Friday, November 20, 2015

30 November - History and Importance of the Day

Barbados National Day

Yemen Independence Day
http://www.worldtravelguide.net/yemen/public-holidays

1678 - Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
           http://www.moyak.com/papers/popish-plot-england.html              http://www.royal.gov.uk/historyofthemonarchy/kingsandqueensoftheunitedkingdom/thestuarts/charlesii.aspx

1838 - Mexico declares war on France
1866 - Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago
1886 - 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo

1900 - Patent by a German engineer for front-wheel drive for automobiles
          http://local.aaca.org/junior/mileposts/1900.htm
          http://press.porsche.com/news/release.php?id=642

1922 - 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho
1966 - Barbados gained independence from Great Britain (National Day)
1967 - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from the UK
1967 - The Pakistan Peoples Party was founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.
1986 - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime
1999 - British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merged to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.

2005 - John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.



Birthdays

1667 - Jonathan Swift,Author  (Gulliver's Travels)
1835 - Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn)
1874 - Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55)



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30 November Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

Technology History
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1835 Birthday Mark Twain
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov30.html


Cricket News of the Day
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History and Importance of the Day - Index of the Year

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