Page 6: 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 November - 30.   

1939  On November - 30 uSSR invades Finland over a border dispute   

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

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

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

1940  On this day in history 28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 1): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 8-2   

1940  On this day in history fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78   

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

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

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

1944  Biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground on November - 30.   

1944  On this day in history max Halbe, writer, dies at 79   

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

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

1946  On November - 30 bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba   

1947  Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked on November - 30.   

1947  On this day in history arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine   

1947  On this day in history earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies   

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

1948  Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin on this day in history.   

1948  Franco Vittadini, composer, dies at 64 on November - 30.   

1949  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 on this day in history.   

1949  Chinese Communists captured Chungking on November - 30.   

1950  On November - 30 uS Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb   

1952  On November - 30 jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism   

1953  French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu on this day in history.   

1954  First meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga AL) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  Josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59 on November - 30.   

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  First guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history 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  Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral was born on November - 30.   

1485  On November - 30 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  Michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85 on November - 30.   

1528  Death of Great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded on November - 30.   

1580  Death of Richard Farrant, English composer on this day in history.   

1626  Death of Thomas Weelkes, English composer on November - 30.   

1631  On this day in history rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies   

1646  On this day in history 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.