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November 30th - holidays
- Andrés Bonifacio Day (the Philippines)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Cities for Life Day
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966.
- National day (Scotland)
November 30th - events
- 2005 - John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
- 2004 - Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with US$2,520,700, television's biggest game show winnings.
- 2004 - Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
- 2001 - In Renton, Washington, United States, Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer is arrested.
- 1999 - In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
- 1999 - British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
- 1998 - Exxon and Mobil sign a $73.7 billion USD agreement to merge, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.
- 1995 - Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
- 1994 - The National Football League announces that the Jacksonville Jaguars will become the league's 30th franchise.
- 1994 - MS Achille Lauro fire off Somalia coast.
- 1993 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
- 1989 - Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.
- 1981 - Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe (the meetings ended inconclusively on December 17).
- 1974 - The fossil known as Lucy is discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
- 1972 - Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27,000.
- 1971 - Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates.
- 1967 - The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1967 - The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.
- 1966 - Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1954 - In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
- 1953 - Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
- 1942 - World War II: Guadalcanal Campaign: Battle of Tassafaronga — A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizo Tanaka defeats a US cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
- 1940 - Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.
- 1939 - Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
- 1936 - In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
- 1934 - The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph.
- 1916 - Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1908 - A mine explosion in the mining town of Marianna, Pennsylvania kills 154.
- 1902 - American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
- 1886 - The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
- 1872 - The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
- 1868 - The inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King's garden in Stockholm.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Franklin — The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood lost six generals and almost a third of his troops.
- 1853 - Crimean War: Battle of Sinop — The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
- 1829 - First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
- 1824 - First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal.
- 1804 - The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial against Federalist-partisan Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel Chase.
- 1803 - In New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase.
- 1786 - Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. Consequently, November 30 is commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.
- 1783 - A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
- 1782 - American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris — In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
- 1718 - Swedish king Charles XII dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway.
- 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8,500 men under Charles XII defeats a much larger Russian army at Narva.
November 30th - births
- 1994 - William Melling, British Actor
- 1993 - Yuuri Chinen, Japanese Actor and Singer
- 1990 - Antoine N'Gossan, Ivory Coast footballer
- 1990 - Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess Grandmaster
- 1989 - Daisy Evans, British actress/singer/cheerleader (S Club Juniors) , (S Club 8) , (I Dream)
- 1987 - Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly)
- 1987 - Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player
- 1986 - Jordan Farmar, American basketball player
- 1985 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress and model
- 1984 - Omahyra Mota, Dominican model/actress
- 1984 - Francisco Sandaza, Spanish Footballer
- 1984 - Sara Carbonero, Spanish TV presenter and journalist
- 1984 - Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
- 1984 - Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
- 1983 - Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer
- 1983 - Andy Akinwolere, English television presenter
- 1983 - Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakh swimmer
- 1982 - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
- 1982 - Tony Giarratano, American baseball player
- 1982 - Clémence Poésy, French actress
- 1982 - Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player
- 1980 - Jamie Ashdown, English footballer
- 1979 - Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
- 1979 - Andrés Nocioni, Argentine basketball player
- 1978 - Clay Aiken, American singer
- 1978 - Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor
- 1978 - Emil Steiner, American writer
- 1977 - Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer
- 1977 - Kazumi Saitoh, Japanese baseball player
- 1977 - Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer
- 1976 - Josh Lewsey, English rugby union footballer
- 1976 - Cypher Zero, American circus innovator (New York Circus Arts)
- 1976 - Marco Castro, American film director
- 1975 - Mindy McCready, American musician
- 1975 - Ben Thatcher, Welsh footballer
- 1973 - Lim Chang-jung, South Korean actor
- 1973 - John Moyer, American bassist (Disturbed)
- 1973 - Jason Reso (aka "Christian Cage"), Canadian professional wrestler
- 1972 - Christopher Fitzgerald, American stage actor
- 1972 - Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer
- 1971 - Ray Durham, American baseball player
- 1971 - Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1971 - Ton?i Boban, Croatian footballer
- 1970 - Robert Griffith, American football player
- 1970 - Perrey Reeves, American actress
- 1969 - Marc Goossens, Belgian racing driver
- 1969 - Amy Ryan, American actress
- 1969 - Mike Stone, American musician (Queensryche)
- 1968 - Des'ree, English singer
- 1968 - Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist
- 1966 - Wil Mara, American author
- 1966 - David Nicholls, English novelist and screenwriter
- 1966 - Mika Salo, Finnish Formula 1 Driver
- 1966 - David Berkoff, American swimmer
- 1965 - Ben Stiller, American actor
- 1965 - Lee Klein, American Writer
- 1965 - Aldair, Brazilian footballer
- 1965 - Prince Akishino of Japan
- 1965 - David Laws, UK MP for Yeovil
- 1964 - Jushin Liger, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1964 - Michael Cudlitz, American actor
- 1962 - Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
- 1962 - Daniel Keys Moran, American writer
- 1960 - Gary Lineker, English footballer
- 1960 - Rich Fields, American television personality
- 1959 - Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist
- 1958 - Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
- 1958 - Stacey Q, American singer
- 1958 - Iz the Wiz, NYC Graffiti artist (d. 2009)
- 1957 - Richard Barbieri, British keyboardist (Porcupine Tree)
- 1957 - Andrew Calhoun, American musician
- 1957 - Margaret Spellings, former US Secretary of Education
- 1957 - Joël Champetier, French Canadian author
- 1957 - Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian
- 1957 - John Ashton, English guitarist (The Psychedelic Furs)
- 1955 - Kevin Conroy, American actor (Batman in the DC animated universe)
- 1955 - Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad), British musician
- 1955 - Richard Burr, American politician
- 1955 - Michael Beschloss, American historian
- 1955 - Gordon Liu, Chinese actor
- 1955 - Muricy Ramalho, Brazilian manager and former football player
- 1954 - Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian actress (The Godfather)
- 1953 - June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (d. 2006)
- 1952 - Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist
- 1952 - Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer
- 1951 - Christian Bernard, mystic
- 1951 - June Chadwick, British actress
- 1950 - Chris Claremont, British comic book writer
- 1947 - David Mamet, American playwright
- 1947 - Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet
- 1945 - Roger Glover, British bassist (Deep Purple)
- 1945 - Radu Lupu, Romanian concert pianist
- 1943 - Terrence Malick, American director and screenwriter.
- 1938 - Jean Eustache, French filmmaker
- 1937 - Ridley Scott, British film director
- 1937 - Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Writer
- 1937 - Frank Ifield, Australian/British singer
- 1937 - Tom Simpson, British cyclist (d. 1967)
- 1936 - Abbie Hoffman, American activist (d. 1989)
- 1936 - Dmitri Victorovich Anosov, Russian mathematician
- 1933 - Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007)
- 1932 - Bob Moore, American bassist and orchestra leader
- 1932 - Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go player (d. 2006)
- 1931 - Jack Ging, American actor
- 1931 - Bill Walsh, American football coach (d. 2007)
- 1930 - G. Gordon Liddy, American Watergate operative and talk radio host
- 1929 - Dick Clark, American television host
- 1929 - Joan Ganz Cooney, American children's television pioneer
- 1928 - Joe B. Hall, American basketball coach
- 1927 - Robert Guillaume, American actor
- 1926 - Richard Crenna, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Shirley Chisholm, American politician, United States Representatives from New York (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Allan Sherman, American comedian (d. 1973)
- 1924 - Elliott Blackstone, American gay and lesbian rights activist (d. 2006)
- 1922 - Graham Crowden, Scottish actor
- 1920 - Virginia Mayo, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1918 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor
- 1915 - Brownie McGhee, American blues musician (d. 1996)
- 1915 - Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
- 1912 - Gordon Parks, American photographer and film director (d. 2006)
- 1911 - Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)
- 1909 - Robert Nighthawk, American musician (d. 1967)
- 1907 - Jacques Barzun, French-born historian and author
- 1906 - Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican writer (d. 2008)
- 1906 - John Dickson Carr, American author of detective fiction (d. 1977)
- 1904 - Clyfford Still, American painter (d. 1980)
- 1898 - Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1889 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, British physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1977)
- 1889 - Reuvein Margolies, Austrian-Hungarian-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar (d. 1971)
- 1887 - Andrej Gosar, Slovenian politician and thinker (d. 1970)
- 1874 - Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
- 1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. 1942)
- 1872 - Dr. John McCrae, Canadian physician and soldier (d. 1918)
- 1870 - Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon (d. 1948)
- 1869 - Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
- 1863 - Andres Bonifacio, head of the Philippine Revolutionary Movement Katipunan (KKK) (d. 1897)
- 1858 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937)
- 1857 - Bobby Abel, English cricketer (d. 1936)
- 1847 - Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909)
- 1840 - Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)
- 1836 - Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (d. 1882)
- 1835 - Mark Twain, American writer (d. 1910)
- 1825 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French academic painter (d. 1905)
- 1821 - Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902)
- 1817 - Theodor Mommsen, German historian, Nobel laureate (d. 1903)
- 1813 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (d. 1890)
- 1813 - Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d. 1888)
- 1810 - Oliver Winchester, American gunsmith (d. 1880)
- 1796 - Carl Loewe, German composer (d. 1869)
- 1791 - Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian soldier and statesman (d. 1848)
- 1781 - Alexander Berry, British adventurer (d. 1873)
- 1768 - J?drzej ?niadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)
- 1756 - Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827)
- 1723 - William Livingston, revolutionary Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)
- 1722 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d. 1761)
- 1719 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d. 1772)
- 1683 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)
- 1670 - John Toland, Irish philosopher (d. 1722)
- 1667 - Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist (d. 1745)
- 1637 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698)
- 1625 - Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
- 1594 - John Cosin, English clergyman (d. 1672)
- 1554 - Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer (d. 1586)
- 1508 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (d. 1580)
- 1498 - Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568)
- 1466 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d. 1560)
- 1364 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
- 1340 - John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (d. 1416)
- 539 - Gregory of Tours, French bishop and historian (d. 594)