November 30th, 1942

Born on November 30th, 1942

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What happened on November 30th, 1942?

November 30th, 1942

World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. Navy cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga

November 30th, 1942

World War II: Japanese warships defeated the U.S. Navy in a nighttime naval battle off Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else happened on November 30th?

November 30th, 1962

Following the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, Burmese diplomat U Thant (pictured) was elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

November 30th, 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.

November 30th, 1953

Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, was temporarily deposed and exiled to London by Andrew Cohen, the British governor of Uganda.

November 30th, 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.

November 30th, 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.

November 30th, 1934

Flying Scotsman became the first steam locomotive officially to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h).

November 30th, 1872

The first international football match (pictured) took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.

November 30th, 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.

November 30th, 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.

November 30th, 1700

Great Northern War: Swedish forces led by King Charles XII defeated the Russian army at the Battle of Narva.

November 30th, 2018

a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Anchorage, Alaska (pictured) and caused over 100 injuries.

November 30th, 2005

John Sentamu was enthroned as Archbishop of York, becoming the first black archbishop in the Church of England.

November 30th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 30th

Born on November 30th, 1942

73

André Brahic

French astrophysicist and astronomer

*November 30th, 1942, 12th arrondissement of Paris †May 15th, 2016, 13th arrondissement of Paris

81

Damien Thomas

British actor

*November 30th, 1942, Ismailia

77

Eduard Limonov

Russian writer (1943-2020)

*November 30th, 1942, Dzerzhinsk †March 17th, 2020, Moscow

81

Yves Brunier

French puppeteer

*November 30th, 1942, Lyon

74

Nawshirwan Mustafa

Iraqi Kurdish politician

*November 30th, 1942, Sulaymaniyah †May 19th, 2017, Sulaymaniyah

75

Harald von Boehmer

German-Swiss immunologist

*November 30th, 1942, Guben †June 24th, 2018

81

Hugo Marcel

Argentinian actor

*November 30th, 1942, Buenos Aires

81

Javier Vázquez

Spanish journalist

*November 30th, 1942, Valladolid

81

Célyne Fortin

Canadian poet and illustrator

*November 30th, 1942, La Sarre

81

Francisco Chaparro Jara

Spanish football player/manager

*November 30th, 1942, Seville

81

Eduardo Serrano

Venezuelan actor

*November 30th, 1942, Caracas

43

George Ambrum

Australian rugby league footballer

*November 30th, 1942, Thursday Island †November 30th, 1985, Cessnock

73

María Estela Lorca

Argentinian actor

*November 30th, 1942, Buenos Aires †January 9th, 2016, Buenos Aires

74

Janis Hansen

American singer-songwriter

*November 30th, 1942, Great Falls †October 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

76

Julio del Mar

Colombian actor

*November 30th, 1942, Barranquilla †August 25th, 2019, Bogotá

81

Ross Lewis

American photographer

*November 30th, 1942, Passaic

61

Ingrid Becker

German painter

*November 30th, 1942, Neumünster †November 30th, 2003

79

Burghart Schmidt

German philosopher (1942-2022)

*November 30th, 1942, Wildeshausen †February 13th, 2022

81

José Jiménez Jiménez

Spanish philosopher

*November 30th, 1942, Madrid

81

Yair Klein

Israeli mercenary

*November 30th, 1942, Israel

81

Marco Vannini

Italian zoologist (1943-)

*November 30th, 1942, Florence

81

André Pelletier

Canadian painter

*November 30th, 1942, Quebec

81

Jamie Muir

British musician

*November 30th, 1942, Edinburgh

81

Leslie Alexander

Basketball team owner

*November 30th, 1942, New Jersey

81

Maritsa Lazari

Cyprus Billionaire

*November 30th, 1942, Dora, Cyprus

76

Richard Berg

Wargame designer

*November 30th, 1942, Charleston †July 26th, 2019, Charleston

73

Rafiq Azad

Bangladeshi poet

*November 30th, 1942, Tangail †March 12th, 2016, Dhaka

73

Abdel-Bari Zamzami

Moroccan politician

*November 30th, 1942, Tangier †February 10th, 2016

73

João Palma

Brazilian musician

*November 30th, 1942, Rio de Janeiro †May 9th, 2016

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80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

68

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

93

Trude Dothan

Austrian-Israeli archaeologist

*November 30th, 1922, Vienna †January 28th, 2016, Jerusalem

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

73

Charles Hawtrey

English film actor (1914-1988)

*November 30th, 1914, Hounslow †October 27th, 1988, Deal

80

Annette Messager

French artist

*November 30th, 1943, Béthune

67

Baldwin Lonsdale

Ni-Vanuatu politician and Anglican priest

*November 30th, 1949, Mota Lava †June 17th, 2017, Port Vila

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

88

Woody Allen

American film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and comedian

*November 30th, 1935, The Bronx

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

57

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881-1938)

*November 30th, 1880, Thessaloniki †November 10th, 1938, Dolmabahçe Palace

82

Andrew Morgan

Film director

*November 30th, 1941, Somerset

78

Erika Uitz

German historian of middle ages

*November 30th, 1930, Chemnitz †January 1st, 2009, Berlin

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

76

David Mamet

American playwright, filmmaker and author

*November 30th, 1947, Chicago

87

Tsai Chin

Chinese-born British actress

*November 30th, 1936, Shanghai

86

Ridley Scott

British film director and producer (born 1937)

*November 30th, 1937, South Shields

23

Mina Jacobsen

Norwegian YouTuber

*November 30th, 2000, Eidsvoll Municipality

90

Winston Churchill

British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)

*November 30th, 1874, Blenheim Palace †January 24th, 1965, Hyde Park Gate

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81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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