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What happened in history on this day: November 30?
On November 30 in ...
- 1864 - Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.
- 1866 - Work begins on first US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago, Illinois.
- 1870 - First National Gold Bank San Francisco No. 1741 becomes the first national bank chartered in California.
- 1886 - First commercially-successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo, New York, USA.
- 1887 - First indoor softball game (Chicago, Illinois).
- 1907 - Pike Place Market is dedicated in Seattle, Washington.
- 1924 - First photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio.
- 1941 - 101-year-old Nyack-Tarrytown (New York) ferry makes its last run.
- 1954 - First meteorite (8 pounds) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges in Sylacauga, Alabama, USA).
- 1958 - First guided missile destroyer launched, the USS Dewey, in Bath, Maine, USA.
- 1981 - In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe.
- 1982 - US submarine Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in South China Sea.
- 1983 - Radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip).
- 1987 - In the Gulf of Alaska, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs.
- 1988 - United Nations General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing Palestinian Liberation Organization's Arafat visa.
- 1990 - US President George Bush proposes US-Iraq meeting to avoid war.
- 1991 - 93 cars and 11 trucks in accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die.
- 1993 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
- 1995 - Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
- 1999 - In Seattle, Washington, the first major mobilization of the anti-globalization movement catches police unprepared and forces the cancellation of the opening ceremonies of the WTO Meeting of 1999 (protests end on December 3).
- 1999 - Exxonmobil Corporation merger is completed, and forms the largest company in the world.
- 2004 - Longtime Jeopardy! (TV show) champion Ken Jennings finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700, television's all-time biggest game show haul.
- 2008 - The space shuttle Endeavour lands in California after a 16-day mission to renovate parts of the International Space Station.
- 2009 - The US Mint releases the 2009 Northern Mariana Islands quarter dollar to circulation.
Births on November 30
- 1835 - Birth of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, in Florida, Missouri, USA; writer (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn).
- 1913 - Birth of John K.M. McCaffery in Moscow, Idaho, USA; TV host (One Minute Please).
- 1915 - Birth of Angier Biddle Duke in New York City, New York, USA; US Ambassador (Spain).
- 1920 - Birth of Virginia Mayo in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Out of the Blue, White Heat).
- 1926 - Birth of Richard Crenna in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles).
- 1927 - Birth of Robert Guillaume in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Benson, Soap).
- 1929 - Birth of Joan Ganz Cooney in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; TV executive (Children's TV Workshop).
- 1931 - Birth of Jack Ging in Alva, Oklahoma, USA; actor (11th Hour, Ripcord, Tales of Wells Fargo).
- 1931 - Birth of Jack Sheldon in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; actor (Run Buddy Run, Merv Griffin).
- 1933 - Birth of Linwood C Ivey in North Carolina, USA; American politician (Mayor-Garysburg, North Carolina).
- 1937 - Birth of Paul Stookey in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; singer (Peter, Paul and Mary - "Wedding Song").
- 1947 - Birth of David Mamet; US playwright/director (Speed the Plow, House of Games).
- 1950 - Birth of Kathryn Witt in Miami, Florida, USA; actress (Pam - Flying High, Lenny).
- 1950 - Birth of Margaret Whitton in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Barbara - Hometown, Major League).
- 1985 - Birth of Kaley Cuoco; American actress.
- 1987 - Birth of Christel Khalil; American actress.
- 1987 - Birth of Ian Hecox; American comedian and co-founder of Smosh.
- 1991 - Birth of Carnell Breeding, American singer.
- 1992 - Birth of Dylan Smith, American actor.
Deaths on November 30
- 1973 - Bruce Yarnell of Los Angeles, California, actor (Outlaws), dies at age 35.
- 1987 - Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to US President Franklin Roosevelt, dies at age 89.
- 1987 - Death of James Baldwin, American writer (Another Country), dies at age 63 (born 1924).
- 1990 - Norman Cousins, editor (Saturday Review), dies at age 75.
- 1996 - Herbert Khaury (aka "Tiny Tim") dies of a heart attack at age 64 while performing "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" at a Minneapolis fund raiser.
- 1997 - Death of Kathy Acker, American author (born 1947).
- 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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