What are the important events that happened on November 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 30 is the 335th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 31 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 17, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,732,924,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontapentagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 60 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,362 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 30 Historical Events
- 1700 –Battle of Narva – A Swedish army of 8,500 men under Charles XII defeats a much larger Russian army at Narva.
- 1804 –The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase.
- 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.
- 1886 –The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
- 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.
- 1908 –A mine explosion in the mining town of Marianna, Pennsylvania kills 154.
- 1936 –In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
- 1989 –Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
- 2001 –In Renton, Washington, United States, Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer is arrested.
- 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.
Who were born on November 30?
- 1594 –John Cosin, English clergyman (d. 1672)
- 1936 –Abbie Hoffman, American activist (d. 1989)
- 1954 –Lawrence Summers, American economist and government official
- 1954 –Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian actress (The Godfather)
- 1957 –Margaret Spellings, American politician and 8th United States Secretary of Education
- 1958 –Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
- 1960 –Bob Tewksbury, American baseball player
- 1970 –Robert Griffith, American football player
- 1973 –Lim Chang-jung, South Korean actor
- 1977 –Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer
Who died on November 30?
- 1626 –Thomas Weelkes, English composer
- 1901 –Edward John Eyre, British explorer (b. 1815)
- 1934 –Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)
- 1956 –Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (b. 1874)
- 1979 –Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
- 1989 –Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (Deutsche Bank) (b. 1930)
- 1993 –David Houston, American country music singer (b. 1938)
- 1994 –Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)
- 2005 –Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
- 2010 –Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)
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