Monday, November 30, 2009

This will be 334th day of the year and 31 days will remain in the year.


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)

November 30 in History

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!

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