On This Day In ...
...Antarctic Exploration and Discovery
- 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.
...Arctic Exploration and 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 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.
...Western Canadian History
- 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.
...Royal Alberta Museum History
- 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.