1016 – Edmund II, Ironsides, King of the Saxons (1016), dies at 27
1841 – Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch government official, dies at 73
1864 – Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1979 – Zeppo Marx [Herbert Manfred Marx], American comedian and actor (Marx Brothers), dies at 78
1983 – George Headley OD MBE, West Indies cricket batsman (22 Tests; 2,190 runs @ 60.83; 10 x 100), dies at 74
1985 – Phil Tucker, American film director (Robot Monster), dies at 58
1994 – Guy Debord, situationist, dies at 63
1995 – William Roerick, American actor (The Wasp Woman, Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83
2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)
2010 – Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)
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Historical Events for 30th November 2020
1215 – Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen
1900 – The First Isthmian Canal Commission, appointed by the President having examined possible routes for a canal, issues its report favoring that through Nicaragua over the Panama route
1912 – CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: Hamilton Alerts win their only title; beat Toronto Argonauts, 11-4
1938 – Germany bans Jews being lawyers
1939 – USSR invades Finland, bombs Helsinki
1953 – Edward Mutesa II, kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda
1969 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 – CFL Grey Cup, Autostade, Montreal: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Saskatchewan Roughriders, 29-11; first Grey Cup game played in its entirety on a Sunday
1996 – South African cricket opening batsman Gary Kirsten follows his 1st innings 102 with 133 in the Proteas’ 329 run 2nd Test win v India in Kolkata
2013 – 14th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats New Zealand 34-2
Today in History for 30th November 2020
Historical Events
1554 – England reconciles with Pope Julius III
1931 – His Master’s Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI
1948 – Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin
1949 – KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 – Milt Campbell sets Olympic record total of 7,937 points to upset fellow American and world record holder Rafer Johnson, and win the decathlon gold medal at the Melbourne Games
1988 – Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed
Famous Birthdays
1498 – Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer, born in Ordizia, Gipuzkoa, Crown of Castile (d. 1568)
1945 – Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist (Episode Six-Deep Purple)
1946 – Marina Abramović, Serbian American performance artist, born in Belgrade, Serbia
1970 – Robert Griffith, NFL strong safety (Minnesota Vikings)
1971 – Iván Rodríguez, MLB catcher (Texas Rangers), born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
1980 – Jamie Ashdown, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1813 – Friedrich August Baumbach, German composer, dies at 60
1904 – Aldine Silliman Kieffer, American composer, dies at 64
1954 – Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886)
1976 – Fritz Rasp, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85
2010 – Monty Sunshine, British jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Petite Fleur), dies at 82
2013 – John Zochonis, British industrialist (PZ Cussons) and philanthropist, dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 29th November 2020
1590 – Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1643 – William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer, dies at 81
1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German politician (SPD) and Mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
1953 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor, dies from a heart attack at 78
1993 – Jack Longland, British director of education (Derbyshire), dies at 88
1995 – Irene Ighodar, Sierra Leonean doctor and social reformer, dies at 79
2001 – John Knowles, American writer (Morning in Antibes), dies at 75
2003 – Larry Booker (Moondog Spot), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), dies of a heart attack at 51
2009 – Robert Holdstock, English sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth), dies at 61
Historical Events for 29th November 2020
1916 – US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
1918 – Serbia annexes Montenegro
1921 – Coldest day in November in Netherlands -14.0°C
1924 – NHL’s Montreal Forum opens
1943 – US aircraft carrier Hornet launched
1961 – Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss
1962 – Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year
1989 – 8th Largest wrestling crowd UFW U-Cosmos (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
2015 – British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 2nd in season-ending Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix to win his 3rd overall, and 2nd consecutive World Drivers Championship by 59 points from teammate Nico Rosberg
2017 – American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC’s “Today” show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
Today in History for 29th November 2020
Historical Events
1864 – 4th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
1915 – Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California.
1951 – 1st underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada
1952 – 17th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-0 in Birmingham
1962 – Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year
1980 – 45th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 34-18 in Birmingham
Famous Birthdays
1912 – Viola Smith, American drummer and bandleader (one of the first professional female drummers), born in Mount Calvary, Wisconsin (d. 2020)
1947 – Ronnie Montrose, American rock guitarist (Montrose, Gamma), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2012)
1962 – Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (v Sri Lanka 1985-86)
1968 – Pedro Martínez Aquino, Dominican pitcher (NY Mets), born in Villa Mella, Dominican Republic
1969 – Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player (NAC, Celtic), born in Steenbergen, Netherlands
1978 – Alessandro Fei, Italian volleyball player, born in Saronno, Italy
Famous Deaths
1699 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
1847 – Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (Oregon Trail), dies at 45
1976 – Godfrey Cambridge, American actor (Cotton comes to Harlem), dies of a heart attack at 43
1986 – Herb Vigran, actor (Vampire, Mark of Vampire), dies
1992 – Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy), dies at 78
1992 – Robert Shayne, American actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of cancer at 92
Famous Deaths for 28th November 2020
1290 – Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (c. 1608)
1716 – Gisbert Cuper, Dutch classicist and historian, dies at 72
1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)
1927 – C. E. A. Wichmann, German-Dutch geologist, dies at 76
1959 – Lester Vail, American actor (Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage), dies at 60
1964 – Charles Meredith, American actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70
1993 – Camillo Togni, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 71
2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (Spy Hard, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun), dies of pneumonia at 84
2016 – Grant Tinker, American TV executive (Chairman of NBC), dies at 90
Historical Events for 28th November 2020
1843 – Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
1854 – Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo
1925 – NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses and dies 4 months later of TB
1951 – Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
1962 – Telegraph between Netherlands and Indonesia restored
1964 – 1965 NFL Draft: Tucker Frederickson from Auburn University first pick by New York Giants
1970 – 35th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 33-28 in Birmingham
1981 – “Merrily We Roll Along” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances
1985 – 6th Belgium government of Martens forms
2018 – French director Luc Besson accused of sexual harassment by five more women, adding to four already made public
Today in History for 28th November 2020
Historical Events
1911 – Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico
1944 – 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse
1956 – Shirley Strickland de la Hunty of Australia retains her 80m hurdles Olympic title in OR 10.7s beating German Gisela Birkemeyer by just 0.2s at the Melbourne Games
1956 – Soviet runner Vladimir Kuts wraps up the Olympic middle distance double by winning the 5,000m gold medal at the Melbourne Games; runs Olympic records in both 5k and 10,000m events
1963 – The Beatles “She Loves You” unusually, returns to #1 in UK record chart and reaches 1 million copies sold
1989 – Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A’s contract
Famous Birthdays
1805 – John Stephens, American explorer and archaeologist (pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America), born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey (d. 1852)
1904 – James Eastland, American politician (Sen-D-Miss 1943-68), born in Doddsville, Mississippi (d. 1986)
1925 – József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (d. 1978)
1929 – Berry Gordy, record company owner (Motown), born in Detroit, Michigan
1942 – Manolo Blahnik, Santa Cruz de La Palma Spain, shoe designer
1966 – Sam Seder, American comedian
Famous Deaths
741 – Syrian Catholic Pope Saint Gregory III
1058 – Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies
1574 – Georg Major, German Protestant theologian, dies at 72
1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian-American nuclear physicist (Nobel 1938), dies of stomach cancer at 53
1971 – Grantley Herbert Adams, Premier of Barbados (1953-58) and Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation (1958-62), dies at 73
1994 – Jerry Rubin, US anti-war activist (Youth Party) and businessman, dies at 56
Famous Deaths for 27th November 2020
1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest and inventor (magic lantern), dies at 79
1894 – Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
1975 – Ross McWhirter, English Guinness Book of Records co-founder, assassinated by the IRA at 50
1977 – John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
1978 – George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (1976-78) shot and killed by Dan White aged 49
1988 – Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
1996 – George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
2000 – Len Shackleton, English former footballer, dies at 78
2011 – Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 71
2012 – Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (Major League Baseball Players Association 1966-1982), dies at 95