Year 1872
The world’s first international football match was played between Scotland and England at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow.
NOVEMBER 30
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30 November: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 30 November.
Year 1896
Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
Year 1909
Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
Year 1917
Establishment of Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Institute at Calcutta.
Year 1966
Barbados gained independence from the United Kingdom.
Year 1967
The Pakistan People’s Party was founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who became its first chairman.
Year 1974
India, Pakistan decide to end the ten-year trade ban.
Year 1982
World premier of Sir Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' held in New Delhi.
Year 1986
Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab.
Year 1988
Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
Year 1989
Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
Year 1990
Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
Year 1995
Official announcement of the end of Operation Desert Storm.
Year 1998
Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively
Year 1999
The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
Year 2000
Endeavor flew from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station, carrying five astronauts and giant solar panels.
Year 2000
Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
Year 2000
Priyanka Chopra became Miss World.
Year 2000
CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Year 2000
Dr. Anil Kakodkar takes charge as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy.
Born 1602
Otto von Guericke, a German physicist.
Born 1761
Smithson Tenant, a British chemist, who proved experimentally that diamonds are carbon.
Born 1835
Mark Twain, a famous American comedian, and novelist.
Born 1858
Dr. Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian botanist.
Born 1874
Winston Churchill, a British statesman, army officer, writer, and Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Born 1920
N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born.
Born 1923
V. N. Janaki, an Indian politician and activist of Tamil Nadu.
Born 1931
Romila Thapar, an Indian historian.
Born 1936
Abby Hoffman, founder of the Youth International Party.
Born 1945
Vani Jayaram, Indian playback singer.
Born 1950
Subhash Chandra Goenka, an Indian businessman, and founder of Zee TV.
Born 1953
Kurian Joseph, a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Born 1967
Rajiv Dixit, an Indian social activist, public speaker, and a promoter of Ayurveda.
Born 1858
Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (d. 1937)
Born 1937
Praveen Chaudhari, Indian-American physicist and academic (d. 2010)
Died 1900
Oscar Wilde, an Irish writer, poet, and playwright.
Died 1909
Ramesh Chandra died.
Died 1915
Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
Died 1953
B. N. Rau, an Indian civil servant, jurist, diplomat, and statesman
Died 1970
Nina Ricky, French fashion designer.
Died 1989
Ahmedou Ahmed, Cameroon’s first president.
Died 1994
Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died.
Died 1994
Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.
Died 1995
G. Umapati, filmmaker, died.
Died 1998
Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur.
Died 1999
Prof. M. N. Sromovas, (83), well-known Sociologist in Bangalore, died.
Died 2010
Rajiv Dixit, an Indian social activist, public speaker, and a promoter of Ayurveda.
Died 2012
Indra Kumar Gujral, the 12th Prime Minister of India.
Died 2013
Paul Walker, an American actor.
Died 2014
Jarbom Gamlin, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
Died 2018
George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st the President of United States.