What are the important events that happened on November 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 30: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 30 is the 334^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 31 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 17, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,764,460,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontatetragon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 79 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,727 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 30 Historical Events

• 1782 –
  American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris – In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
• 1786 –
  Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. Consequently, November 30 is commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.
• 1829 –
  First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
• 1864 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Franklin – The Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops.
• 1954 –
  In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
• 1982 –
  Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released.
• 1993 –
  U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
• 1994 –
  MS Achille Lauro fire off Somalia coast.
• 1999 –
  In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
• 2004 –
  Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.

Who were born on November 30?

• 1625 –
  Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
• 1683 –
  Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)
• 1904 –
  Clyfford Still, American painter (d. 1980)
• 1947 –
  Stuart Baird, English film editor, producer and director
• 1959 –
  Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist
• 1965 –
  Lee Klein, American writer
• 1973 –
  Lim Chang-jung, South Korean actor
• 1979 –
  Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
• 1980 –
  Shane Victorino, American baseball player
• 1993 –
  Yuri Chinen, Japanese actor and singer

Who died on November 30?

• 1705 –
  Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England (b. 1638)
• 1761 –
  John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
• 1923 –
  John Maclean MA, Scottish Socialist (b. 1879)
• 1934 –
  Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)
• 1953 –
  Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)
• 1966 –
  Salah Suheimat, Jordanian parliamentarian (b. 1914)
• 1988 –
  Pannonica de Koenigswarter, jazz patroness and writer
• 1989 –
  Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (Deutsche Bank) (b. 1930)
• 2005 –
  Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
• 2010 –
  Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)