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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 30th November 2018   
   30 Nov 18 03:35:08   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-4f4-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1735 - States of Holland forbid Free Masonry   
      
   1939 - USSR invades Finland, bombs Helsinki   
      
   1942 - German supply vessel Uckermark (formerly called the Altmark) explodes   
   and sinks off Yokohama   
      
   1963 - 28th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 10-8 in Birmingham, Auburn's first   
   points in the series in five years   
      
   1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   
      
   1981 - Porn star John Holmes arrested on fugitive charges   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1855 - Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance   
      
   1930 - James Felton Boyd, Rocky Mount NC, light HW boxer (Olympic gold 1956)   
      
   1960 - Rich Fields, American television personality   
      
   1966 - David Nicholls, English novelist and screenwriter   
      
   1976 - Cypher Zero, American circus innovator (New York Circus Arts)   
      
   1987 - Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly)   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1761 - John Dollond, British optician and owner of 1st patent for achromatic   
   lens, dies at 55   
      
   1900 - Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright and novelist (Importance of Being   
   Earnest), dies in Paris at 46   
      
   1931 - Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, French composer, dies at 46   
      
   1972 - Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71   
      
   2000 - Scott Smith, Canadian rock bassist (Loverboy), drowns in a sailing   
   accident at 45   
      
   2015 - Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Manga artist (GeGeGe no KitarÅ   
   ), dies at 93   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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