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NOVEMBER 30, 1954
A meteorite crashed through a roof in Sylacauga, Alabama, and hit a sleeping woman in the first verified case of a human being injured by an extraterrestrial object.
The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 p.m. local time in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga, in the United Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1803
An expedition led by Francisco Javier de Balmis departed A Coruña, Spain, with the aim of vaccinating millions in South America and Asia against smallpox.
The Royal Philanthropic Vaccine Expedition, commonly referred to as the Balmis Expedition, was a Spanish healthcare mission that lasted from 1803 to Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1936
English mathematician Alan Turing published the first details of the Turing machine (model pictured), an abstract device that can simulate the logic of any computer algorithm by manipulating symbols.
Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Anchorage, Alaska (pictured) and caused over 100 injuries.
On November 30, 2018, at 8:29 a.m. AKST (17:29 UTC), a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Anchorage in South Central Alaska. The earthquake's epicenter was Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1953
Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, was temporarily deposed and exiled to London by Andrew Cohen, the British governor of Uganda.
Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II was a Ugandan royal and statesman who served as the first president Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1853
Russian warships led by Pavel Nakhimov destroyed an Ottoman fleet of frigates at the Battle of Sinop, prompting France and the United Kingdom to enter the Crimean War.
Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov was a Russian admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy known for his victory in the Battle of Sinop and Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1934
Flying Scotsman (pictured) became the first steam locomotive officially to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h).
No. 4472 Flying Scotsman is a LNER Class A3 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1700
Great Northern War: Swedish forces led by King Charles XII defeated the Russian army at the Battle of Narva.
In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1872
The first international football match (pictured) took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
The 1872 association football match between the national teams of Scotland and England is officially recognised by FIFA as the first international. Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1935
A college football game between the SMU Mustangs and the TCU Horned Frogs became the first game in Texas to be broadcast nationally on radio.
The 1935 SMU vs. TCU football game was a regular season college football game between the SMU Mustangs and the TCU Horned Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1999
A series of protests by anti-globalization activists against the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 in Seattle forced the cancellation of the opening ceremonies.
The 1999 Seattle WTO protests, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Seattle, were a series of anti-globalization protests surrounding the WTO Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 2005
John Sentamu was enthroned as Archbishop of York, becoming the first black archbishop in the Church of England.
John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, Baron Sentamu, is a retired Anglican bishop and life peer. He was Archbishop of York and Primate of Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1947
After the United Nations voted to adopt a partition plan for Palestine, a civil war broke out between the region's Jewish and Arab communities.
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations to partition Mandatory Palestine at the end of Read More
NOVEMBER 30, 1942
World War II: Japanese warships defeated the U.S. Navy in a nighttime naval battle off Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all Read More

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