Historical Events In November - 30

1939  Following Finland's rejection of Soviet demands to sign a mutual assistance pact and cede Finnish territory for the defense of Leningrad, the Red Army attacks Finland at various positions along the Russo-Finnish frontier on this day in history.   

1939  USSR invades Finland over a border dispute on this day in history.   

1939  21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton) on November - 30.   

1940  First game of only 2-game Grey Cup (Ottawa 8, Toronto Balmy Beach 2) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married.   

1940  28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 1): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 8-2 on November - 30.   

1940  Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78 on November - 30.   

1941  101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run on this day in history.   

1941  101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal   

1944  Biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground on this day in history.   

1944  On November - 30 max Halbe, writer, dies at 79   

1945  On November - 30 macy's produces its first Thanksgiving Day Parade.   

1945  33rd CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 35-0 on November - 30.   

1946  Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba on November - 30.   

1947  On this day in history day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked   

1947  Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine on November - 30.   

1947  Earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies on November - 30.   

1948  On November - 30 baseball's Negro National League disbands   

1948  On this day in history soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin   

1948  Franco Vittadini, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history a Sikorsky helicopter flew from NAS Seattle to NAS Alameda in 10 hours and 50 minutes and unofficially bettered the existing distance record for helicopters with a flight of 755 miles.   

1949  On this day in history chinese Communists captured Chungking   

1950  On this day in history uS Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb   

1952  Jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism on this day in history.   

1953  On November - 30 french parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu   

1954  On November - 30 first meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga AL)   

1954  The first modern instance of a meteorite striking a human being occurs at Sylacauga, Alabama, when a meteorite crashes through the roof of a house and into a living room, bounces off a radio, and strikes a woman on the hip on this day in history.   

1954  On November - 30 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)   

1955  "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 245 performances on November - 30.   

1955  On this day in history josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59   

1956  On this day in history 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News)   

1957  On November - 30 "Happy Hunting" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 413 performances   

1958  On November - 30 first guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me   

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1340  On this day in history birth of john duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector   

1364  John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390) was born on November - 30.   

1373  On November - 30 birth of ferdinand I, the Righteous, king of Aragon/Sicily   

1427  On this day in history birth of kazimierz IV, king of Poland (1447-92)   

1466  On November - 30 birth of andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral   

1485  On this day in history birth of veronica Gambara, Italian poetess   

1498  On November - 30 birth of andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568)   

1508  Andrea Palladio, [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], architect was born on November - 30.   

1016  Edmund II, Ironsides, King of Saxons (1016), dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85   

1528  On this day in history death of great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded   

1580  On November - 30 death of richard Farrant, English composer   

1626  On this day in history death of thomas Weelkes, English composer   

1631  Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies on this day in history.   

1646  On November - 30 john C Lichthart, admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45   

1654  Death of John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584) on November - 30.