Historical Events In November - 30

1958  1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me on this day in history.   

1959  On November - 30 joe Foss named first commissioner of AFL   

1960  On November - 30 the First International Harvester Scoutt all-terrain vehicle rolled off the assembly line at International Harvester's Fort Wayne plant   

1961  On this day in history uSSR vetoes Kuwait's application for UN membership   

1961  Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1962  U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously on this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 November - 30.   

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

1967  On November - 30 kuria Muria islands ceded by Britain to Oman   

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

1967  Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies on November - 30.   

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  George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass" on this day in history.   

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

1972  Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy) on November - 30.   

1972  Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71 on November - 30.   

1973  On this day in history bruce Yarnell, LA Calif, actor (Outlaws), dies at 35   

1974  20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks) on November - 30.   

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

1979  On this day in history ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)   

1979  Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69 on November - 30.   

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

1981  On this day in history robert H Harris, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72   

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 November - 30 uS sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea   

1983  On this day in history radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)   

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 this day in history.   

1987  Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89 on November - 30.   

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

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

1485  Veronica Gambara, Italian poetess was born on this day in history.   

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 November - 30.   

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 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 November - 30.