30 November - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on November 30, the day number in a year is 334 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 335. November 30 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
November 30 in History - Top Historical Events
Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
1667 | Ireland writer Jonathan Swift died in Dublin. His book Goliwar Yatra Vrataanta is counted among the magnificent works of the world literature. |
1700 | Great Northern War-Swedish forces led by King Charles XII defeated the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great at the Battle of Narva. |
1731 | The earthquake in Beijing killed nearly 100,000 people. |
1747 | The Dutch state of Zziel announced a hereditary governor for women. |
1753 | Benjamin Franklin received the Godfrey Copley Medal "due to his keen experiments and comments on electricity". |
1804 | French inventor Joseph Coneo died at the age of 79. He is called the father of the car. |
1822 | Edward Jonze, a British physician and smallpox vaccine, died. |
1853 | Russian warships led by Pavel Nakhimov destroyed an Ottomanfleet of frigates at the Battle of Sinop, precipitating the Crimean War. |
1864 | American Civil War-The Confederate States Army suffered its worst disaster of the war as the Army of Tennessee conducted numerous successful frontal assaults against fortified positions at Franklin, Tennessee. |
1872 | The first-ever international football match took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. |
1872 | The first official international football match was played. The match between England and Scott Land took place in West of Scotland cricket. |
1886 | The first commercially successful AC electric power plant opened. |
1934 | The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman became the first to officially exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). |
1939 | The Winter War broke out as the Soviet Red Army invaded Finland and quickly advanced to the Mannerheim Line, an action judged as illegal by the League of Nations. |
1942 | World War II-Imperial Japanese Navy warships defeated United States Navy forces during a night time naval battle near the Tassafarongaarea on Guadalcanal. |
1961 | The then Soviet Union opposed Kuwait's application for UN membership. |
1962 | Burmese diplomat U Thant became United Nations Secretary-General, following the death of Dag Hammarskjöld in September 1961. |
1979 | The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by Pink Floyd, wasfirst released. |
1982 | Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time,was released. |
1982 | Directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Ben Kingsley and John Guild, the film Gandhi premiered in New Delhi. |
1988 | Eminent Qari Ustad Abdul Basit Abdussamad of Egypt died in Qahera Nagar. |
1993 | U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Handgun ViolencePrevention Act into law, requiring purchasers of handguns to pass abackground check. |
1995 | The then US President visited Northern Ireland. He was the first US President to visit there. |
1999 | Protests by anti-globalization activists against the WorldTrade Organization Ministerial Conference in Seattle forced thecancellation of its opening ceremonies. |
1999 | The world's largest meterwave radio telescope was inaugurated at Narayangaon near Pune. |
2000 | Priyanka Chopra became Miss World. |
2004 | Lion Air Flight Surakarta, 26 killed and 538 injured in an accident in Central Java, Indonesia. |
2005 | A new campaign against Iraqi insurgents begins with joint U.S.-Iraqi troops conducting Operation Iron Hammer in western Iraq. |
2006 | The science journal Nature publishes a new reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism based on high resolution X-ray tomography. The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek mechanical analog computer designed to calculate astronomical positions. |
2007 | DNA tests confirm that "Baby Grace", the deceased two-year-old found floating on Galveston Bay in Texas, is indeed Riley Ann Sawyers. Earlier in the week, her mother and stepfather confessed to beating the child to death. |
2007 | Swami Rambhadracharya, a Hindu religious leader, released thefirst Braille version of the Bhagavad Gita scripture. |
2008 | India's home minister Shivraj Patil has submitted his resignation, taking "moral responsibility" for the Mumbai attacks. |
2009 | A study in the journal Pediatrics indicates that if a child is diagnosed with autism early, an intervention can raise IQ levels while improving language skills and behavior. |
2010 | The United Kingdom continues to face blizzard conditions with many schools closed, long queues on the M8 motorway in Scotland, and Edinburgh Airport closed. |
2010 | Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement pioneer Rajiv Dixit died. |
2011 | Researchers at Washington State University develop an artificial bone "scaffold" which can be produced using 3D printers, potentially allowing doctors to quickly print replacement bone tissue for injured patients. |
2012 | A freight train derails at the Stuttgart-Feuerbach station, Germany, after a collision with the railway platform. There were no reports of injuries. |
2012 | Former Prime Minister Indra Kumar Gujral died. |
2013 | The wreckage of LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 that went missing Friday is found in Namibia in the Bwabwata National Park with all 33 people on board having died. |
2014 | Heavy flooding in the south of France claims five lives and forces more than 3000 people to leave their homes. |
Famous Birthdays of November 30:
Year | Name / Profession / Country |
1960 | Gary Lineker / Footballer / United Kingdom |
1937 | Frank Ifield / Singer / United Kingdom |
1982 | Jason Pominville / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
1857 | Bobby Abel / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
1969 | Marc Forster / Producer / Switzerland |
1875 | Myron Grimshaw / Baseball Player / United States of America |
1957 | John Ashton / Writer / United Kingdom |
1889 | Edgar Adrian / Academic / United Kingdom |
1933 | Sam Gilliam / Painter / United States of America |
1983 | Vladislav Polyakov / Swimmer / Kazakhstan |
1817 | Theodor Mommsen / Historian / Germany |
1906 | Andrés Henestrosa / Poet / Mexico |
1987 | Naomi Knight / Model / United States of America |
1945 | Stan Sulzmann / Educator / United Kingdom |
1977 | Steve Aoki / Producer / United States of America |
1971 | Iván Rodríguez / Baseball Player / United States of America |
1961 | Ian Morris / Footballer / Trinidad and Tobago |
1934 | Marcel Prud'homme / Politician / Canada |
1988 | Phillip Hughes / Cricketer / Australia |
1904 | Clyfford Still / Painter / United States of America |
1976 | Marco Castro / Director / United States of America |
1970 | Mehr Jessia / Model / India |
1967 | Richard Harry / Rugby Player / Australia |
1869 | James Hamilton / Politician / United Kingdom |
1954 | Wayne Bartholomew / Surfer / Australia |
1978 | Benjamin Lense / Footballer / Germany |
1874 | Winston Churchill / Politician / United Kingdom |
1953 | David Sancious / Guitarist / United States of America |
1972 | Dan Jarvis / Politician / United Kingdom |
1978 | Gael García Bernal / Actor / Mexico |
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Read in Hindi : 30 नवम्बर की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं