Page 6: 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  USSR invades Finland over a border dispute on November - 30.   

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

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

1940  Lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married on November - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1944  On November - 30 biggest & last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground   

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

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

1945  On November - 30 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  Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked on this day in history.   

1947  On November - 30 arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine   

1947  On November - 30 earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies   

1948  Baseball's Negro National League disbands on November - 30.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1950  US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb on November - 30.   

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 November - 30.   

1954  First meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga AL) on this day in history.   

1954  On November - 30 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   

1954  1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala) on this day in history.   

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

1955  On November - 30 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history death of john Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)