Events for November 30

November 30, 1930

Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, died

Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was a prominent Irish born, American labor and community organizer, former schoolteacher, as well as a prominent union leader. She played a significant role in the labor movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

November 30, 1292

John Balliol (Toom Tabard or Turncoat) crowned.

John Balliol or John de Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), known derisively as Toom Tabard (meaning ’empty coat’), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296. Little is known of his early life, he was born between 1248 and 1250 at an unknown location; possibilities include Galloway, Picardy, and Barnard Castle, County Durham. After the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway, Scotland entered an interregnum during which several competitors for the Crown of Scotland put forward claims. Balliol was chosen from among them as the new King of Scotland by a group of selected noblemen headed by King Edward I of England.

November 30, 1869

James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and first Governor of Northern Ireland

James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, was the first Governor of Northern Ireland. Born on January 30, 1869, in Hamilton Place, Piccadilly, London, he was the eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, and godson of the Prince of Wales.

November 30, 1923

John Maclean, political activist, Marxist, appointed Bolshevik consul for Scotland by Lenin, died

John Maclean, (24 August 1879 – 30 November 1923) the Scottish political activist and Marxist, was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era.