This Day in History
30 Nov 1016
Cnut the Great (Canute) King of Denmark claims the English throne after the death of Edmund Ironside
30 Nov 1215
Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen
30 Nov 1630
16000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague
30 Nov 1678
Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
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Elton John’s Greatest Hits hits #1
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Meteorite strikes Alabama woman
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Brady Bill signed into law
During a White House ceremony attended by James S. Brady President Bill Clinton signs the Brady handgun-control bill into law. The law requires a prospective h...
Unsafe at Any Speed hits bookstores
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Folies Bergere stage first revue
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German foreign minister celebrates revolution in Russia
On this day in 1917 Foreign Minister Richard Von Kuhlmann stands before the German Reichstag government to deliver a speech applauding the recent rise to power...
White House announces no full withdrawal until final truce agreement signed
White House Press Secretary Ron Zeigler announces to the press that the administration will make no more public statements concerning U.S. troop withdrawals fro...
South Vietnamese draft articles for new constitution
In Saigon the South Vietnamese Constituent Assembly begins drawing up draft articles for a new constitution. On December 15 the Assembly approved the proposal...
McNamara warns Johnson that communists are gaining strength in South Vietnam
Following a visit to South Vietnam Defense Secretary Robert McNamara reports in a memorandum to President Lyndon B. Johnson that the South Vietnamese governmen...
McCarthy to enter Democratic presidential primary
Liberal Democratic Senator Eugene J. McCarthy from Minnesota an advocate of a negotiated end to the war in Vietnam declares that he intends to enter several D...
Football coach Bill Walsh is born
On November 30 1931 legendary football coach Bill Walsh is born in Los Angeles California. Though the young Walsh played on the Hayward High School football ...
Truman refuses to rule out atomic weapons
On this day in 1950 President Harry S. Truman announces during a press conference that he is prepared to authorize the use of atomic weapons in order to achiev...
Harvey “Kid Curry†Logan sentenced
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Mark Twain is born
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Jeopardy! contestant’s record winning streak ends
On this day in 2004 after winning 74 straight games and more than 2.5 milliona record for U.S. game showsJeopardy contestant Ken Jennings los...
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