Historical Events
- 1016 Cnut the Great [Canute], King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund 'Ironside'
- 1487 The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria stating beer should be brewed from only three ingredients – water, malt and hops
- 1648 English Parliamentary army captures King Charles I
- 1786 Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II promulgates a penal reform, making his the 1st state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 commemorated as Cities for Life Day.
- 1876 Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann finds the gold Mask of Agamemnon at Mycenae (modern Greece) "the Mona Lisa of prehistory" [1]
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Nov 30 in Film & TV
- 1982 "Gandhi" directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Ben Kingsley and John Gielgud premieres in New Delhi (Best Picture 1983)
Nov 30 in Music
- 1979 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
- 1982 "Thriller", 6th studio album by Michael Jackson is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1984, best-selling album of all time, Billboard Album of the Year 1983)
- 1994 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at the BBC", is released in Britain
Nov 30 in Sport
- 1872 First international soccer game, Scotland draws with England (0-0) in Glasgow
Did You Know?
World's longest recorded rainbow - 8 hrs 58 min in Taipei's Yangmingshan mountain range
On November 30, 2017
Jonathan Swift
Mark Twain
Winston Churchill
Albert Kesselring
Dick Clark
Kaley CuocoWould You Believe?
Ann Hodges is bruised by a meteor at Sylacauga, Alabama in first modern instance of a meteorite striking a human
On November 30, 1954
Famous Weddings
- 1940 "I Love Lucy" actress Lucille Ball (28) weds Cuban actor and singer Desi Arnaz (23) in Greenwich, Connecticut; divorce in 1960
- 1945 Actress Bette Davis (37) weds artist William Grant Sherry
- 1973 Sci-fi author Issac Asimov (53) weds second wife psychoanalyst and Sci-fi author Janet Jeppson (47)
More Weddings
Charles XII
Oscar Wilde
Albert B. Fall
Evel Knievel
Paul Walker
George H. W. BushArticles, Photos and Quiz
Humble Beginnings of Churchill, the Political Giant
Winston Churchill, Britain’s legendary wartime Prime Minister was born on this day. Surprisingly the great statesman arrived in this world in a very unusual way.
November 30, 1874
Mask of Agamemnon
The Golden Mask of Agamemnon, found in Tomb V in Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876
November 30, 1876
Weekly Quiz for November 25 - December 1
What did Alfred Nobel patent? What was name of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's famous thought experiment? What was Mark Twain's real name?
