November 30

November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the
Gregorian calendar. There are 31 days remaining.

Events:

   * 306 - St. Marcellus I becomes Pope
   * 1292 - John Balliol becomes King of Scotland
   * 1782 - United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles,
     ending American Revolution
   * 1803 - Spain cedes Louisiana Territory to France
   * 1864 - Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
   * 1886 - Folies Bergre stages its first revue
   * 1939 - Start of Winter War between Finland and Soviet Union
   * 1954 - Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman in Sylacauga,
     Alabama
   * 1962 - U Thant becomes UN Secretary-General
   * 1966 - Barbados becomes independent
   * 1967 - People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the
     United Kingdom
   * 1990 - Sega Megadrive is released in Europe
   * 1993 - Brady Bill gun control legislation becomes law
   * 1999 - First major anti-globalization protest held in Seattle

Births:

   * 539 - Gregory of Tours, bishop and historian (+ 594)
   * 1508 - Andrea Palladio, master builder (+ 1580)
   * 1667 - Jonathan Swift, writer, satirist (+ 1745)
   * 1796 - Carl Loewe, composer (+ 1869)
   * 1817 - Theodor Mommsen, author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in
     literature 1902 (+ 1903)
   * 1835 - Mark Twain, writer (+ 1910)
   * 1874 - Sir Winston Churchill , British political leader, writer (+
     1965)
   * 1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, author (+ 1942)
   * 1904 - Clyfford Still, painter (+ 1980)
   * 1906 - Princess Marina of the United Kingdom (+ 1968)
   * 1912 - Gordon Parks, director, writer
   * 1915 - Brownie McGhee, musician (+ 1996)
   * 1918 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor
   * 1920 - Virginia Mayo, actress
   * 1924 - Shirley Chisholm, American politician
   * 1924 - Allan Sherman, comedian (+ 1973)
   * 1927 - Richard Crenna, actor
   * 1927 - Robert Guillaume, actor
   * 1929 - Joan Ganz Cooney, children's television pioneer
   * 1929 - Dick Clark, television host
   * 1930 - G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate scandal figure
   * 1936 - Abbie Hoffman, U.S. anti-war activist
   * 1937 - Ridley Scott, director
   * 1943 - Terrence Malick, writer, producer
   * 1947 - David Mamet, playwright
   * 1952 - Mandy Patinkin, actor, singer
   * 1955 - Billy Idol, musician
   * 1962 - Bo Jackson, American football and baseball star
   * 1962 - Daniel Keys Moran, science fiction writer
   * 1965 - Ben Stiller, actor, director, producer, writer

Deaths:

   * 1016 - King Ethelred the Unready
   * 1718 - King Charles XII of Sweden
   * 1900 - Oscar Wilde, writer
   * 1901 - Edward John Eyre, explorer
   * 1953 - Francis Picabia, painter, poet
   * 1954 - Wilhelm FurtwŠngler, conductor
   * 1957 - Beniamino Gigli, tenor
   * 1977 - Terrence Rattigan, writer
   * 1979 - Zeppo Marx, actor
   * 1996 - Tiny Tim, musician

Holidays and Observances:

   * Saint Andrew's day
   * Feast of the Incarnate Babalon