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30 November 1950 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 November 1950 was a Thursday.
- Top Film of 1950
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1950 was Cinderella.
- Bestselling Novel of 1950
- “The Cardinal” by Henry Morton Robinson was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1950.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Texaco Star Theater” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1950–51 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 November is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 November 1950 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 November 1950 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 30 November
- 1936 In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
- 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.
Famous people born on November 30
- 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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Events of 1950 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1950 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 9 – Second Red Scare: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the U.S. State Department of being filled with 205 Communists.
- February 15 – Walt Disney releases his twelfth animated feature film, Cinderella, in Hollywood.
- March 17 – University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they have named "californium".
Life in the US in 1950
President
Harry S. Truman
Gas (per gallon)
$0.27
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Average House
$7,354
Weekly Wage
$55
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