Major Events
- 1016 King of Denmark, Cnut the Great [Canute], claims the English throne after the death of Edmund Ironside
- 1487 The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, stating that beer should be brewed from only three ingredients: water, malt, and hops
- 1786 Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II promulgates a penal reform, making Tuscany the first state to abolish the death penalty; November 30 is now commemorated as Cities for Life Day
- 1876 Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovers the gold Mask of Agamemnon at Mycenae in modern Greece, known as “the Mona Lisa of prehistory”
- 1909 British House of Lords rejects David Lloyd George‘s ‘People’s Budget’, which tried to shift tax burden to the wealthy. Leads to the Parliament Act, designed to stop the unelected house from overruling the will of the elected house.
Nov 30 in Film & TV
Nov 30 in Music
- 1979 Pink Floyd‘s album “The Wall” is released and sells six million copies in two weeks
- 1982 “Thriller,” the sixth studio album by Michael Jackson is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1984, best-selling album of all time, Billboard Album of the Year 1983)
- 1994 First Beatles album in 25 years, “Live at the BBC,” is released in Britain
Nov 30 in Sport
- 1872 First international soccer game, Scotland draws with England (0-0) in Glasgow
Did You Know?
Ann Hodges is bruised by a meteor at Sylacauga, Alabama, in the first modern instance of a meteorite striking a human
Fun Fact About November 30
World’s longest recorded rainbow lasts for 8 hours and 58 minutes in Taipei’s Yangmingshan Mountain Range
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