Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 30
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This is a list of selected November 30 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| Cities for Life Day | refimprove |
| 1786 – Peter Leopold Joseph, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgated a penal reform that made his country the first sovereign state to abolish the death penalty. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1829 – The first Welland Canal opened, allowing ships to travel between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and bypass the Niagara Falls. | unreferenced section |
| 1936 – The Crystal Palace, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, was destroyed by fire. | refimprove section |
| 1953 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda, was deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. | unreferenced section |
| 1954 – The first recorded case of a human being injured by an extraterrestrial object took place in Sylacauga, Alabama, US, when a meteorite crashed through a roof and hit a sleeping woman. | unreferenced section; article also says first in US, which is not that significant |
| 1999 – Protests by anti-globalization activists against the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Seattle forced the cancellation of its opening ceremonies. | neutrality disputed |
Eligible
- 1872 – The first-ever international football match took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
- 1939 – The Winter War broke out as the Soviet Red Army invaded Finland and quickly advanced to the Mannerheim Line, an action judged as illegal by the League of Nations.
- 1942 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy warships defeated United States Navy forces during a nighttime naval battle near the Tassafaronga area on Guadalcanal.
- 1947 – As the United Nations voted to terminate the British Mandate of Palestine, civil war broke out between the region's Jewish and Arab communities.
- 1962 – Burmese diplomat U Thant became United Nations Secretary-General, following the death of Dag Hammarskjöld in September 1961.
- 1982 – Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, was released.
- 1993 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act into law, requiring purchasers of handguns to pass a background check.
- 2005 – John Sentamu was enthroned as Archbishop of York, becoming the first member of an ethnic minority to serve as an archbishop in the Church of England.
November 30: Independence Day in Barbados (1966); Bonifacio Day in the Philippines; Saint Andrew's Day in Scotland
- 1700 – Great Northern War: Swedish forces led by King Charles XII defeated the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great at the Battle of Narva.
- 1853 – Russian warships led by Pavel Nakhimov (pictured) destroyed an Ottoman fleet of frigates at the Battle of Sinop, precipitating the Crimean War.
- 1934 – The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman became the first to officially exceed 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
- 1979 – The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by Pink Floyd, was first released.
- 2007 – Swami Rambhadracharya, a Hindu religious leader, released the first Braille version of the Bhagavad Gita scripture.