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Notable anniversaries in history for today: November 30
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill at Blemheim Palace, England; British Conservative Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55, Nobel Prize 1953).
- 100th: 1924 - First photo facsimile is transmitted across Atlantic Ocean by radio.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Allan Sherman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian and writer (I've Got a Secret TV show, "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!" song).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Shirley Chisholm; American politician (Democrat-Representative-New York), presidential candidate.
- 90th: 1934 - The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph.
- 70th: 1954 - First meteorite (8 pounds) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges in Sylacauga, Alabama, USA).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of June Pointer; singer (Pointer Sisters - "I'm so Excited").
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Lawrence Summers; US Treasury Secretary.
- 60th: 1964 - Don Redman, orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at age 64.
- 60th: 1964 - USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned.
- 50th: 1974 - Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens, and Tim White discover Lucy (Australopithecus) in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
- 50th: 1974 - 20th time New York Islanders shut-out (3-0 versus Vancouver Canucks).
- 40th: 1984 - The Tamil Tigers begin the purge of the Sinhalese from North and East Sri Lanka; 127 are killed.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Lionel Stander of lung cancer at age 86; actor (Max - Hart to Hart TV show, Eddie Cantor Show radio show, Kraft Music Hall, The Fred Allen Show, It Takes a Thief, Dream On, Mayor of the Town, Stage Door Canteen, The Jack Paar Show, The Life of Riley (1941)).
- 25th: 1999 - In Seattle, Washington, the first major mobilization of the anti-globalization movement catches police unprepared and forces the cancellation of the opening ceremonies of the WTO Meeting of 1999 (protests end on December 3).
- 25th: 1999 - Exxonmobil Corporation merger is completed, and forms the largest company in the world.
- 25th: 1999 - British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defence contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
- 20th: 2004 - Longtime Jeopardy! (TV show) champion Ken Jennings finally loses after 74 wins, leaving him with $2,520,700, television's all-time biggest game show haul.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Pierre Berton of heart failure at age 84; Canadian author and broadcaster (Front Page Challenge).
- 5th: 2019 - 22 people (two civilians, four police officers and 16 drug dealers) are killed in a shootout in Villa Unión, Coahuila, Mexico, the largest such crime in the country's history.
- 5th: 2019 - (to December 11) The 2019 Southeast Asian Games are held in the Philippines.
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