On This Day In ...

• Nov 30 1901: Discovery arrives in Lyttelton harbour, on the east side of South Island, New Zealand
• Nov 30 1903: Scott's team reaches their target turn-around date, still on the high plateau of Victoria Land with nothing visible ahead but more of the same. This is their furthest west. Lack of food and exhaustion forces a return to Discovery.
• Nov 30 1958: Hubert Wilkins, who made many flights in the Arctic and Antarctica, died in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, at the age of 70.

• Nov 30 1958: Hubert Wilkins, who made many flights in the Arctic and Antarctica, died in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, at the age of 70.

• Nov 30 1966: Publication of Les Belles Images, a novel by Simone de Beauvoir.
• Nov 30 1983: Publication of Generations: An American Family, a biographical investigation by John Egerton.
• Nov 30 2004: Pierre Berton, journalist and writer of popular books on Canadian history, died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 84.

• Nov 30 1813: Birth of Charles-Valentin Alkan, composer and pianist, in Paris, France.
• Nov 30 1952: The newly-revived Edmonton Symphony Orchestra gave its first public concert.
• Nov 30 1952: Conductor Semyon Bychkov born in Leningrad, Russia.

• Nov 30 1778: Joseph Banks elected President of the Royal Society, a position he held for the next 41 years.
• Nov 30 1817: Sir Joseph Banks attempts to engineer a rapprochement between William Smith, John Farey and the Geological Society, but this meeting was unsuccessful.
• Nov 30 1849: The Royal Medal of the Royal Society, London, is awarded to Gideon Mantell for his work in palaeontology, notably on the discovery and description of Iguanodon.
• Nov 30 1857: Mary (Morland) Buckland died in St Leonards, Sussex, England, at the age of 60.
• Nov 30 1864: Charles Darwin awarded the Copley Medal, its highest honour, by the Royal Society at its anniversary meeting in London.
• Nov 30 1866: Robert Broom, palaeoanthropologist known for his discoveries of early hominids in southern Africa, born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
• Nov 30 1869: Sir William Logan retires from the Geological Survey of Canada.

• Nov 30 1905: Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific rail line connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway rail line at Strathcona.
• Nov 30 1911: First Legislative Assembly session held in the not-yet-completed Legislature Building in Edmonton.
• Nov 30 1952: The newly-revived Edmonton Symphony Orchestra gives its first public concert.
• Nov 30 2013: Edmonton City Centre Airport (formerly Blatchford Field) officially closed for good.

• Nov 30 1969: Birds That Need Your Protection exhibition closes.
• Nov 30 1975: North from Blatchford Field exhibition closes.
• Nov 30 1975: The Decorative Arts of West Africa exhibition closes.
• Nov 30 1982: 500 Years of Wine in the Arts exhibition closes.
• Nov 30 1982: The War of 1812 exhibition opens.
• Nov 30 1985: Sámi Dáidda: The Art and Craft of the Laplanders exhibition closes.
• Nov 30 1986: Hunting in the Arctic exhibition closes.
• Nov 30 1997: Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture opens.
• Nov 30 1999: Alberta Remembers exhibition closes.
• Nov 30 2005: Remembrance Day 2005 exhibition closes.
• Nov 30 2006: In Service to the Crown - Aboriginal Veterans of the First and Second World Wars exhibition closes.
• Nov 30 2010: Natural Selections: Our Q&A About Alberta Nature lecture series, fourth and final presentation: "Studying an Endangered Fish: Do We Have An Option?" given by Mark Steinhilber.
• Nov 30 2011: Rod Vickers, Plains Archaeologist (1991-2001), died in Edmonton, Alberta, at the age of 65.
• Nov 30 2014: Finding Place: Exploring Home Through Field Journal Art exhibition closes.

This presentation has been compiled and is © 1998-2012 by
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (bluebulrush@gmail.com)
Last updated March 12, 2012
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