November 1930 calendar

Events

• 02 Nov 1930 Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty.
• 03 Nov 1930 First US vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-to-Windsor, Canada) opens.
• 05 Nov 1930 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for Babbitt
• 09 Nov 1930 First nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama.
• 17 Nov 1930 Musical Sweet & Low with Fanny Brice premieres in New York City
• 18 Nov 1930 Musical Smiles with Bob Hope / Fred Astaire premieres in New York City
• 19 Nov 1930 Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow commit their first robbery, the first in a long series of robberies and other criminal acts.
• 22 Nov 1930 1st Irish Sweepstake run
• 23 Nov 1930 New York Giants' Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a touchdown from a scrimmage.
• 24 Nov 1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days
• 25 Nov 1930 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP and Joe Cronin as AL MVP

Famous Birthday

• Pierre Bergé

  French entrepreneur, industrialist, and patron, widely known as Yves Saint-Laurent's partner.

• Josette Amiel

  French dancer and member of the Paris Opera Ballet.

• Clifford Irving

  American writer and popular novelist who claimed to be the official biographer of Howard Hughes, one of the biggest literary hoaxes ever...

• Bruno Huber

  Swiss astrologer who, along with his wife Louise, co-founded the Astrology Psychological Institute, also known as the Swiss School of...

• J G Ballard

  British author (d. 2009).

• Edward White

  American astronaut, the first American to emerge from an orbiting spacecraft and the first man to control his movements while floating in...

• Bob Mathias

  American athlete who was the sole competitor in modern history to win the decathlon on two separate occasions.

• Jimmy Dunnachie
• Hank Garland

  American guitar virtuoso (d. 2004).

• Roland Bertin
• James Groppi

  American ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic priest and social activist.

• Jacques Rouland
• Dick Groat

  American baseball player and sportscaster.

• Robert Cohen

  French boxer.

• Phil Crane

  American academic and politician (d. 2014).

• Lois Smith

  Topeka Actor.

• Aldo Biscardi
• Eugene A Obregon
• Bill Brock (politician)
• Ivan Moravec
• See more

Famous Deaths

• Okido Moriemon

  Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (Born 1878).

• Christiaan Eijkman

  Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Born 1858).

• Buddy Bolden

  American cornet player (d. 1930).

Top #2 songs in the USA

1. Don Azpiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor
2. Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - Embraceable You