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What happend on 30. November in History
In our data base we found 319 events happened on 30. November:
• 539: Gregory of Tours, French bishop and historian (d. 594) [category: Births]
• 1016: Edmund Ironside, English king (b. 993) [category: Deaths]
• 1340: John, Duke of Berry (d. 1416) [category: Births]
• 1364: John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390) [category: Births]
• 1427: Casimir IV Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1492) [category: Births]
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• 1466: Andrea Doria, Italian navy officer (d. 1560) [category: Births]
• 1498: Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish captain and explorer (d. 1568) [category: Births]
• 1508: Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Teatro Olimpico (d. 1580) [category: Births]
• 1554: Philip Sidney, English soldier, and poet (d. 1586) [category: Births]
• 1580: Richard Farrant, English composer and playwright (b. 1530) [category: Deaths]
• 1594: John Cosin, English bishop (d. 1672) [category: Births]
• 1600: Nanda Bayin, Burmese king (b. 1535) [category: Deaths]
• 1625: Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696) [category: Births]
• 1626: Thomas Weelkes, English organist and composer (b. 1576) [category: Deaths]
• 1637: Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698) [category: Births]
• 1645: Andreas Werckmeister, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1706) [category: Births]
• 1654: John Selden, English jurist and scholar (b. 1584) [category: Deaths]
• 1667: Jonathan Swift, Irish author (d. 1745) [category: Births]
• 1670: John Toland, Irish philosopher (d. 1722) [category: Births]
• 1675: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1605) [category: Deaths]
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• 1683: Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744) [category: Births]
• 1700: Battle of Narva – A Swedish army of 8,500 men under Charles XII defeats a much larger Russian army at Narva. [category: Events]
• 1703: Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: Swedish king Charles XII dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway. [category: Events]
• 1719: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (d. 1772) [category: Births]
• 1722: Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (d. 1761) [category: Births]
• 1723: William Livingston, American politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790) [category: Births]
• 1748: Joachim Albertini, Italian-Polish composer (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1754: Ferdinand Ries, German composer (d. 1812) [category: Births]
• 1756: Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 1761: John Dollond, English optician (b. 1706) [category: Deaths]
• 1764: Franz Xaver Gerl, Austrian singer and composer (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 1765: George Glas, Scottish merchant and explorer (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish physician, chemist, and biologist (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1781: Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1782: American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris – In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). [category: Events]
• 1786: Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. Consequently, November 30 is commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day. [category: Events]
• 1791: Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian soldier and politician (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1796: Carl Loewe, German composer (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1803: In New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase. [category: Events]
• 1804: The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase. [category: Events]
• 1810: Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1813: Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1813: Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1817: Theodor Mommsen, German jurist, historian, and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1821: Frederick Temple, English academic and archbishop (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1824: First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal. [category: Events]
• 1825: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1829: First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking. [category: Events]
• 1835: Mark Twain, American author (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1836: Lord Frederick Cavendish, English politician (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1840: Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Birks & Mayors (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1847: Afonso Pena, Brazilian politician, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1857: Bobby Abel, English cricketer (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1858: Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1863: Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino activist (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1864: Patrick Cleburne, Irish-American general (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by J.M. Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops. [category: Events]
• 1868: The inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King's garden in Stockholm. [category: Events]
• 1869: Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1870: Princess Henriette of Belgium (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1872: John McCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and author (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1872: The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. [category: Events]
• 1873: Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1874: Winston Churchill, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1879: Albert Johnson, Canadian soccer player [category: Births]
• 1886: The Folies Bergère stages its first revue. [category: Events]
• 1887: Andrej Gosar, Slovenian politician, economist, and theorist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1887: Beatrice Kerr, Australian swimmer, diver, and aquatic performer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1889: Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1889: Reuvein Margolies, Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1892: Dimitrios Valvis, Greek politician, 69th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1900: Oscar Wilde, Irish author and poet (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Edward John Eyre, English politician and explorer, Governor of Jamaica (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor. [category: Events]
• 1904: Clyfford Still, American painter (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1906: Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican politician and author (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1906: John Dickson Carr, American author (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1907: Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1908: Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: A mine explosion in the mining town of Marianna, Pennsylvania kills 154. [category: Events]
• 1909: Robert Nighthawk, American singer and guitarist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1910: Leonidas Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1911: Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1912: Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1915: Brownie McGhee, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1915: Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: Dorrit Weixler, German actress (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. [category: Events]
• 1918: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor [category: Births]
• 1920: Virginia Mayo, American actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Graham Crowden, Scottish actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1923: John Maclean, Scottish educator (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Allan Sherman, American actor, singer, scriptwriter, and producer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1924: Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Shirley Chisholm, American educator, politician, and author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1926: Richard Crenna, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1927: Robert Guillaume, American actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Joe B. Hall, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1929: Dick Clark, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Joan Ganz Cooney, American television producer, co-founded Sesame Workshop [category: Births]
• 1930: G. Gordon Liddy, American soldier, politician, talk show host, and actor [category: Births]
• 1931: Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Jack Ging, American actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Bob Moore, American bassist and orchestra leader (The Nashville A-Team) [category: Births]
• 1932: Cho Namchul, South Korean Go player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1933: Dennis Stevens, English footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Hélène Boucher, French pilot (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Roy Turk, American songwriter (d. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph. [category: Events]
• 1935: Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded the Youth International Party (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1936: Dmitri Anosov, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1936: In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire. [category: Events]
• 1937: Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese-American physician and author [category: Births]
• 1937: Frank Ifield, English-Australian singer [category: Births]
• 1937: Ridley Scott, English director and producer [category: Births]
• 1937: Tom Simpson, English cyclist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1938: Jean Eustache, French director and producer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1939: Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war. [category: Events]
• 1940: Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1940: Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: Guadalcanal Campaign: Battle of Tassafaronga – A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a US cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright. [category: Events]
• 1943: Terrence Malick, American director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1943: Etty Hillesum, Dutch author (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Dian Parkinson, American model [category: Births]
• 1944: George Graham, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1944: Paul Masson, French cyclist (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist [category: Births]
• 1945: Roger Glover, Welsh bass player, songwriter, and producer (Deep Purple, Episode Six, and Rainbow) [category: Births]
• 1947: David Mamet, American director and scriptwriter [category: Births]
• 1947: Jude Ciccolella, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet [category: Births]
• 1947: Stuart Baird, English director and producer [category: Births]
• 1947: 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins on this day, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel. [category: Events]
• 1949: Jimmy London, Jamaican singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1949: Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1950: Chris Claremont, English-American author [category: Births]
• 1951: June Chadwick, English actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Keith Giffen, American writer and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1952: Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1953: June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1953: Shuggie Otis, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1953: Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. [category: Events]
• 1954: Lawrence Summers, American economist and academic, 27th President of Harvard University [category: Births]
• 1954: Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space. [category: Events]
• 1955: Andy Gray, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Billy Idol, English singer-songwriter and actor (Generation X and Chelsea) [category: Births]
• 1955: Kevin Conroy, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Michael Beschloss, American historian and author [category: Births]
• 1955: Muricy Ramalho, Brazilian footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1955: Richard Burr, American politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Andrew Calhoun, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1957: Colin Mochrie, Scottish-Canadian comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1957: John Ashton, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Psychedelic Furs) [category: Births]
• 1957: Joël Champetier, Canadian author [category: Births]
• 1957: Margaret Spellings, American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Education [category: Births]
• 1957: Richard Barbieri, English keyboardist and songwriter (Porcupine Tree and Japan) [category: Births]
• 1957: Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: IZ the Wiz, American painter (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1958: Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder [category: Births]
• 1958: Stacey Q, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Q and SSQ) [category: Births]
• 1958: Hubert Wilkins, Australian soldier, explorer, and photographer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Cherie Currie, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Runaways) [category: Births]
• 1959: Lorraine Kelly, Scottish journalist and actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Bill Halter, American politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas [category: Births]
• 1960: Bob Tewksbury, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Gary Lineker, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Rich Fields, American television announcer and actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Daniel Keys Moran, American computer programmer and author [category: Births]
• 1964: Jushin Liger, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1964: Michael Cudlitz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Aldair, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Ben Stiller, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1965: David Laws, English politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Lee Klein, American poet [category: Births]
• 1965: Prince Akishino of Japan [category: Births]
• 1966: David Berkoff, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1966: David Nicholls, English author and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1966: John Bishop, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Mika Salo, Finnish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1966: Wil Mara, American author [category: Births]
• 1966: Salah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1967: Rajiv Dixit, Indian activist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1967: Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1967: The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1968: Des'ree, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist [category: Births]
• 1969: Amy Ryan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Marc Goossens, Belgian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1969: Mike Stone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Queensrÿche and The Stick People) [category: Births]
• 1970: Perrey Reeves, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Robert Griffith, American football player [category: Births]
• 1971: Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Ray Durham, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Tonči Boban, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates. [category: Events]
• 1972: Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 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 due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27,000. [category: Events]
• 1973: Christian, Canadian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1973: John Moyer, American bass player (Disturbed, The Union Underground, and Adrenaline Mob) [category: Births]
• 1973: Yim Chang-jung, South Korean actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Sébastien Tellier, French singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1975: Ben Thatcher, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Mindy McCready, American singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Cypher Zero, American circus producer, founded the New York Circus Arts Academy [category: Births]
• 1976: Josh Lewsey, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Marco Castro, American director [category: Births]
• 1977: Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Kazumi Saito, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1977: Steve Aoki, American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Records [category: Births]
• 1977: Terence Rattigan, English playwright (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Benjamin Lense, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Clay Aiken, American singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Emil Steiner, American author and journalist [category: Births]
• 1978: Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor and director [category: Births]
• 1979: Andrés Nocioni, Argentine basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Chris Atkinson, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1979: Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Jamie Ashdown, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Shane Victorino, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Billy Lush, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Zabiuddin Ansari, Indian-Pakistani terrorist [category: Births]
• 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 ended inconclusively on December 17). [category: Events]
• 1982: Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Medina, Danish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1982: Tony Giarratano, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released. [category: Events]
• 1983: Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Andy Akinwolere, Nigerian-English television host [category: Births]
• 1983: Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakh swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Francisco Sandaza, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Kaley Cuoco, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Jordan Farmar, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Christel Khalil, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Dougie Poynter, English singer-songwriter and bass player (McFly) [category: Births]
• 1987: Naomi Knight, American wrestler, model, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1987: Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English singer-songwriter (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Vladimír Weiss, Slovakian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb. [category: Events]
• 1990: Antoine N'Gossan, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player [category: Births]
• 1993: Yuri Chinen, Japanese actor and singer (NYC and Hey! Say! JUMP) [category: Births]
• 1993: David Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law. [category: Events]
• 1994: William Melling, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1994: Guy Debord, French theorist and author (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia. [category: Events]
• 1995: Stretch, American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Bill Clinton, then President of the United States, visited Northern Ireland, and spoke in favour of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall. He called terrorists "yesterday's men". [category: Events]
• 1995: Official end of Operation Desert Storm. [category: Events]
• 1996: Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Margaret Walker, American poet (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company. [category: Events]
• 1999: Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1999: In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. [category: Events]
• 2000: Scott Smith, Canadian bass player (Loverboy) (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: In Renton, Washington, United States, Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer is arrested. [category: Events]
• 2002: Tim Woods, American wrestler (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Seung Sahn, Korean spiritual leader, founded the Kwan Um School of Zen (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26. [category: Events]
• 2004: Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings. [category: Events]
• 2005: Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York. [category: Events]
• 2006: Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and songwriter (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Engin Arık, Turkish physicist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (Loudness, Lazy, and Sly) (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Daya Mata, American spiritual leader (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Peter Hofmann, Czech-German tenor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Rajiv Dixit, Indian activist (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: I. K. Gujral Indian politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kélétigui Diabaté, Malian balafon player (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mario Ardizzon, Italian footballer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer, politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• _: Andrew [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Andrés Bonifacio Day (the Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cities for Life Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966 [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of South Yemen from the United Kingdom in 1967 [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Benin) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: November 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Regina Mundi Day (South Africa) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: St. Andrew's Day (Scotland) [category: Holidays and observances]