At A Glance

30 November 2014 at a glance

Day of the week
30 November 2014 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “These Days” by Take That.
Top Film of 2014
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Star sign
The star sign for 30 November is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 November 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 November 2014 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 30 November

  • 1999 Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
  • 2000 NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
  • 2005 John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
  • 2021 Barbados becomes a republic.
  • 2022 The generative AI chatbot ChatGPT is launched by OpenAI.

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)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2014 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 14 May – House of Lords Reform Act 2014 allows members of the House of Lords to retire, resign or be removed.
  • 22 May – 2014 European Parliament election: Results show a significant increase in support for UKIP, as they take the most seats, above both the Conservatives and Labour. The Labour Party also make gains, while the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have poor showings.
  • 23 July – The 2014 Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow.

Life in 2014

Prime Minister

David Cameron

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£3.25

Loaf of Bread

£1.40

Average House

£186,553

Weekly Wage

£747.00

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