Historical Events
Academy Awards
3rd Academy Awards: "All Quiet on the Western Front", George Arliss and Norma Shearer win
George Arliss
Norma Shearer
- 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
Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and bacteriologist (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929), dies at 72
Christiaan Eijkman
1930 Highlights
About November 5, 1930
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 89 years, 9 months and 7 days
Leap Year: No
Generation Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Scorpio
