On This Day In History
This day 112 years ago – 30 November 1909 – H. H. Asquith's 'People's Budget' was rejected by the House of Lords.
This led to Asquith's promising to “set up in Ireland a system of full self-government in regard to purely Irish affairs,” in exchange for the support of the IPP. pic.twitter.com/QWDSOFx8Ar
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 30, 2021
This day 25 years ago – 30 November 1995 – Bill Clinton became the first sitting U.S. President to visit Northern Ireland.
He said he was “proud to be here in the home of Ireland's most tireless champion for civil rights and its most eloquent voice of non-violence, John Hume.” pic.twitter.com/FRDZbncUMv
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 30, 2020
#OTD in 2020, at a virtual prize ceremony, indigenous Mayan beekeeper Leydy Pech was awarded the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize. She had a coalition that successfully halted Monsanto’s planting of genetically modified soybeans in southern Mexico. https://t.co/gdONJXOMF3
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) November 30, 2022
On this day in 1921, a white mob lynched a 15-year-old Black boy named Robert Murtore after a local sheriff in Texas failed to protect him while he was in his custody. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/IvSmjhDCeb
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) November 30, 2022
30 November 1872. The first England versus Scotland football international took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow. It ended in a 0-0 draw. The Scotland v England match up is therefore the oldest international fixture in world football. pic.twitter.com/hWZUTDvL7H
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
30 November 1900. Acclaimed Irish writer, Oscar Wilde, died in Paris (aged 46). He was one of the most popular playwrights during the 1890s, and published one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. His career was wrecked by criminal convictions for gross indecency, and homosexuality. pic.twitter.com/4frXOksuYS
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
30 November 1934. The LNER Class A3 4472 steam train known as, Flying Scotsman, became the first steam locomotive to be officially recorded reaching 100 MPH, during a 393-mile trip between London and Edinbugh. pic.twitter.com/JKdeed7D3L
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
30 November 1936. Alan Turing’s research paper, On Computable Numbers, was published in 2 issues of the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society on 30 November, and 23 December 1936. It proposed the creation of a universal (computer) machine. pic.twitter.com/WjvLI2TR31
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
30 November 1939. The Soviet Union invaded Finland, to begin the “Winter War”. It ended three and a half months later, with a Soviet victory, but Finland had maintained its independence. The League of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union. pic.twitter.com/uygagrCkaz
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
30 November 1960. England football legend, Gary Lineker, was born in Leicester. He played for Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur and Nagoya Grampus Eight. He played 80 times for England, scoring 48, and won the Golden Boot at 1986 World Cup as the top scorer. pic.twitter.com/3z38oqB1Xc
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
30 November 1966. The former West Indian British colony of Barbados became independent under the terms of The Barbados Independence Act 1966. Barbados was the 4th English-speaking country in the West Indies to achieve full Independence from the UK. pic.twitter.com/lEJeRW6zAn
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
30 November 2003. American swimmer, Gertrude Ederle, died (aged 98). She was an Olympic champion and a world record-holder in 5 swimming events. On 6 August 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. pic.twitter.com/Ndnmyr5Xxt
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
30 November 2005. Former judge, Dr John Sentamu, became the first black UK Archbishop, after being enthroned as the 97th Archbishop of York. The ceremony combined his Ugandan roots, with traditional Church of England protocol. pic.twitter.com/FoaZNmEZk1
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
30 November 2007. Legendary American motorcycle stuntman, Evel Knievel, died (aged 69). Over the course of his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps, most notably, over lines of buses and trucks, but he sustained numerous serious injuries in falls. pic.twitter.com/mZDhRRl20U
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 30, 2022
December 1st
1913 Ford Motor Company institutes world's 1st moving assembly line for the Model T Ford
1934 Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov is assassinated, Joseph Stalin uses it as an excuse to begin his Great Purge of 1934-38
1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama
1988 Benazir Bhutto named Prime Minister of Pakistan, the 1st female leader of a Muslim country
Did You Know?
The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation
Today in History in 1952
Would You Believe?
Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"
Today in History in 1976
This day 137 years ago – 1 November 1884 – the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) was founded in Tipperary “for the preservation and cultivation of our national pastimes.”
For more info, pick up a copy of This Day in Irish History, available online and in all good bookshops now. pic.twitter.com/gla1c3u13b
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 1, 2021
This day 99 years ago - 1 November 1921 - Frances Kyle and Averil Deverell became the first women barristers in Ireland.
They were called to the Irish Bar at King's Inn, Dublin, more than six months before Ivy Williams became the first woman called to the English Bar in 1922. pic.twitter.com/OBvMupWPbN
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) November 1, 2020
In 1902 Annie Turnbo Malone—millionaire entrepreneur & inventor —opened her first shop in St Louis, selling haircare products for Black women. In 1918, she established Poro College, a cosmetology school, whose franchises created jobs for 75,000 women. https://t.co/fu8tr9IUrW pic.twitter.com/ypGXI79N9K
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) December 1, 2022
On this day in 1955, police arrested Rosa Parks in Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus—not because she was physically tired, but because she was tired of giving in. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/vx2aL3uj9E
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) December 1, 2022