November 30
is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining.
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1782 -
American Revolutionary War: In
Paris, representatives from the
United States and the
Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized in the
1783 Treaty of Paris).
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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. November 30 is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as
Cities for Life Day.
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1803 - In
New Orleans,
Spanish representatives officially transfer
Louisiana Territory to a
French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the
United States as the
Louisiana Purchase.
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1804 - The
Jeffersonian Republican-controlled
United States Senate begins an
impeachment trial against
Federalist-partisan
Supreme Court of the United States Justice
Samuel Chase.
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1853 -
Crimean War: The
Russian navy destroys the
Ottoman fleet at the
Battle of Sinop.
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1864 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Franklin â€" The
Army of Tennessee led by General
John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on
Union positions around
Franklin, Tennessee (Hood lost six generals and almost a third of his troops).
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1868 - A statue of King
Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in the King's garden in
Stockholm.
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1872 - The first-ever international
football match takes place at
Hamilton Crescent,
Glasgow, between
Scotland and
England.
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1874 - Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace (the Duke of Marlborough's official seat).
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1886 - The
Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
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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.
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1916 -
Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the
Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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1936 - In
London,
the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
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1939 -
Winter War:
Soviet forces invade
Finland and reach the
Mannerheim Line, starting the war.
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1940 -
Lucille Ball and
Desi Arnaz are married in
Greenwich, Connecticut.
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1943 -
World War II:
Tehran Conference â€" U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader
Josef Stalin establish an agreement concerning a planned June
1944 invasion of
Europe codenamed
Operation Overlord.
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1954 - In
Sylacauga, Alabama,
United States, an 8.5 lb (3.4 kg) sulfide
meteorite crashes through a roof and hits Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges in her living room after bouncing off her
radio, giving her a bad bruise, in the only unequivocally known case of a
human being hit by a space rock.
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1960 - Production of the
DeSoto automobile brand ceases.
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1962 - The
United Nations General Assembly elects
U Thant of
Burma as the new
UN Secretary-General.
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1966 -
Barbados becomes independent from the
United Kingdom.
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1967 - The
People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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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.
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1979 -
Pink Floyd release the album
The Wall.*
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).
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1982 - British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher receives a
parcel bomb at
10 Downing Street.
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1988 -
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys
RJR Nabisco for 25.07 billion.
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1989 -
Deutsche Bank board member
Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a
Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
* 1989 - Richard Mallory of
Palm Harbor, Florida becomes female
serial killer Aileen Wuornos's first victim.
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1993 -
U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
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1994 - Hip-hop artist
Tupac Shakur is robbed of $40,000 in jewelry and survives being shot five times in a New York music studio.
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1998 -
Deutsche Bank announces a $10 billion deal to buy
Bankers Trust, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.
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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.
* 1999 -
British Aerospace and
Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form
BAE Systems, Europe's largest defence contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
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2000 - The
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 comes into force in the
UK.
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2004 - Longtime
Jeopardy champion
Ken Jennings finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700, television's all-time biggest
game show haul.
* 2004 -
Lion Air Flight 538 crashlands in
Surakarta,
Central Java,
Indonesia, killing 26.
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2005 - Rt Rev John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England as Archbishop of York.
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539 -
Gregory of Tours, French bishop and historian (d.
594)
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1340 -
John, Duke of Berry, son of
John II of France (d.
1416)
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1364 -
John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d.
1390)
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1466 -
Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d.
1560)
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1508 -
Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (d.
1580)
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1554 -
Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer (d.
1586)
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1594 -
John Cosin, English clergyman (d.
1672)
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1625 -
Jean Domat, French jurist (d.
1696)
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1637 -
Louis-SĂ©bastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d.
1698)
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1667 -
Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist (d.
1745)
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1670 -
John Toland, Irish philosopher (d.
1722)
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1683 -
Ludwig Andreas Graf KhevenhĂĽller, Austrian field marshal (d.
1744)
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1719 -
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d.
1772)
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1722 -
Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d.
1761)
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1723 -
William Livingston, revolutionary Governor of New Jersey (d.
1790)
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1756 -
Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d.
1827)
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1768 -
Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d.
1838)
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1781 -
Alexander Berry, British adventurer (d.
1873)
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1796 -
Carl Loewe, German composer (d.
1869)
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1810 -
Oliver Winchester, American gunsmith (d.
1880)
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1813 -
Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (d.
1890)
*1813 -
Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d.
1888)
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1817 -
Theodor Mommsen, German author and
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1903)
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1821 -
Frederick Temple,
Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1902)
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1835 -
Samuel Clemens (aka
Mark Twain), American writer (d.
1910)
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1836 -
Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (d.
1882)
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1857 -
Bobby Abel,
English test cricketer (d.
1936)
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1858 -
Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d.
1937)
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1863 -
Andres Bonifacio, head of the Philippine Revolutionary Movement
Katipunan (KKK) (d.
1897)
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1869 -
Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1937)
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1874 - Sir
Winston Churchill,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1965)
* 1874 -
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d.
1942)
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1889 -
Edgar Douglas Adrian, British physiologist and
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1977)
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1898 -
Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (d.
1976)
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1904 -
Clyfford Still, American painter (d.
1980)
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1907 -
Jacques Barzun, French-born historian and author
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1909 -
Robert Nighthawk, American musician (d.
1967)
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1912 -
Gordon Parks, American photographer, film director, composer and writer
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1915 -
Brownie McGhee, American blues musician (d.
1996)
* 1915 -
Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist and
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2005)
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1918 -
Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor
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1920 -
Virginia Mayo, American actress (d.
2005)
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1924 -
Shirley Chisholm, American politician (d.
2005)
* 1924 -
Allan Sherman, American comedian (d.
1973)
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1926 -
Richard Crenna, American actor (d.
2003)
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1927 -
Robert Guillaume, American actor
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1929 -
Dick Clark, American television host
* 1929 -
Joan Ganz Cooney, American children's television pioneer
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1930 -
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate operative
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1931 -
Jack Ging, American actor
* 1931 -
Bill Walsh, American football coach
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1936 -
Abbie Hoffman, American activist (d.
1989)
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1937 -
Ridley Scott, British film director
* 1937 -
Paul Stookey, American folk singer (
Peter, Paul & Mary)
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1943 -
Terrence Malick, American director and screenwriter.
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1945 -
Roger Glover, British bassist (
Deep Purple)
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1947 -
David Mamet, American playwright
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1951 -
Christian Bernard, mystic
* 1951 -
June Chadwick, British actress
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1952 -
Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist
* 1952 -
Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer
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1955 -
Billy Idol, British musician
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1957 -
Colin Mochrie, British-born Canadian comedian
* 1957 -
Andrew Calhoun, American musician
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1958 -
Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
* 1958 -
Stacey Q, American dance-pop singer
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1959 -
Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist
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1960 -
Gary Lineker,
English international footballer
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1962 -
Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
* 1962 -
Daniel Keys Moran, American writer
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1964 -
Jushin Liger, Japanese professional wrestler
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1965 -
Ben Stiller, American actor and writer
* 1965 -
Aldair,
Brazilian international footballer
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1966 -
Ed Kemper, American actor
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1968 -
Des'ree, British soul/pop singer
* 1968 -
Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist
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1971 -
Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, Puerto Rican baseball player
* 1971 -
Ray Durham, American baseball player
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1972 -
Abel Xavier,
Portuguese international footballer
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1973 -
Jason Reso, Canadian professional wrestler
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1975 -
Mindy McCready, American musican
* 1975 -
Ben Thatcher,
Welsh international footballer
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1976 -
Josh Lewsey, England national and London Wasps Rugby union player
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1978 -
Clay Aiken, American singer
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1981 -
Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player
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1982 -
Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
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1984 -
Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
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1984 -
Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
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1985 -
Kaley Cuoco, American actress
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1987 -
Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (
McFly)
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1990 -
Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player
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1994 -
Nyjah Huston, Skateboarder
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1016 -
Edmund II of England*
1580 -
Richard Farrant, English composer
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1626 -
Thomas Weelkes, English composer
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1654 -
John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b.
1584)
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1675 -
Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b.
1605)
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1703 -
Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b.
1672)
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1705 -
Catherine of Braganza, wife of
Charles II of England (b.
1638)
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1718 - King
Charles XII of Sweden (b.
1682)
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1761 -
John Dollond, British optician (b.
1706)
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1765 -
George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b.
1725)
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1900 -
Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b.
1854)
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1901 -
Edward John Eyre, British explorer (b.
1815)
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1920 -
Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (b.
1867)
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1933 -
Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b.
1875)
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1935 -
Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b.
1888)
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1943 -
Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist (executed) (b.
1914)
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1953 -
Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b.
1857)
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1954 -
Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b.
1886)
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1955 -
Josip Ĺ tolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer (b.
1896)
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1958 -
Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b.
1888)
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1967 -
Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (b.
1904)
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1987 -
Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (b.
1913)
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1989 -
Paul Keegan, Irish footballer
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1993 -
Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b.
1924)
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1994 -
Guy Debord, French writer and filmmaker (b.
1931)
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1996 -
Tiny Tim, American entertainer (b.
1932)
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1997 -
Kathy Acker, American author (b.
1947)
* 1997 -
Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b.
1972)
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2003 -
Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b.
1906)
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2004 -
Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b.
1920)
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2005 -
Jean Parker, American actress (b.
1915)
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R.C. Saints -
Saint Andrew the
apostle - St Andrew's day is the
national day of
Scotland* Also see
November 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Barbados -
Independence Day (from Britain,
1966)
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Philippines -
Andres Bonifacio Day
* Official End of the Hurricane Season
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Cities for Life Day; 300 cities around the world declare their opposition to the
death penalty*
BBC: On This Day*
The New York Times: On This DayNovember 29 -
December 1 -
October 30 -
December 30 -
listing of all days
