At A Glance

30 November 2024 at a glance

Day of the week
30 November 2024 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey.
Top Film of 2024
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
Star sign
The star sign for 30 November is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 November 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 November 2024 was New Moon.

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 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)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2024 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 10 – The 96th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is nominated for 13 awards and wins seven, including Best Picture.
  • April 8 – A total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
  • April 19 – Taylor Swift releases her new double album The Tortured Poets Department. It breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and she becomes the most-streamed artist in a single day.

Life in the US in 2024

President

Joe Biden

Gas (per gallon)

$3.31

Loaf of Bread

$3.04

Average House

$420,000

Weekly Wage

$1,145

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