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 November - 30 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  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 November - 30.  

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

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

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

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

1947  Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine on this day in history.  

1947  Earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies on this day in history.  

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

1948  On November - 30 soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin  

1948  On this day in history franco Vittadini, composer, dies at 64  

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  Chinese Communists captured Chungking on November - 30.  

1950  US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb on this day in history.  

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 November - 30.  

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

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

1956  1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News) on November - 30.  

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

1958  First guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me on November - 30.  

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1340  On November - 30 birth of john duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector  

1364  John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.  

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

1016  On this day in history edmund II, Ironsides, King of Saxons (1016), dies at 27  

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

1528  On November - 30 death of great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded  

1580  On this day in history death of richard Farrant, English composer  

1626  Death of Thomas Weelkes, English composer on this day in history.  

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.