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  USSR invades Finland over a border dispute on November - 30.   

1939  On this day in history 21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton)   

1940  On November - 30 first game of only 2-game Grey Cup (Ottawa 8, Toronto Balmy Beach 2)   

1940  On November - 30 lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married.   

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

1940  On November - 30 fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78   

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

1941  On November - 30 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run   

1942  -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal on November - 30.   

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

1944  Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79 on November - 30.   

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

1945  On this day in history 33rd CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 35-0   

1946  On this day in history bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba   

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  On November - 30 earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies   

1948  Baseball's Negro National League disbands on this day in history.   

1948  Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin on November - 30.   

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

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 November - 30.   

1949  On November - 30 chinese Communists captured Chungking   

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

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

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

1955  On this day in history "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 245 performances   

1955  Josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59 on November - 30.   

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

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

1958  On this day in history first guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me   

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1340  John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector was born on this day in history.   

1364  On this day in history birth of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)   

1373  Ferdinand I, the Righteous, king of Aragon/Sicily was born on November - 30.   

1427  On November - 30 birth of kazimierz IV, king of Poland (1447-92)   

1466  On this day in history birth of andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral   

1485  Veronica Gambara, Italian poetess was born on November - 30.   

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

1508  On this day in history birth of andrea Palladio, [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], architect   

1016  On November - 30 edmund II, Ironsides, King of Saxons (1016), dies at 27   

1519  On November - 30 michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.