2017 — Jim Nabors, American actor and comedian (born 1930) Read more
2017 — Surin Pitsuwan, Thai politician and diplomat (born 1949) Read more
2017 — Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (born 1931) Read more
2017 — Alfie Curtis, British actor (born 1930) Read more
2015 — Pío Caro Baroja, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1928) Read more
2015 — Minas Hatzisavvas, Greek actor and screenwriter (born 1948) Read more
2015 — Marcus Klingberg, Polish-Israeli physician and biologist (born 1918) Read more
2015 — Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist and author (born 1940) Read more
2015 — Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1922) Read more
2015 — Eldar Ryazanov, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1927) Read more
2015 — Nigel Buxton, British travel writer and wine critic (born 1924) Read more
2014 — Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic (born 1932) Read more
2014 — Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1961) Read more
2014 — Martin Litton, American rafter and environmentalist (born 1917) Read more
2014 — Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (born 1924) Read more
2014 — Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (born 1914) Read more
2014 — Kent Haruf, American novelist (born 1943) Read more
2013 — Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founded Trinity Broadcasting Network (born 1934) Read more
2013 — Jean Kent, English actress (born 1921) Read more
2013 — Tabu Ley Rochereau, Congolese-Belgian singer-songwriter (born 1937) Read more
2013 — Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1968) Read more
2013 — Paul Walker, American actor (born 1973) Read more
2012 — Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1938) Read more
2012 — I. K. Gujral, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (born 1919) Read more
2012 — Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (born 1931) Read more
2012 — Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Western Province (born 1930) Read more
2012 — Merv Pregulman, American football player and businessman (born 1922) Read more
2012 — Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist and academic (born 1922) Read more
2012 — Mitchell Cole, English footballer (born 1985) Read more
2010 — Rajiv Dixit, Indian author and activist (born 1967) Read more
2010 — Garry Gross, American photographer (born 1937) Read more
2008 — Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (born 1958) Read more
2007 — Engin Arık, Turkish physicist and academic (born 1948) Read more

Holidays & observances

Bonifacio Day (Philippines); Christian feast day: Andrew and its related observances.; Christian feast day: Joseph Marchand (one of Vietnamese Martyrs); Christian feast day: Cuthbert Mayne; Christian feast day: Thaddeus Liu; Christian feast day: November 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); Commemoration Day (United Arab Emirates); Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran (Israel); Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966; National Day (Benin); Regina Mundi Day (South Africa); Saint Andrew's Day (Scotland); Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare (United Nations)

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