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What happened in history on this day: November 30?
On November 30 in ...
- 1887 - First indoor softball game (Chicago, Illinois).
- 1940 - First game of only two-game CFL Grey Cup (Ottawa 8, Toronto Balmy Beach 2).
- 1948 - American Baseball's Negro National League disbands.
- 1959 - Joe Foss named first commissioner of AFL.
- 1974 - 20th time New York Islanders shut-out (3-0 versus Vancouver Canucks).
- 1983 - Denver Nuggets' coach Doug Moe, hopelessly behind, advises team to let Portland Trail Blazers break their scoring record.
- 2000 - Mike Mussina signs a US$88.5 million, six-year contract with the New York Yankees.
- 2008 - Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson score 63 to win golf's World Cup for Sweden at Mission Hills in China.
Births of sports figures on November 30
- 1898 - Birth of Roy (Link) Lyman; NFL tackle (Chicago Bears).
- 1910 - Birth of Paul Cerutti in Monaco; trap shooter, disqualified for drugs in 1976 Olympics.
- 1950 - Birth of Paul Westphal; NBA guard (Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns).
- 1959 - Birth of Sylvia Hanika in Munich, West Germany; tennis player (Avon-1982).
- 1962 - Birth of Bo Jackson; baseball/football player (Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Raiders).
- 1984 - Birth of Alan Hutton; Scottish professional football player.
Deaths of sports figures on November 30
- 2003 - Death of Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (born 1906).
- 2007 - Death of Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, of pulmonary fibrosis at age 69 (born 1938).
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