What Happened on Nov 30

Angelo Correr (Gregory XII) elected Pope

Pope Gregory XII (c. 1326 - 18 October 1417), born Angelo Correr or Corraro, Pope from 1406 to 1415, succeeded Pope Innocent VII (1404–06) on 30... Read more

Preliminary Articles of Peace Signed

His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, Viz New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,... Read more

Louisiana Is Transferred From Spanish Control To French Control

The city of New Orleans controlled the Mississippi River through its location; other locations for ports had been tried and had not succeeded. New... Read more

Pope Pius VIII dies

Pius VIII was in very poor health from his election until his death. Nevertheless there were rumours that he had been poisoned. Prince Don Agostino... Read more

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Born

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, was born November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri and spent his childhood in nearby... Read more

Charles Darwin Received the Royal Medal of The Royal Society

Charles Darwin received the Royal Medal of the Royal Society, the highest honor the society could bestow on a scientist. The medal was awarded for... Read more

Charles Darwin awarded Royal Society's Copley Medal

Darwin was awarded the Copley Medal; the highest honor bestowed by the Royal Society. Busk and Falconer, both members of the X-Club, nominated him.... Read more

Second Battle of Franklin

Description: Having lost a good opportunity at Spring Hill to hurt significantly the Union Army, Gen. John B. Hood marched in rapid pursuit of Maj.... Read more

Winston Churchill Is Born

A descendant of the famous aristocratic Spencer family, Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, like his father, used the surname Churchill in public... Read more

Oscar Wilde Dies

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday,... Read more

Russians Defeat Turks Near Mount Ararat

Russian Army, 100,000 General Woronoslov Turkish Army, 160,000 General Liman von Sanders Eiiver Bey Iskan Pasha Hassan Izzet Pasha... Read more

Shirley Chisholm is Born

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman,... Read more

Soviet Union Launches Invasion of Finland

On 30 November, Soviet forces invaded Finland with 21 divisions, totaling some 450,000 men, and bombed Helsinki. Later the Finnish statesman J.K.... Read more

Civil War in Mandatory Palestine

The 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine lasted from 30 November 1947, the date of the United Nations vote in favour of the termination of... Read more

President Kennedy Authorizes Operation Mongoose

The Cuban Project (also known as Operation Mongoose or the Special Group or the Special Group Augmented) was a program of CIA covert operations... Read more

Release of the Film, 'Sympathy for the Devil' (Originally Titled One Plus One)

Composing the movie's main narrative thread are several long, uninterrupted shots of The Rolling Stones in a sound studio, recording and... Read more

Stevie Wonder Releases Looking Back

Looking Back, also known as Anthology, is a triple LP anthology by American soul musician Stevie Wonder, released in 1977 on Motown Records. Since... Read more

"Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper" First Airs on CBS

Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper, a.k.a. simply The Great Santa Claus Caper, is a 1978 animated television special featuring... Read more

Pink Floyd releases The Wall

The Wall is a rock opera presented as a double album by Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 30 November 1979 in the United Kingdom and by... Read more

"Gandhi" Is Released

Gandhi is a 1982 biographical film about Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi, who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in... Read more

Michael Jackson Releases "Thriller"

Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the... Read more

Violent Femmes release their self-titled debut

Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes, released on November 30, 1982, and again one year later (with two extra tracks "Ugly" and... Read more

Exodus release Fabulous Disaster

Fabulous Disaster is the third album by Exodus. UK label Music for Nations released the album in 1988, but in the USA, it was released in January... Read more

MST3K Ep. 319 - War of the Colossal Beast

(Short: Mr. B Natural) Sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man (experiment 309). Glenn Manning is found ravaging Mexico, looking for food. He is then... Read more

San Francisco Dust Storm

A blinding dust storm trapped hundreds of holiday motorists on Interstate 5 in the San Joaquin Valley on Friday, leaving at least six people dead... Read more