November 30
Birthdays
Winston Churchill
1874–1965, British Statesman, Soldier, and Author
Andrea Palladio
architect (1508)
Jonathan Swift
author (1667)
Mark Twain
writer, social observer (1835)
L. M. Montgomery
novelist (1874)
Gordon Parks
photographer, filmmaker, writer (1912)
Shirley Chisholm
congresswoman (1924)
Dick Clark
TV personality (1929)
Ridley Scott
filmmaker (1937)
David Mamet
playwright (1947)
Ben Stiller
actor, director, comic (1965)
Elisha Cuthbert
actor (1982)
1804
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried for political bias.
1900
Irish author Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.
1940
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married.
1966
Barbados became independent of Great Britain.
1974
The fossilized remains of a female human ancestor named Lucy (after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) were found in Ethiopia.
1993
The Brady Bill, requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, is signed.
1995
President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Northern Ireland.
2004
Ken Jennings ended his 74-game winning spree on the game show, Jeopardy!