What Happened On November 30 - On This Day

  • November
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
  • Summary
  • Events
  • Birthdays
  • Deaths
  • Weddings
  • Film & TV
  • Music
  • Sport
  • 1016 King of Denmark, Cnut the Great [Canute], claims the English throne after the death of Edmund Ironside
  • The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot)

    German Beer Purity Law

    1487 The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, stating that beer should be brewed from only three ingredients: water, malt, and hops
  • 1786 Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II promulgates a penal reform, making Tuscany the first state to abolish the death penalty; November 30 is now commemorated as Cities for Life Day
  • The Golden Mask of Agamemnon, found in Tomb V in Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876

    Mask of Agamemnon

    1876 Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovers the gold Mask of Agamemnon at Mycenae in modern Greece, known as "the Mona Lisa of prehistory"
  • 1909 The British House of Lords rejects David Lloyd George's 'People's Budget,' which aims to shift the tax burden to the wealthy. This leads to the Parliament Act, designed to prevent the unelected House from overruling the will of the elected House
More November 30 Events
  • 1982 "Gandhi," a film biography directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Ben Kingsley and John Gielgud, premieres in New Delhi, India (Best Picture 1983)
  • 1979 Pink Floyd's album "The Wall" is released and sells six million copies in two weeks
  • 1994 The Beatles release "Live at the BBC" in Britain, their first album in 23 years
  • 1872 First international soccer game, Scotland draws with England (0-0) in Glasgow

Ann Hodges is bruised by a meteor at Sylacauga, Alabama, in the first modern instance of a meteorite striking a human

November 30, 1954

  • Gregory of Tours

    538 AD - 594 AD
  • Mark Twain

    1835 - 1910
  • Winston Churchill

    1874 - 1965
  • Shirley Chisholm

    1924 - 2005
  • David Mamet

    78 Years Old
  • Hans Moravec

    77 Years Old
More Birthdays on November 30
  • Woody Allen

    90 Years Old
  • Ridley Scott

    88 Years Old
  • Mandy Patinkin

    73 Years Old
  • Ben Stiller

    60 Years Old
  • Chrissy Teigen

    40 Years Old
  • Kaley Cuoco

    40 Years Old
  • Bill Walsh

    1931 - 2007
  • Sylvia Hanika

    66 Years Old
  • Bo Jackson

    63 Years Old
  • Magnus Carlsen

    35 Years Old

World's longest recorded rainbow lasts for 8 hours and 58 minutes in Taipei's Yangmingshan Mountain Range

November 30, 2017

  • 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 Russian-American sci-fi author Issac Asimov (53) weds second wife, American psychoanalyst and sci-fi author Janet Jeppson (47), until his death in1992
More November 30 Weddings
  • Charles XII

    1682 - 1718
  • Oscar Wilde

    1854 - 1900
  • Evel Knievel

    1938 - 2007
  • Paul Walker

    1973 - 2013
  • Marina Popovich

    1931 - 2017
  • George H. W. Bush

    1924 - 2018
More November 30 Deaths
  • Lady Randolph Churchill (Jennie Jerome) in 1890.

    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
  • Chemist, Engineer and Innovator Alfred Nobel

    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?
  • 29 Nov
  • Calendar
  • Dec 1
  • Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket now on display in the USA

    Artist's 'Rocket' Shot Down in Flames

    November 26, 1878
  • Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory after being shot by a sniper. Artist: Benjamin West. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

    Horatio Nelson: From Frail Boy to National Hero

    November 27, 1770
  • The unstoppable Jonah Lomu charges forward for another try. Photo: Reuters

    Lomu – The Unstoppable Gentle Giant

    November 28, 2015
  • For years it was known as Glebe Farm until researchers found it was really Mary Arden's farm

    Wrong Address for Shakespeare Tourist Attraction

    November 29, 2000
  • November
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930 SummaryEventsBirthdaysDeathsWeddingsFilm & TVMusicSport
  • Summary
  • Events
  • Birthdays
  • Deaths
  • Weddings
  • Film & TV
  • Music
  • Sport
Full Calendar
  • All Days 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
  • All Months JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
  • All TypesEventsBirthdaysDeathsWeddings
  • Search

Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.

  • All Days 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
  • All Months JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
  • All TypesEventsBirthdaysDeathsWeddings
  • Search

Tag » What Day Is November 30th