WHAT HAPPENED ON 30. NOVEMBER
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Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut. (30. November 1940)

World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright. (30. November 1942)

1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel. (30. November 1947)

Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. (30. November 1953)

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. (30. November 1954)

Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. (30. November 1966)

The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom. (30. November 1967)

The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman. (30. November 1967)

Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates. (30. November 1971)

Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27,000. (30. November 1972)

Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) (30. November 1981)

Michael Jackson's second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history. (30. November 1982)

Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb. (30. November 1989)

American National Football League awards 30th franchise to the Jacksonville Jaguars. (30. November 1993)

U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law. (30. November 1993)

MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia. (30. November 1994)

Official end of Operation Desert Storm. (30. November 1995)

U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favour of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall. He calls terrorists "yesterday's men". (30. November 1995)

Exxon and Mobil sign a USD$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company. (30. November 1998)

In Seattle, Washington, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. (30. November 1999)