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November 30

November 30 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1718 and 2021. Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.

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What happened on November 30?

November 30 is the 334th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1718 and 2021. Famous people born on November 30 include Richard Barbieri, Abel Xavier and Olga Rypakova.

The shape of the day

From 1718 to 2021, November 30 gathers 303 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

Sagittarius is the sign for November 30 — read more on the Sagittarius page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on November 30

Movies, games, albums & shows

2022

  • Game Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1718

    Great Northern War

    Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.

  2. 1803

    Balmis Expedition

    The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines.

  3. 1872

    1872 Scotland v England football match

    The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.

  4. 1916

    Costa Rica

    Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

  5. 1939

    World War II

    World War II: The Soviet Red Army crosses the Finnish border in several places, bombing Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the Winter War.

  6. 1953

    Mutesa II of Buganda

    Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

  7. 1995

    Bill Clinton

    U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men".

  8. 2005

    John Sentamu

    John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.

  9. 2018

    2018 Anchorage earthquake

    A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 24 km from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths.

  10. 2021

    Barbados

    Barbados becomes a republic.

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 30

Richard Barbieri

b. 1957

English keyboard player and songwriter

Abel Xavier

b. 1972

Portuguese footballer and manager

Olga Rypakova

b. 1984

Kazakhstani triple jumper

Mark Twain

b. 1835

American novelist, humorist, and critic

Winston Churchill

b. 1874

English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate

Laurent Jalabert

b. 1968

French cyclist and sportscaster

Kaley Cuoco

b. 1985

American actress

Woody Allen

b. 1935

American actor, director, and screenwriter

Deaths

  • 2022Jiang Zemin
  • 2018George H. W. Bush
  • 2017Marina Popovich
  • 1954Wilhelm Furtwängler
  • 1900Oscar Wilde
  • 1718Charles XII of Sweden

Holidays & observances

  • —Bonifacio Day (Philippines)
  • —Christian feast day: Andrew and its related observances.
  • —Christian feast day: Joseph Marchand (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
  • —Christian feast day: Cuthbert Mayne
  • —Christian feast day: Thaddeus Liu
  • —Christian feast day: November 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Commemoration Day (United Arab Emirates)
  • —Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran (Israel)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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