“Advent Sunday is a liturgical period preceding Christmas, beginning in Western churches on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and observed by many as a season of prayer, fasting, and penitence. Advent Sunday is also called the First Sunday of Advent by Western Christian Churches. It is the first day of the liturgical year and the start of the season of Advent.”
Daily Calendar for Sunday, November 30, 2025
Born
- Andrea Palladio (architect) –
- Jonathan Swift (satirist) –
- Mark Twain (writer; pen name, Mark Twain; real name, Samuel Langhorne Clemens) –
- Sir Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister) –
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (author) –
- Donald Ogden Stewart (actor) –
- Clyfford Still (artist) –
- Virginia Mayo (actress) –
- Dick Clark (entertainer) –
- Woody Allen (actor & producer) –
- David Mamet (dramatist) –
- Mandy Patinkin (actor & singer) –
- Billy Idol (singer) –
- Bo Jackson (football & baseball player) –
- Clay Aiken (singer) –
- Elisha Cuthbert (actress) –
- Kaley Cuoco (actress) –
- Chrissy Teigen (television personality) –
- Dylan Cash (actor) –
Died
- Oscar Wilde (writer) –
- Sister Kenny (nurse who developed a method for treating victims of the disease infantile paralysis) –
- Johnny Roventini (radio and TV ad pitchman in the 1930s and 40s) –
- Gertrude Ederle (first woman to swim the English Channel) –
- Pierre Berton (author) –
- Evel Knievel (stunt motorcyclist) –
- Paul Walker (actor) –
- Jim Nabors (actor and singer) –
- George H.W. Bush (41st U.S. president) –
- Christine McVie (musician ) –
Events
- Anniversary of Mark Twain’s birth –
- The Mason jar developed by John Mason was patented –
- U.S. patent was issued to Johann Waehner of New York City for a necktie fastener –
- Comedienne Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz married –
- Meteorite hit Ann Hodges in her home in Sylacauga, Alabama –
- Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics scored his 20,000th career point –
- A pristine copy of Action Comics #1, famed for the first appearance of Superman, sold for $2,161,000. It was the first comic book to break the $2 million mark. –
- Discovery of 215 fossilized pterosaur eggs in Gobi Desert, China, announced –
Weather
- The Erie Canal closed due to severely cold weather –
- A Midwest cold wave brought a temperature of 17 degrees below zero F to Minneapolis –
- A tornado claimed 2 lives in Simsboro, Louisiana –
