Historical Events
Academy Awards
3rd Academy Awards: "All Quiet on the Western Front", George Arliss (Disraeli) and Norma Shearer (The Divorcee) win
- Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt"
Famous Birthdays
- Clifford Irving, American novelist and investigative reporter (hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
Famous Deaths
Christiaan Eijkman (1858-1930)
Dutch physician and bacteriologist (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929), dies at 72
1930 Highlights
About November 5, 1930
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 92 years, 2 months and 26 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Scorpio
