Historical Events In November - 30

1958  1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me on November - 30.  

1959  Joe Foss named first commissioner of AFL on November - 30.  

1960  On this day in history the First International Harvester Scoutt all-terrain vehicle rolled off the assembly line at International Harvester's Fort Wayne plant  

1961  On November - 30 uSSR vetoes Kuwait's application for UN membership  

1961  Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80 on November - 30.  

1962  U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously on November - 30.  

1964  USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned on this day in history.  

1964  On November - 30 don Redman, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64  

1966  On this day in history barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day)  

1966  On November - 30 radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO  

1967  In Albania a 6.5 quake centered centered along the Albania-Yugoslavia border in the vicinity of Debar, Yugoslavia, and Shupenze, Albania. Eighteen people were killed, 204 injured on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history julie Nixon andDavid Eisenhower announce their engagement  

1967  Kuria Muria islands ceded by Britain to Oman on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history people's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain  

1967  On this day in history patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies  

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 on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history george Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass"  

1972  On this day in history bBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi"  

1972  On November - 30 illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)  

1972  Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1973  Bruce Yarnell, LA Calif, actor (Outlaws), dies at 35 on November - 30.  

1974  20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks) on this day in history.  

1976  Fritz Rasp, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85 on November - 30.  

1979  Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC) on November - 30.  

1979  Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1981  Porn star John Holmes arrested on fugitive charges on this day in history.  

1981  Robert H Harris, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72 on November - 30.  

1982  STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad on November - 30.  

1982  The Dow Jones industrial average jumped a mighty 36.43 points. It was the fourth largest gain in the stock market’s 87-year history on this day in history.  

1982  On this day in history uS sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea  

1983  Radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip) on November - 30.  

1983  On this day in history george Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies  

1986  Cary Grant, Brit/US actor (Awful Truth, Charade, Father Goose), dies on November - 30.  

1987  On this day in history arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89  

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

1364  On November - 30 birth of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)  

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

1427  Kazimierz IV, king of Poland (1447-92) was born on this day in history.  

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

1485  On November - 30 birth of veronica Gambara, Italian poetess  

1498  Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.  

1508  Andrea Palladio, [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], architect was born on this day in history.  

1016  Edmund II, Ironsides, King of Saxons (1016), dies at 27 on November - 30.  

1519  Michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85 on November - 30.  

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

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

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

1631  Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies on November - 30.  

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 this day in history.