This day from the past for November 30th… → 1554 - Formal ceremony of English reconciliation with Rome, restoring Catholic faith in England. → 1629 - England - Claude de Saint-Etienne de La Tour awarded baronetcy of Nova Scotia when he changes his allegiance to England; prisoner in England since 1628. → 1630 - 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague. → 1667 - Jonathan Swift born, satirist: Gulliver’s Travels, Thoughts on Religion; dies Oct 19, 1745. → 1678 - Roman Catholics banned from English parliament. → 1776 - Capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea) → 1782 - Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence → 1786 - Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day. → 1803 - In New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish representatives officially transfer Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase. → 1810 - Birth of Oliver Fisher Winchester; rifle maker (Winchester). → 1824 - First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal. → 1829 - First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking. → 1835 - Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) born, writer: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Roughing It, Life on the Mississippi, The Prince and the Pauper; dies Apr 21, 1910. → 1838 - Mexico declares war on France. → 1864 - Battle of Franklin Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 causalities. → 1872 - Dr. John McCrae, physician, poet, was born on this day at Guelph, Ontario in 1872; dies of pneumonia in Boulogne, France, Jan. 28, 1918. → 1874 - Birth of Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill at Blenheim Palace, England; British Conservative Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55, Nobel Prize 1953), dies Jan 24, 1965. → 1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, writer, born on this day at Clifton, Prince Edward Island; dies in Toronto April 24, 1942. → 1875 - A.J. Ehrrichson of Akron, OH patented the oat-crushing machine. → 1886 - George Westinghouses first successful US alternating current (AC) power plant opened in Buffalo, New York → 1886 - The Folies Bergère originated as a hall for operettas, pantomime, and even political meetings before it introduced an elaborate review featuring women in sensational costumes Several years later, the Folies followed the Parisian taste for striptease and quickly gained a reputation for spectacular nudie shows. → 1900 - A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles. → 1900 - Irish author Oscar Wilde dies in Paris. Age: 46 years old → 1915 - Ottawa Ontario - Canadian government publishes World War I casualties reported so far: 539 officers and 13,017 men killed in action. → 1918 - Birth of Efrem Zimbalist Junior in New York City, New York; actor (The FBI, 77 Sunset Strip, Scruples, voice of Alfred - Batman-the Animated Series). → 1922 - The Japanese navys Honsho aircraft carrier is launched for sea trials. This is the worlds first designed and completed aircraft carrier. The ship can carry 21 aircraft, and can travel at a speed of 25 knots. → 1922 - Hitler speaks to 50,000 national-socialists in Munich. → 1924 - 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC). → 1924 - Birth of Allan Sherman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian and writer (Ive Got a Secret TV show, Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! song).dies Nov 20, 1973 → 1929 - Birth of Johnny Horton in Los Angeles, California; singer (The Battle of New Orleans, North to Alaska). → 1929 - Birth of Dick Clark in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; TV host (American Bandstand). → 1931 - His Masters Voice & Columbia Records merge into EMI. → 1934 - The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph. → 1935 - Non-belief in Nazism is proclaimed grounds for divorce in Germany. → 1936 - Londons famed Crystal Palace, constructed for the International Exhibition of 1851, destroyed in a fire. → 1940 - 73 years ago - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz tie the knot at the Byram River Beagle Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. Lucy filed for divorce the day after their final TV show was filmed in 1960. → 1941 - 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run. → 1945 - Macys produces its first Thanksgiving Day Parade. → 1950 - US Pres Harry Truman threatens China with atom bomb to get peace in Korea. → 1954 - In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, an 8.5 lb (3.86 kg) sulfide meteorite crashes through a roof and hits Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges in her living room after bouncing off her radio, giving her a bad bruise, in the only unequivocally known case of a human being hit by a rock from space. → 1955 - Billy Idol born. → 1956 - 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News). → 1958 - First guided missile destroyer launched, the USS Dewey, in Bath, Maine, USA. → 1965 -Vietnam War - McNamara warns Johnson that communists are gaining strength in South Vietnam. → 1966 - Barbados gains independence from Britain. → 1968 - Diana Ross and The Supremes hit the #1 spot on the music charts with ‘Love Child’. The somewhat controversial tune (for the times) stayed at the top for two weeks → 1969 - Chart Toppers - ‘Come Together/Something’ - The Beatles; ‘And When I Die’ - Blood, Sweat & Tears; ‘Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye’ - Steam; ‘Okie from Muskogee’ - Merle Haggard. → 1970 - George Harrison releases his triple album set All Things Must Pass. → 1974 - Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) is discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopias Afar Depression. → 1974 - Elton Johns Greatest Hits began a 10-week run atop the Billboard 200 pop album chart on its way to selling more than 24 million copies worldwide. → 1982 - 31 years ago - Michael Jackson releases ‘Thriller’. It quickly becomes the best-selling album of all time. → 1983 - Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam. → 1983 - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip). → 1986 - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime. → 1988 - Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. → 1988 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for US$25.07 billion in the biggest leveraged buyout deal of all time. → 1989 - Richard Mallory of Palm Harbor, Florida becomes serial killer Aileen Wuornos first victim. → 1990 - Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke. → 1991 - 93 cars and 11 trucks in accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die. → 1993 - 20 years ago - President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Bill into law, instituting a five-day waiting period for gun purchases. → 1994 - Beatles 1st album in 25 years, Live at BBC is released in Britain. → 1995 - Toronto Ontario - Walt Disney Co. says it will open animation studios in Toronto and Vancouver. → 1995 - Official end of Operation Desert Storm. → 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. → 1999 - British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europes largest defence contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. → 1999 - ExxonMobil Corporation merger is completed, and forms the largest company in the world. → 2004 - Death of Pierre Berton of heart failure at age 84; Canadian author and broadcaster (Front Page Challenge). → 2004 - Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700 USD, televisions all-time biggest game show haul. → 2005 - John Sentamu becomes Archbishop of York, making him the Church of Englands first black archbishop. → 2007 - Death of Robert Craig Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, of pulmonary fibrosis at age 69 (born 1938). → 2009 John Demjanjuk goes on trial in Munich accused of war crimes relating to the killing of 27,000 Jews in the Holocaust. → Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d never end...Ω
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