Historical Events In November - 30

1939  On November - 30 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   

1939  On this day in history uSSR invades Finland over a border dispute   

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

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

1940  Lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married on this day in history.   

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  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  On November - 30 -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal   

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

1944  Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1945  Macy's produces its first Thanksgiving Day Parade on November - 30.   

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

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 November - 30.   

1948  On this day in history baseball's Negro National League disbands   

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

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

1949  On November - 30 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 November - 30 chinese Communists captured Chungking   

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

1952  On this day in history jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism   

1953  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59   

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

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

1958  First guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me on this day in history.   

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1340  John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector was born on November - 30.   

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

1466  Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral was born on November - 30.   

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  On November - 30 birth of andrea Palladio, [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], architect   

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

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

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

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

1646  John C Lichthart, admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45 on November - 30.   

1654  Death of John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584) on this day in history.