November, 30th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 30, 2004:
Lion Air Flight 538 crash landed in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26 passengers out of 146.

Thursday 30, 2000:
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 came into force in the UK.

Tuesday 30, 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.

Monday 30, 1998:
Deutsche Bank announces a US$10 billion deal to buy Bankers Trust, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.

Wednesday 30, 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. He believes he was set up by The Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy.

Tuesday 30, 1993:
U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.

Thursday 30, 1989:
Richard Mallory of Palm Harbor, Florida, takes a ride with Aileen Wuornos before becoming the female serial killer's first victim.

Wednesday 30, 1988:
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25.07 billion.

Tuesday 30, 1982:
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher receives a parcel bomb at 10 Downing Street.

Monday 30, 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).

Friday 30, 1979:
Rock band Pink Floyd release the mega-selling rock opera The Wall.

Saturday 30, 1974:
The skeleton of "Lucy", a 3.18 million years old female hominid, of the genus Australopithecus, was discovered in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia.

Thursday 30, 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.

Thursday 30, 1967:
The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

Wednesday 30, 1966:
Barbados becomes independent.

Friday 30, 1962:
The United Nations General Assembly elects U Thant of Burma as the new UN Secretary-General.

Wednesday 30, 1960:
Production of the De Soto automobile brand ceases.

Tuesday 30, 1954:
In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, an 8.5 pound sulfide meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a 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.

Tuesday 30, 1943:
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.

Saturday 30, 1940:
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are married in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Thursday 30, 1939:
Winter War begins: Soviet forces invade Finland and reach the Mannerheim Line, starting the war.

Monday 30, 1936:
In London, the Crystal Palace, built for the 1851 Great Exhibition, is destroyed in a fire.

Sunday 30, 1902:
Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Tuesday 30, 1886:
Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Saturday 30, 1872:
First-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Scotland.

Wednesday 30, 1864:
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).

Wednesday 30, 1853:
Crimean War: The Russian fleet destroys the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Sinope.

Friday 30, 1804:
The Jeffersonian Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase.

Wednesday 30, 1803:
At the Cabildo building in New Orleans, Spanish representatives Governor Manuel de Salcedo and the Marqués de Casa Calvo, officially transfer Louisiana Territory to French representative Prefect Pierre Clément de Laussat. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.

Thursday 30, 1786:
Grand Duke Leopold II von Hausburg of Tuscany promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty.

Saturday 30, 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).

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-november/on-this-day.html


People born on November 30

1999:
Kyle Bonny, the next spiderman (b: November 30, 1999) (Biography of Kyle Bonny)

1987:
Dougie Poynter, English singer and bassist (b: November 30, 1987) (Biography of Dougie Poynter)

1985:
Kaley Cuoco, American actress (b: November 30, 1985) (Biography of Kaley Cuoco)

1982:
Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress (b: November 30, 1982) (Biography of Elisha Cuthbert)
Hamish Jones, Student Political Activist (b: November 30, 1982) (Biography of Hamish Jones)

1978:
Clay Aiken, American singer (b: November 30, 1978) (Biography of Clay Aiken)

1973:
Jason Reso, Canadian professional wrestler (b: November 30, 1973) (Biography of Jason Reso)

1971:
Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player (b: November 30, 1971) (Biography of Ivan Rodriguez)

1965:
Ben Stiller, American actor and writer (b: November 30, 1965) (Biography of Ben Stiller)

1962:
Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player (b: November 30, 1962) (Biography of Bo Jackson)
Daniel Keys Moran, American writer (b: November 30, 1962) (Biography of Daniel Keys Moran)

1960:
Gary Lineker, English footballer (b: November 30, 1960) (Biography of Gary Lineker)

1958:
Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder (b: November 30, 1958) (Biography of Juliette Bergmann)

1957:
Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born comedian (b: November 30, 1957) (Biography of Colin Mochrie)

1955:
Billy Idol, British musician (b: November 30, 1955) (Biography of Billy Idol)

1952:
Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer (b: November 30, 1952) (Biography of Mandy Patinkin)

1951:
Christian Bernard, mystic (b: November 30, 1951) (Biography of Christian Bernard)
June Chadwick, British actress (b: November 30, 1951) (Biography of June Chadwick)

1947:
David Mamet, American playwright (b: November 30, 1947) (Biography of David Mamet)

1945:
Roger Glover, Welsh bass guitarist (Deep Purple) (b: November 30, 1945) (Biography of Roger Glover)

1943:
Terrence Malick, American screenwriter and producer (b: November 30, 1943) (Biography of Terrence Malick)

1937:
Ridley Scott, British film director (b: November 30, 1937) (Biography of Ridley Scott)

1936:
Abbie Hoffman, American activist (b: November 30, 1936 ; d: April 12, 1989) (Biography of Abbie Hoffman)

1931:
Jack Ging, American actor (b: November 30, 1931) (Biography of Jack Ging)

1930:
G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate scandal figure (b: November 30, 1930) (Biography of G. Gordon Liddy)

1929:
Joan Ganz Cooney, American children's television pioneer (b: November 30, 1929) (Biography of Joan Ganz Cooney)
Dick Clark, American television host (b: November 30, 1929) (Biography of Dick Clark (entertainer))

1927:
Richard Crenna, American actor (b: November 30, 1927 ; d: January 17, 2003) (Biography of Richard Crenna)
Robert Guillaume, American actor (b: November 30, 1927) (Biography of Robert Guillaume)

1924:
Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b: November 30, 1924 ; d: January 1, 2005) (Biography of Shirley Chisholm)
Allan Sherman, American comedian (b: November 30, 1924 ; d: November 20, 1973) (Biography of Allan Sherman)

1920:
Virginia Mayo, American actress (b: November 30, 1920 ; d: January 17, 2005) (Biography of Virginia Mayo)

1918:
Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (b: November 30, 1918) (Biography of Efrem Zimbalist Jr.)

1915:
Brownie McGhee, American musician (b: November 30, 1915 ; d: February 16, 1996) (Biography of Brownie McGhee)

1912:
Gordon Parks, American director and writer (b: November 30, 1912) (Biography of Gordon Parks)

1907:
Jacques Barzun, historian, author (b: November 30, 1907) (Biography of Jacques Barzun)

1904:
Clyfford Still, American painter (b: November 30, 1904 ; d: June 23, 1980) (Biography of Clyfford Still)

1898:
Firpo Marberry, baseball player (b: November 30, 1898 ; d: June 30, 1976) (Biography of Firpo Marberry)

1889:
Edgar Douglas Adrian, Nobel prize winning physiologist (b: November 30, 1889) (Biography of Edgar Douglas Adrian)

1874:
Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: November 30, 1874 ; d: January 24, 1965) (Biography of Winston Churchill)
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b: November 30, 1874) (Biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery)

1869:
Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: November 30, 1869) (Biography of Gustaf Dalén)

1857:
Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b: November 30, 1857 ; d: December 10, 1936) (Biography of Bobby Abel)

1836:
Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (b: November 30, 1836) (Biography of Lord Frederick Cavendish)

1835:
Mark Twain, American writer (b: November 30, 1835 ; d: April 21, 1910) (Biography of Mark Twain)

1817:
Theodor Mommsen, German author, Nobel Prize laureate (b: November 30, 1817 ; d: November 1, 1903) (Biography of Theodor Mommsen)

1813:
Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (b: November 30, 1813 ; d: March 29, 1888) (Biography of Charles-Valentin Alkan)
Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (b: November 30, 1813 ; d: August 2, 1890) (Biography of Louise-Victorine Ackermann)

1810:
Oliver Winchester, American firearms inventor (b: November 30, 1810) (Biography of Oliver Winchester)

1796:
Carl Loewe, German composer (b: November 30, 1796) (Biography of Carl Loewe)

1781:
Alexander Berry, Scottish adventurer (b: November 30, 1781 ; d: September 17, 1873) (Biography of Alexander Berry)

1756:
Ernst Chladni, German physicist (b: November 30, 1756 ; d: April 3, 1827) (Biography of Ernst Chladni)

1723:
William Livingston, revolutionary Governor of New Jersey (b: November 30, 1723) (Biography of William Livingston)

1683:
Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshall (b: November 30, 1683 ; d: January 26, 1744) (Biography of Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller)

1670:
John Toland, Irish philosopher (b: November 30, 1670 ; d: March 11, 1722) (Biography of John Toland)

1667:
Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist (b: November 30, 1667 ; d: October 19, 1745) (Biography of Jonathan Swift)

1637:
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (b: November 30, 1637 ; d: January 10, 1698) (Biography of Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont)

1625:
Jean Domat, French jurist (b: November 30, 1625 ; d: March 14, 1696) (Biography of Jean Domat)

1594:
John Cosin, English clergyman (b: November 30, 1594 ; d: January 15, 1672) (Biography of John Cosin)

1554:
Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer (b: November 30, 1554 ; d: October 17, 1586) (Biography of Philip Sidney)

1508:
Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b: November 30, 1508 ; d: August 19, 1580) (Biography of Andrea Palladio)

1466:
Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (b: November 30, 1466 ; d: November 25, 1560) (Biography of Andrea Doria)

539:
Gregory of Tours, French bishop and historian (b: November 30, 539) (Biography of Gregory of Tours)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-november/births.html

[Spiritus Temporis]

They left us on November 30

2005:
LOVE (d: November 30, 2005) (Biography of LOVE)

2004:
Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and writer (b: July 12, 1920 ; d: November 30, 2004) (Biography of Pierre Berton)

2003:
Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b: October 23, 1906 ; d: November 30, 2003) (Biography of Gertrude Ederle)

1997:
Kathy Acker, American author (b: April 18, 1947 ; d: November 30, 1997) (Biography of Kathy Acker)

1994:
Guy Debord, French philosopher (b: December 28, 1931 ; d: November 30, 1994) (Biography of Guy Debord)

1955:
Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer (b: May 11, 1896 ; d: November 30, 1955) (Biography of Josip Stolcer-Slavenski)

1954:
Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b: January 25, 1886 ; d: November 30, 1954) (Biography of Wilhelm Furtwängler)

1953:
Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (b: January 28, 1879 ; d: November 30, 1953) (Biography of Francis Picabia)

1943:
Etty Hillesum (d: November 30, 1943) (Biography of Etty Hillesum)

1935:
Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b: June 13, 1888 ; d: November 30, 1935) (Biography of Fernando Pessoa)

1901:
Edward John Eyre, English explorer (b: August 5, 1815 ; d: November 30, 1901) (Biography of Edward John Eyre)

1900:
Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b: October 16, 1854 ; d: November 30, 1900) (Biography of Oscar Wilde)

1761:
John Dollond, English optician (b: June 10, 1706 ; d: November 30, 1761) (Biography of John Dollond)

1718:
King Charles XII of Sweden (b: June 17, 1682 ; d: November 30, 1718) (Biography of Charles XII of Sweden)

1705:
Catherine of Braganza, queen of Charles II of England (b: November 25, 1638 ; d: November 30, 1705) (Biography of Catherine of Braganza)

1703:
Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b: September 8, 1672 ; d: November 30, 1703) (Biography of Nicolas de Grigny)

1675:
Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b: August 8, 1605 ; d: November 30, 1675) (Biography of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore)

1654:
John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b: December 16, 1584 ; d: November 30, 1654) (Biography of John Selden)

1626:
Thomas Weelkes (d: November 30, 1626) (Biography of Thomas Weelkes)

1580:
Richard Farrant (d: November 30, 1580) (Biography of Richard Farrant)

1016:
Edmund II of England (d: November 30, 1016) (Biography of Edmund II of England)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-november/deaths.html