Born on November 30
November 30 birthdays & history
If you were born on November 30, you share a birthday with Winston Churchill, Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift. November 30 babies are Sagittarius, with topaz as their birthstone and the chrysanthemum as their birth flower. November 30 is the 335th day of the year in leap years (334th in other years).
Famous people born on November 30
- 1874Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1835Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic
- 1667Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist
- 1935Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1817Theodor Mommsen, German jurist, historian, and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1982Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
- 1990Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player
- 1937Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer
- 1960Gary Lineker, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1965Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
What happened on November 30
- 1803In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to the French First Republic.
- 1872The first international football match took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
- 1916Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
- 1934Flying Scotsman became the first steam locomotive officially to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h).
- 1935A college football game between the SMU Mustangs and the TCU Horned Frogs became the first game in Texas to be broadcast nationally on radio.
- 1936English mathematician Alan Turing published the first details of the Turing machine, an abstract device that can simulate the logic of any computer algorithm by manipulating symbols.
- 1966Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1967The People's Republic of Southern Yemen gains its independence from the United Kingdom
- 1967The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.
- 1967Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
- 1979The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by the English band Pink Floyd, was first released.
- 2005John Sentamu was enthroned as Archbishop of York, becoming the first black archbishop in the Church of England.
Also observed on November 30
- Bonifacio Day (Philippines)
- Commemoration Day (United Arab Emirates)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom in 1966
- National Day (Benin)
- Regina Mundi Day (South Africa)
- Saint Andrew's Day (Scotland)
Questions, answered
What star sign is November 30?
People born on November 30 are Sagittarius. Their birthstone is topaz and their birth flower is the chrysanthemum.
Which famous people were born on November 30?
Winston Churchill (1874), Mark Twain (1835), Jonathan Swift (1667), Woody Allen (1935), Theodor Mommsen (1817), Elisha Cuthbert (1982) were all born on November 30.
What happened on November 30 in history?
Among other things: in 1967, Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing; in 1979, The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by the English band Pink Floyd, was first released; in 2005, John Sentamu was enthroned as Archbishop of York, becoming the first black archbishop in the Church of England.
Can I get a newspaper front page from November 30?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any November 30 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “November 30”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.