60 Saint Andrew was crucified by being tied to an X-shaped cross in Greece on November 30, 60 AD by order of Roman governor Aegeas. It is said that he preached for two days on the cross and Aegeas was driven mad when he died. Andrew became Scotland’s patron saint in 1320 with the Declaration Of Arbroath, submitted to Pope John XXII to confirm Scottish independence and the right to defend itself against the English.
1667 Anglo-Irish satirist and cleric Jonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. He was the second child and only son of Jonathan Swift and his wife Abigail Erick (or Herrick). Jonathan was born seven months after his father's death from syphilis. The author of the satirical Gulliver's Travels, he also served as Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
1670 The religious philosopher John Toland was born in Ardagh on the Inishowen Peninsula in northwestern Ireland on November 30, 1670. Toland was one of the pioneers of the deist movement, the predominant philosophy of the Anglican Church in the late 17th and pre Wesley 18th century.
1675 Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, founder of the Maryland colony in the New World died on November 30, 1675. Calvert was a Catholic in a time of religious persecution of Catholics in England. He envisioned a new colony where people of all faiths could live in freedom, tolerance and safety.
1700 In 1700 Peter the Great of Russia launched the Great Northern War, fighting Sweden for control of the Baltic Sea. Russia was ill-prepared to fight the Swedes, and their first attempt at seizing the Baltic coast ended in disaster at the Battle of Narva on November 30, 1700. Peter the Great of Russia took Narva in a second battle in 1704.
1774 In 1774, Thomas Paine was fired from his job with the excise service for being absent from his post without permission, after distributing his political pamphlet in London. By then his tobacco business had also failed. Paine sailed for America to escape his creditors carrying letters of introduction from Benjamin Franklin, who'd recommended him for the "genius in his eyes." Paine arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 30, 1774.
1786 The first country to ban capital punishment (apart from China for a brief spell in the eighth century) was Tuscany. On November 30, 1786 Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgated a penal reform that abolished capital punishment. This code remained in act until Tuscany became part of the unified Italy in 1860. November 30th is now commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.
1835 American humorist and writer Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835 in Florida, a small town in Missouri. His storekeeper father John Marshall Clemens died of pleurisy when Samuel was 12 leaving many debts. After his father died Samuel was so full of remorse for his naughtiness during his father's lifetime that it worried his mother.
1872 The first-ever international football match took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England on November 30, 1872. The match finished in a 0–0 draw and was watched by 4,000 spectators.
1874 British prime minister and writer Winston Churchill was born two months prematurely on November 30, 1874, in a bedroom in Blenheim Palace, the 21,000 acre estate of the Dukes of Marlborough. Winston's birth was caused by his mother slipping and falling while out walking at the property. His father was Lord Randolph Churchill, a prominent Tory MP (Secretary of State for India 1885, Chancellor of Exchequer 1886). Churchill's mother was American Jenny Jerome.
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| Crucifixion of St. Andrew, by Juan Correa de Vivar (1540 - 1545) |
1667 Anglo-Irish satirist and cleric Jonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. He was the second child and only son of Jonathan Swift and his wife Abigail Erick (or Herrick). Jonathan was born seven months after his father's death from syphilis. The author of the satirical Gulliver's Travels, he also served as Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
1670 The religious philosopher John Toland was born in Ardagh on the Inishowen Peninsula in northwestern Ireland on November 30, 1670. Toland was one of the pioneers of the deist movement, the predominant philosophy of the Anglican Church in the late 17th and pre Wesley 18th century.
1675 Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, founder of the Maryland colony in the New World died on November 30, 1675. Calvert was a Catholic in a time of religious persecution of Catholics in England. He envisioned a new colony where people of all faiths could live in freedom, tolerance and safety.
1700 In 1700 Peter the Great of Russia launched the Great Northern War, fighting Sweden for control of the Baltic Sea. Russia was ill-prepared to fight the Swedes, and their first attempt at seizing the Baltic coast ended in disaster at the Battle of Narva on November 30, 1700. Peter the Great of Russia took Narva in a second battle in 1704.
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| "Battle of Narva 1700" by Daniel Stawert |
1774 In 1774, Thomas Paine was fired from his job with the excise service for being absent from his post without permission, after distributing his political pamphlet in London. By then his tobacco business had also failed. Paine sailed for America to escape his creditors carrying letters of introduction from Benjamin Franklin, who'd recommended him for the "genius in his eyes." Paine arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 30, 1774.
1786 The first country to ban capital punishment (apart from China for a brief spell in the eighth century) was Tuscany. On November 30, 1786 Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgated a penal reform that abolished capital punishment. This code remained in act until Tuscany became part of the unified Italy in 1860. November 30th is now commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.
1835 American humorist and writer Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835 in Florida, a small town in Missouri. His storekeeper father John Marshall Clemens died of pleurisy when Samuel was 12 leaving many debts. After his father died Samuel was so full of remorse for his naughtiness during his father's lifetime that it worried his mother.
1872 The first-ever international football match took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England on November 30, 1872. The match finished in a 0–0 draw and was watched by 4,000 spectators.
1874 British prime minister and writer Winston Churchill was born two months prematurely on November 30, 1874, in a bedroom in Blenheim Palace, the 21,000 acre estate of the Dukes of Marlborough. Winston's birth was caused by his mother slipping and falling while out walking at the property. His father was Lord Randolph Churchill, a prominent Tory MP (Secretary of State for India 1885, Chancellor of Exchequer 1886). Churchill's mother was American Jenny Jerome.
1900 Irish playwright and wit Oscar Wilde died of cerebral meningitis on November 30, 1900. There are two versions of Wilde's last words in a Paris bedroom. Either accepting a drink of champagne, he remarked so "I am dying beyond my means". Or staring at his shabby Paris bedroom, "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go."
1936 The Crystal Palace, a large building made mostly out of glass, was built to house The Great Exhibition of 1851 and used to be in Hyde Park. The palace was moved to Sydenham Hill, one of the highest locations in London in 1854. The Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire on November 30, 1936 and the site of the building and its grounds are now known as Crystal Palace Park.
1939 The shortest man on record, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, was born on November 30, 1939. A primordial dwarf from Nepal, he stood at just 54.6 cm (1 ft 9 1⁄2 in) shorter than five cans of Coke stacked on top of each other.
1939 The three month Winter War began with the Soviet invasion of Finland on November 30, 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II. Hostilities ceased in March 1940 with the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty. Finland ceded territory representing 11 percent of its land area and 13 percent of its economy to the Soviet Union.
1940 Comic actress Lucille Ball first met Cuban-born bandleader Desi Arnaz while filming the Rodgers and Hart stage hit Too Many Girls. At first, Arnaz was not fond of Lucy. When they met again later that day, the two connected immediately and eloped the same year. They got married in Greenwich, Connecticut on November 30, 1940. Lucy said "It wasn't love at first sight. It took a full five minutes."
1949 Paddi Pads, the first disposable nappies, went on sale on November 30, 1949 in England, made by Robinson’s of Chesterfield. They were invented by Valerie Hunter-Gordon, a mother of three who was married to a soldier.
1954 The Hodges Meteorite crashed through a roof of a home in Sylacauga, Alabama, United States on November 30, 1954. The meteorite hit Ann Hodges who was taking an afternoon nap, striking her on the thigh, leaving a huge pineapple-shaped bruise. The event was the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
1966 The national flag of Barbados was officially adopted on November 30, 1966, the island's first Independence Day, when it was raised for the first time by Lieutenant Hartley Dottin of the Barbados Regiment.
1979 The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by Pink Floyd, was first released on November 30, 1979. It was the last studio album released with the band's 11-year-spanning line-up of Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason. The album has sold more than 24 million copies, and is one of the best-selling of all time.
1982 Michael Jackson's Thriller album was released on November 30, 1982. It was certified 20 times Platinum two years later and has gone on to become the best-selling record album in history.
Michael Jackson got $2 for every Thriller album sold, which was one of the highest royalty rates of that time.
1936 The Crystal Palace, a large building made mostly out of glass, was built to house The Great Exhibition of 1851 and used to be in Hyde Park. The palace was moved to Sydenham Hill, one of the highest locations in London in 1854. The Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire on November 30, 1936 and the site of the building and its grounds are now known as Crystal Palace Park.
1939 The shortest man on record, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, was born on November 30, 1939. A primordial dwarf from Nepal, he stood at just 54.6 cm (1 ft 9 1⁄2 in) shorter than five cans of Coke stacked on top of each other.
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| Shortest living Man in the world 2012 By Krish Dulal |
1939 The three month Winter War began with the Soviet invasion of Finland on November 30, 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II. Hostilities ceased in March 1940 with the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty. Finland ceded territory representing 11 percent of its land area and 13 percent of its economy to the Soviet Union.
1940 Comic actress Lucille Ball first met Cuban-born bandleader Desi Arnaz while filming the Rodgers and Hart stage hit Too Many Girls. At first, Arnaz was not fond of Lucy. When they met again later that day, the two connected immediately and eloped the same year. They got married in Greenwich, Connecticut on November 30, 1940. Lucy said "It wasn't love at first sight. It took a full five minutes."
1949 Paddi Pads, the first disposable nappies, went on sale on November 30, 1949 in England, made by Robinson’s of Chesterfield. They were invented by Valerie Hunter-Gordon, a mother of three who was married to a soldier.
1954 The Hodges Meteorite crashed through a roof of a home in Sylacauga, Alabama, United States on November 30, 1954. The meteorite hit Ann Hodges who was taking an afternoon nap, striking her on the thigh, leaving a huge pineapple-shaped bruise. The event was the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
1966 The national flag of Barbados was officially adopted on November 30, 1966, the island's first Independence Day, when it was raised for the first time by Lieutenant Hartley Dottin of the Barbados Regiment.
1979 The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by Pink Floyd, was first released on November 30, 1979. It was the last studio album released with the band's 11-year-spanning line-up of Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason. The album has sold more than 24 million copies, and is one of the best-selling of all time.
1982 Michael Jackson's Thriller album was released on November 30, 1982. It was certified 20 times Platinum two years later and has gone on to become the best-selling record album in history.
Michael Jackson got $2 for every Thriller album sold, which was one of the highest royalty rates of that time.
1993 US President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act into law on November 30, 1993, requiring purchasers of handguns to pass a background check. The law was named after James Brady, who was press secretary to President Ronald Reagan and was seriously wounded during an assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981.
1995 During a visit to Northern Ireland, U.S. President Bill Clinton spoke on November 30, 1995 in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall. He called terrorists "yesterday's men".
1998 On November 30, 1998, Exxon and Mobil signed a merger agreement, creating ExxonMobil Corporation. The merger was valued at around $81 billion and resulted in the formation of one of the largest and most influential energy companies in the world. ExxonMobil became the largest publicly traded oil and gas company at that time.
2005 John Sentamu's enthronement as Archbishop of York on November 30, 2005, marked a significant milestone in the history of the Church of England. Born in Uganda, Sentamu became the first archbishop of African descent to lead a major province of the Anglican Communion. His appointment was widely celebrated as a sign of the church's growing diversity and its commitment to embracing people from all backgrounds.
2018 The 41st president of the United States, George H.W. Bush, suffered from Parkinson's disease in his last years and was forced to use a motorized scooter or wheelchair from at least 2012. He died on November 30, 2018, aged 94, at his Houston home.
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