TodayOn this dayNovember 30
On this day
Good news on November 30.
Positive things that happened on November 30, with 2 verified milestones. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.
Verified milestones
Scientific firsts, civil-rights wins, conservation, medicine, kindness, and other good news. Checked against the linked source.
1835
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
For a read-aloud. Mark Twain was born, and he wrote stories about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
1966
Barbados gained full independence from Britain on November 30, 1966.
For a read-aloud. Barbados became an independent country.
For the classroom
Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.
- Which story about kids on a river or in a small town do you wish you could step into?
- What changes when a country governs itself?
From the archive
Stories published on November 30 will show up here. The archive is still young.
No archive story for this date yet.
When a story is published on November 30, it will be listed here with the milestones above.