Born on 30 November 1953

At A Glance

30 November 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

30 November 1953 was a Monday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Vaya con Dios” by Les Paul & Mary Ford was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1953

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1953 was Peter Pan.

Star sign

The star sign for 30 November is Sagittarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 30 November 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for November is Topaz.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 30 November 1953 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 30 November

• 1940 World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands.
• 1942 World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. Navy cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
• 1947 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the State of Israel and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• 1953 Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
• 1966 Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

Famous people born on 30 November

• Kaley Cuoco, American actress (born 1985)
• Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (1874–1965)
• Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer (born 1937)
• Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1965)

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