Daily Calendar for Monday, November 30, 2026
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Monday, November 30, 2026
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 –